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

Well, in Christmas 1983, I got a computer, a Texas Instruments TI99/4a which
had cartridge ports for games, which I had 2, Yahtzee, and Parsec (very
original shoot em up which was HARD - they just do not make games this good
anymore..... :( ) I didn't know anyone else with a computer, I hadn't seen
anything else like it. So from that point I was hooked and wanted more.

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

I had my Texas first, then in 1987 I got an Amstrad CPC6128 which was
amazing in comparison to what I'd had. This was followed by another Texas
from someone that didn't want it any more, I did actually have 3 of them at
one point but sold them to an enthusiast sometime after. I got my Amiga 500
in late 1989 after witnessing Blood Money at the local store about 8 months
before that. It was that game that made me realise that the Amiga was the
computer to have, so I saved for 8 months to get one, and when I did, I was
a happy man.... The Amiga was closely followed by a C64 which sounds strange
but it was being sold by a friend who introduced me to demos and had a very
good collection, so it was bought for my sister. I owned a Spectrum too,
which didn't work properly. I sold my (custom spray painted) Amiga 500 in
1993 to buy a 1200 which I got a hard disk for, and a 1942 monitor. I got
really fed up in mid 1994 with computers, nothing seemed to be working
(scene things) at all so I stopped using it...... simple really. We still
have the C64 and Amiga 1200 along with my PC (hmmm.) Amiga OS really takes
the piss out of Windows - no?

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

I have always liked music, since childhood, so it was a natural progression
when watching other peoples demos with other peoples music; I wanted to be a
part of it all! I didn't however, have any musical talent as such, or
instrumental skill, I just loaded Soundtracker, and did my best. I started
with the original ST-01: and a disk full of Coldcut samples that seemed to
be in every Amiga production at the time. I didn't actually buy a sampler
until after 2 years I think! So I shamelessly ripped other peoples, and the
music started to evolve. It led to me being accepted in an group, Intuition,
who were based in Finland, with a quite nice English division. Although none
of my music was used (disbanded, to form Cyrus about 2 months after) I was
spurred on to make more. I did actually start to draw gfx using Dpaint, and
some logos / fonts were used in various intros, and I also tried to program
too. This proved just that little bit difficult though, and really it was
the musical side of the scene that I was being drawn into. I also went to
school with Elwood, who was one of the most talented demoscene artists in
the UK. It's a shame much more of his work was never released. He was very
productive, and we worked quite well together for some years as a gfx/music
duo... (?)

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

I used to use Protracker on Amiga, I now occasionally use Fasttracker on PC
- the sample quality seems real bad though for some reason... I have used
Cakewalk / VST / Soundforge on PC for midi + HD recording too. And Acid -
Rebirth - Reality
I used all sorts really.

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

None in particular - I thought that the music I made late 93 early 94 was
most like 'musicians' tunes, you know, ones that musicians appreciate more,
but looking back now some music I made in 91 was better, more original, more
me... .

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

Haha.... that one in that Digital intro by Spook - it did sound a tiny bit
like one of Nuke's tunes.... Hmmm....
Sorry !

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

It wouldn't be much without it.

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

Not at all at present. I have done various small projects since the Amiga
scene. In 1994, myself and a friend made some music using 2 keyboards, drum
machine, and computers, but it didn't last mainly to lack of interest. I
sold my keyboards and bought Technics SL1210's and started mixing records. I
sold my decks and got a car in the end.......... I bought a Roland MC303
which was nice but I rarely use it nowadays. I'm gonna make a No.1 hit
record one day though!

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

The future is arriving............. Although people do persist in taking
the piss

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

It is impossible to isolate certain pieces from all the quality music that
there is in mod format. Here are a few musicians I have a great amount of
respect for ......

Bruno - Uncle Tom - Walkman - NHP+BKH - Nuke - 4Mat - Blaizer - SLL - Grubi
- Julius - Jesper Kyd - Audiomonster - Romeo Knight - Jochen Hippel

and the rest.........

ok and Heatbeat too...

And... I heard recently 'Austin Powers' by Muffler (Is he Heatbeat's bro'?)
which was damned fecking good. No - it was better than that. This is the way
forwaaaardzzzzzzzzz.

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

Never, not with old mod music, possibly with new sampled music made on PC
and samplers. I strongly doubt this becoming reality however.

12-What bands are you currently listening to?

Not many - shame.........

13-What did the amiga scene give you?

The chance to make music for the peoplepeoplepeople. I always wanted to in
some way....

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

No. I will make someone a demo tune though if asked........

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

Hello to anybody that vaguely remembers who me .........

Chris (TNC) - Daddy Freddy - Richard E Groovy W Elmes - Elwood - Yaz - Flame
- Coaxial - No.5 - Hollywood - Blancmange - Matrix - Chromag - Groo n' Ruff
- all Essence - Colin (USM) - James (USM) - Red Devil - Majic Mushroom -
Predator - Paradroid - Nuke - Delbert - Dark - Lexicon - Deadlock - Tango -
Spook - Azi - Bernard Sumner - Green Beret - Hawk - Chromag - Recoil - Gamma
- Wal - Clarky - Facet - Hein - Cutcreator - Echo - Devilstar - Doh - Dan -
Bass - Vinh Mac - Juicy -

If you remember me, Email me. [email protected] NOW!

Thank you to everyone who gave me the chances.......
Goodbye

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