{"id":1255,"date":"2012-07-16T14:48:59","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T21:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2013-11-12T15:05:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T23:05:13","slug":"serj-tankian-my-creative-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/16\/serj-tankian-my-creative-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Serj Tankian: My Creative Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4UvkX0inN44?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, July 13 we caught up with\u00a0<a title=\"Serj Tankian\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serjtankian.com\/splash\/\" target=\"_blank\">Serj Tankian<\/a>\u00a0at his\u00a0<em><a title=\"Harakiri\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PQtRXqBQETA\" target=\"_blank\">Harakiri<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<a title=\"Release Party\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=beqHdBtAMOQ\" target=\"_blank\">Release Party<\/a>\u00a0to discuss his new album and his creative work flow. 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