{"id":44,"date":"2019-07-18T14:42:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T14:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2025-12-08T20:55:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:55:41","slug":"about-us-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/?page_id=44","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_687510843\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-3184957\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-597921965\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2>Biographies<\/h2>\n<p>Meet Eric and Mark, the founders of Forty-Forty.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1305152304\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2043600470\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EricMark-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EricMark-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EricMark-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/EricMark-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2043600470 {\n  width: 65%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_687510843 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n  padding-bottom: 60px;\n}\n#section_687510843 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);\n}\n#section_687510843 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_687510843 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_130847155\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1731404846\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-456395299\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:93%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3877\" height=\"3125\" src=\"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foto2vierkant.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foto2vierkant.jpg 3877w, https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foto2vierkant-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foto2vierkant-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foto2vierkant-1024x825.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3877px) 100vw, 3877px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Eric Schulp (left)<\/h4>\n<p class=\"style5\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Eric started organ lessons at the age of eight using a genuine &#8216;Phillicorda&#8217; and took jazz guitar lessons for two years when he was fifteen. In the summer of 1978 he took his first piano lessons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style5\" style=\"text-align: left;\">He went to the Royal Music College of The Hague where he studied school music and piano and graduated in 1985. He worked in a music school, a centre for arts &amp; culture and was a part-time choir conductor.\u00a0<span class=\"style5\">He <\/span><span class=\"style5\">is owner of <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.art-mobile.nl\/\"><span class=\"style5\">Art-Mobile<\/span><\/a><\/b><span class=\"style5\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"style5\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Eric is an enthousiastic beer brewer and produces his own beer brand <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loosduinenabdijbier.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"style5\">Loosduinen Abdijbier<\/span><\/a><\/b><span class=\"style5\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-909304761\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foto4t4t.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foto4t4t.jpg 512w, https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foto4t4t-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Mark Vermin<\/h4>\n<p class=\"style5\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Mark started a private carwash to finance his guitar lessons when he was fifteen and played guitar and bass in a rockband called EYE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style5\" style=\"text-align: left;\">He graduated in English language and literature at the University of Leiden in 1986 and after that worked for a language school as a teacher and manager.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"style9\"><span class=\"style10\">From 2006 he worked as director of an institute for adult education <\/span><\/span>which also included a music school. He retired in August 2021 and now concentrates on music production.<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">He is also the bass player of the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shadyrebelsbluesband.nl\/\"><span class=\"style5\">Shady Rebels Blues Band<\/span><\/a><\/b><span class=\"style5\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_130847155 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n#section_130847155 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);\n}\n#section_130847155 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_130847155 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":999,"href":"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forty-forty.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}