{"id":14,"date":"2025-09-19T01:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T23:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scopchanov.de\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:38:15","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scopchanov.de\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My name is <strong>Michael Valentinov Scopchanov<\/strong>, in Cyrillic <strong>\u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0438\u043b \u0412\u0430\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432 \u0421\u043a\u043e\u043f\u0447\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432<\/strong>.<br>I was born in the autumn of 1977 in <strong>Varna<\/strong>, a sunny city lying on the coast of the Black Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Addicted Programmer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever since I typed my first FB Basic program on a Pravetz computer, I have been passionate about coding. Over the years I have explored different platforms, technologies, and languages \u2014 from low-level assembly to object-oriented programming, databases, web, and industrial applications. The journey does not end there though &#8211; keeping up with the constantly evolving world of programming is a challenge I gladly accept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Language Freak<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe the ability to communicate is a distinct feature of intelligent life.<br>For me, this means knowing as many natural languages as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>My mother tongue is <strong>Bulgarian<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I also speak <strong>German, English, Polish, and Russian<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I am currently learning <strong>Spanish<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the future, I\u2019d like to learn <strong>Dutch, Swedish, and Japanese<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Time will tell how many languages I will still manage to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crazy Drummer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although I have never managed to become a rockstar, music has played a significant role in my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started playing drums at the age of 16, taking private lessons from <strong>Nikolay Tonchev<\/strong>, the most prominent drum teacher in the Varna region, who also played oboe at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.operavarna.com\/index.php\/bg\/\">State Opera of Varna<\/a> at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2014, I participated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/de\/review-2-tage-mit-dave-weckl-treppendorf\/\">masterclass<\/a> with the world-renowned drummer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daveweckl.com\/\">Dave Weckl<\/a> in Treppendorf.<br>Since 2018, I have also taken part in the annual <strong>Summer Course for Symphonic Wind Orchestra<\/strong> in Rhineland-Palatinate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many different popular musical styles have inspired me through the years, including <strong>blues, soul, funk, rock, and disco<\/strong>.<br>However, my all-time favorite genre is <strong>German melodic metal<\/strong>, represented by bands like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helloween.org\/\">Helloween<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gammaray.org\/en\/\">Gamma Ray<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blind-guardian.com\/\">Blind Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Michael Valentinov Scopchanov, in Cyrillic \u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0438\u043b \u0412\u0430\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432 \u0421\u043a\u043e\u043f\u0447\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432.I was born in the autumn of 1977 in Varna, a sunny city lying on the coast of the Black Sea. Addicted Programmer Ever since I typed my first FB Basic program on a Pravetz computer, I have been passionate about coding. Over the years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scopchanov.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scopchanov.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scopchanov.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scopchanov.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scopchanov.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.scopchanov.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/www.scopchanov.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scopchanov.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}