{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Amber Bird | Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog","author_name":"amber","author_url":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Not Ashamed: Rock Musician - Amber Bird | Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FQfFqn8ZM7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/14\/not-ashamed-rock-musician\/\">Not Ashamed: Rock Musician<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/14\/not-ashamed-rock-musician\/embed\/#?secret=FQfFqn8ZM7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Not Ashamed: Rock Musician&#8221; &#8212; Amber Bird | Blog\" data-secret=\"FQfFqn8ZM7\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"If you haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t already, please read the introduction post. That will give you context for this page. Being a rock musician comes with a reputation, doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it? Smart and cultured people play in orchestras or play folk music. Rock music is for the loud, the deviant, the not-as-talented, the disturbed. Rock musicians will surely end up earning scandalous stories in tabloids. And that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s if they even get enough renown to merit space in those cheap papers. I see the disappointment and disapproval in people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eyes when they ask what kind of musician I am. As if rock is a lesser genre. As if my character has been proven lacking by my association. (Should I mention that some of the best people I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve know have been rock musicians or rock music lovers?) But let me tell you about rock music. Rock is a broad umbrella, which is tough when I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m describing what music I make but is great because I feel like it can be a really inclusive term. Rock music is full of passion and has plenty of room for both the terribly talented and the ones whose talents aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t traditionally musical. Rock music lets me growl my anger or [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/narockstar.jpg"}