Amiga Music Preservation -

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1-How did your interest for computers start? Which year was that?

I got interested in computers when I was about 8 Years old, my stepfather had
a Philips P2000C portable computer wich i toyed with, then my stepsister got
a C64 wich got me playing games all day long :) That was about 1985 I think.

2-What machines did you previously have? What did you do with them?

Hmm let me see, I had the P2000C wich i did some Basic programming on, then I
had the C64 wich I played games on and watched Demo's. Then I had a Laser
Computer for a month or 2 wich I used to learn some more Basic :)

At that point I bought an Atari ST wich I used mainly for Pixeling with DPAINT2
and Degas Elite2, I also used Protracker ST for mods. In 1994 I bought a PC
and started making mods with FT2. Nowadays I dabble a little in Photoshop and
make ASCII art for some ppl. Mods are not in the picture atm but i will be
doing some more.....

3-For what specific reason did you end up making music rather than gfx, coding?

No reasons really I love doing both Music and GFX and I wasn't really
particularly good at codig.

4-Which composing programs have you been using? Which one in particular?

Protracker2, FT2, Chipmon, Insignia TriMOD, Buzz and a little Cubase

5-With which module did you feel you had reached your goal?

That would be 'Mindphuck' I think though it was never released because it was
for a 3D rendering video-reel of a friend of mine. It captured the atmosphere
very nicely and was technically nice to do.

6-Is there a tune you would like not to remember? For what reason?

Bombtrak, it was done in an hour at a party in Germany for a 96k-tro..
Ironically the name was decided BEFORE the compo although it blew up the
Speakers at the compo :)

7-In your opinion, what's the value of a music in a demo, game?

It sets the mood and really can get my heart racing if it complements the
visuals well

8-At present, are you still composing? For professional or leisure purposes?

Leisure composing stopped about 3 years ago, no time to do it, though i do
miss it sometimes

9-What do you think of today's pieces of music such as mpeg,wave,midi,etc...?

It's great, thoug I always loved what you could do with only 3/4 voices at your
disposal.. it fed creativity

10-Could you tell us some of your all times favourite tunes?

hmm difficult, 'daisy chain' was one I always loved

11-Are you planning to make an audio cd with some of your music remastered?

definately not

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Pfff, everything and everything from Lamb to Kyuss, from Rammstein to Kraftwerk,
from Frank Sinatra to Bastian you name it... Everything is pallatable :)

13-What does/did the amiga/c64 scene give you?

Nothing much really, never was much in that scene, I was an Atarian mostly
with friends in the Amiga scene; though I never was 'at war' :D

14-Are you still active in the scene these days?

Yes, mostly doing ASCII art and doing personal stuff for ppl.

15-Anyone to greet? Anything left to say? Feel free...

My good friend Zeme, Shiva, Synergy, The Giants, Sentry, DBA, Jovis and lots
of others ...

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