{"id":48,"date":"2018-12-19T21:34:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T20:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/overdriven.fr\/overdriven\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:09:47","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/overdriven.fr\/overdriven\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am David : welcome to my blog ! It deals with metal music, guitar learning, recording and gear stuff ! I started learning to play guitar 4 and half year ago -for fun- and I am self-teaching. I&rsquo;ll &nbsp;share my findings, tips, tricks and mistakes through this blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good reading and have fun !&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Terms of Use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You are navigating on <a href=\"http:\/\/overdriven.fr\">overdriven.fr<\/a> (hereunder \u00ab&nbsp;WEBSITE&nbsp;\u00bb) accessible at <a href=\"https:\/\/overdriven.fr\">https:\/\/overdriven.fr<\/a>. 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