{"id":2,"date":"2009-01-30T22:09:46","date_gmt":"2009-01-31T04:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcanasphere.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2014-02-15T10:09:06","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T16:09:06","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arcanasphere.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">About Andrew<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"353\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/arcanasphere.com\/blog\/about\/amj-cards-blog\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arcanasphere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/amj-cards-blog.jpg?fit=370%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"370,520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Andrew, 2014\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A photograph of Andrew taken in 2014.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arcanasphere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/amj-cards-blog.jpg?fit=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arcanasphere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/amj-cards-blog.jpg?fit=370%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-353\" style=\"float:right;\" alt=\"Andrew in 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arcanasphere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/amj-cards-blog.jpg?resize=370%2C520\" width=\"370\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arcanasphere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/amj-cards-blog.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arcanasphere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/amj-cards-blog.jpg?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/>Andrew grew up in Michigan with his younger brother and their two parents.\u00a0 He graduated from high school in 1995, already possessing college credits, and entered into Saint Clair County Community College as a full time student the next fall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At this time, the two brothers began creating music inspired by Detroit&#8217;s ever-crazy glam scene, punk rock, and danceable electronica.\u00a0 The project also had to fit their love of cyberpunk and fantasy literature.\u00a0 Arcanasphere was then conceived.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Andrew majored in the verbose course of <em>Computer Information Systems Data Sequence Administration<\/em>, and followed his pair of English Major friends to several of their classes as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As the younger brother drifted away to work on his own projects,\u00a0 Arcanasphere became a one-person band.\u00a0 He then met his soon-to-be wife in Austin, Texas.\u00a0 With his guitar in the back seat and his beige-boxed computer in the trunk, rural Michigan was left behind for bigger dreams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Over this time, Andrew has held the following jobs:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Grim Reaper in a haunted house<\/li>\n<li>Low level management at a software and video game store<\/li>\n<li>Web master for glam bands, a tattoo artist, a drama teacher, and as a paid gig in an ugly blue cubicle.<\/li>\n<li>The sales clerk with purple hair at the kinds of stores that also sold hair dye on the side. \u00a0Clients looking for dye knew who to ask for help.<\/li>\n<li>Author and level designer in a nice downtown Austin office building for an up-and-coming multiplayer online fantasy game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Married, and happily living just outside of south Austin, he is the happy father of two children.\u00a0 He also keeps busy when he is not at work.\u00a0 His hobbies include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong>Podcasting<\/strong>.\u00a0 Arcanasphere once published a Friday podcast focused on improvised industrial music.\u00a0 Andrew now podcasts horror fiction at <a title=\"Dark Arcanum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.darkarcanum.com\">http:\/\/www.darkarcanum.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Magic \/ Illusions.<\/strong> Arcana is magic concerning cards.\u00a0 &#8220;Pick a card&#8221; is one of the most rewarding stories you can tell, and perfectly at home with the other arts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Music<\/strong>.\u00a0 Career and children took precedence after he finishing <a title=\"The Quantum Homicide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arcanasphere.com\/free_music\/view_album.php?album=4\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Quantum Homicide<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 The next project, entitled <em>The Riddle of Doom<\/em>, remains unfinished.\u00a0 The artwork for that album has since become his second personal sigil.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improvised Comedy<\/strong>. \u00a0Perpetual student at The Institution Theater and founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/candyvampires.com\">Candy Vampires<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Web and Graphic Design<\/strong>.\u00a0 Jack of all trades but master of none. \u00a0(X)HTML, CSS, PHP, XML and graphics work.\u00a0 Keyword research, Google Sitemaps, light customer service, and doing whatever needs to be done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Andrew does not like talking or writing about himself in the third person.\u00a0 Andrew simply dislikes using the word <em>I<\/em> when telling stories, in favor of more creative language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Andrew Andrew grew up in Michigan with his younger brother and their two parents.\u00a0 He graduated from high school in 1995, already possessing college credits, and entered into Saint Clair County Community College as a full time student the next fall. 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