{"id":296,"date":"2024-01-30T12:17:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T12:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimwestlyn.com\/?page_id=296"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:28:00","slug":"my-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jimwestlyn.com\/?page_id=296","title":{"rendered":"My Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"296\" class=\"elementor elementor-296\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35ae29f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"35ae29f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e68f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"19e68f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fbffee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0fbffee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/jimwestlyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Westlyn-jazz.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-413\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimwestlyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Westlyn-jazz.jpg 782w, https:\/\/jimwestlyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Westlyn-jazz-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jimwestlyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Westlyn-jazz-768x372.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9d83dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c9d83dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8453f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8453f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"imgtext\"><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul class=\"imgtext\"><li>Born\u00a0<strong>May 31st 1956<\/strong><\/li><li>Graduated in 1979 with a <strong>Bachelor of Music Education<\/strong> from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music<\/li><li>Moved to Richmond VA soon thereafter and started teaching private students<\/li><li>Started playing lots of solo gigs, drawing heavily from singer\/songwriter repertoire and working as much as five nights a week.<\/li><li>Also played in a bunch of short-lived &#8220;garage bands&#8221;. (Not a very pleasent experience.)<\/li><li>In 1998, founded\u00a0<strong>Full Moon Productions<\/strong>, a recording studio that grew into\u00a0<strong>ReaLife Multimedia LLC<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83c68a7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"83c68a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bd4829 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1bd4829\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a631087 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a631087\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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