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

Can't exactely remember the year, but the game that started it off for me was
Gliderider on the Spectrum 128.

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

I had a spectrum 128, commodore 64, although the speccy was used for games, I
soon got into the demo scene when I got the cbm, then went onto the amiga and
was heavily into demos with that machine aswell.

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

I did a little bit of coding on the cbm64, but wasn't very good at it,
I've never been any good at gfx but I seemed to take to writing music like a duck to water.

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

I used to use Med Soundstudio, but nowdays I use Acid3, reason, orion and
rebirth etc, until med v2 comes out (which should be rockin')

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

My latest remix actually, I remixed the track "comin on strong" by Signum,
it's excellent, really good stuff and hopefully, should be getting released on
Tidy Trax in may.

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

Maybe some of my earlier stuff, albeit being a bit primitative, but we all
have to learn somewhere.

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

I think music is very importaunt in a demo, I mean, you could have the best
gfx in the world, but if the music is really bad and irritating, then people
aren't gonna watch the demo, it's not as bad in a game where you can turn the
music off, plus you are normally pre-occupied to notice the music alot of the
time.

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

Yes, I still compose, normally for leisure, but I have been getting quite a
bit remix work coming in, so hopefully, can call myself professional soon :-)

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

There are some really good tunes flying about, with mpg etc, people can do
all they need to the tune before spreading it, making it have that professional
touch.

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

One of my all time favorite tunes is the track from "9 Fingers" by Spaceballs,
still a fantastic demo and still a fantastic tune.

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

Yes. I have been going through some of my old mods recently and found a few
tracks that I'd like to reproduce etc, so these will be getting put on my demo
cd for record companys.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Lange, Matt Darey, Paul Van Dyk, olmec Heads etc, mostly trance.

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

It gave me inspiration into writing music, hopefully oneday, my stuff will
inspire other artists to keep working at it.

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

I was never really active in the scene as it goes, I just did my tunes for
myself, I still have yet to see a tune of mine on a demo, so if anyone is
interested, then get in touch.

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

Just wanna say hi to everyone in the scene and all the artists that have
inspired me (Dj Mellow Noise, Ravebusters, Travolta, Marc of Haujobb)

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