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

In 1985 I got inspired by a computer session held for youth after school. Me
and my good friend Andras Pasztor got involved with the Commodore 16 /
Plus4 and the Commodore 64. I begged my father to get a C64, and he did...

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

Commodore 64 - Games, music (SiD), gfx, coding, homework. Still
works!
Atari 520 ST - Music (MIDI). My father's computer. Faulty CPU.
Atari 1024ST - Music (MIDI), graphics, games. My father's computer.
Still works!
Commodore Amiga 500 - Games, music (samples), gfx. Sold to a drummer in
my father's band.
Commodore Amiga 600 - Music (Samples/MIDI), gfx, coding, games, homework.
Commodore Amiga 1200 - Music (Samples/MIDI), gfx, coding, games, homework.
IBM PC - Music (Samples/MIDI), gfx, coding, games, homework.
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3-For what specific reason did you end up making music rather than gfx, coding?

Heh, good question.. I don't know if I actually ended up making more music
than code/gfx. You know; some periods of life involve more "this" than "that"
and some don't.. Usually I enjoy creativity & art at all levels, but the stuff
that really makes me feel *goooood* is music (and composing it!).
Can't come up with a "specific" reason(s)..
I guess it just runs in the family: My father is a musician, I learned about
MIDI at the age of 10 or someting, watching over his shoulder while he was
composing stuff on the Atari. Time went by, I got more and more inspired by
early C64 & Amiga stuff + I got a lot of inspiration (and help!) from Kim
Bekkevold (Psionic).

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

Oh boy, I don't know if I remember all of them, but OK - I'll give it a shot:

- Microrythm (C64)
- MicroVocals (C64)
- Soundmonitor (C64)
- Rockmonitor 4 (C64)
- Steinberg Pro 24 (Atari)
- Sound Tracker (Amiga)
- Pro Tracker (Amiga)
- MED (Amiga)
- OctaMED (Amiga)
- ScreamTracker (PC)
- Musicator (PC)
- TraxWorx (PC)
- Fasttracker (PC)

In particular:
OctaMed, Protracker and Fasttracker II.

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

I have never reached my "goal"... (I don't think I ever will), however I think
I had some kind of a breakthrough (or whatever) when I made "Indiania"
(for the first time on the Amiga).

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

Hehe yeah, many of them.. they simply suck! (lot of old & beginner stuff) -
and sometimes I just get fed up with my own tunes..

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

Music is (always?) at least half the fun!
Music breathes life into "dead things" (like code & graphics :-).

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

You bet! Both pro & leisure - However, I'm stuck with studies right now
(very annoying!). - Also.. I kind of have an "Out of instrument error" these
days since all my stuff is in Europe. I recently composed some tunes for TV,
small projects, multimedia kiosk, etc..

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

Music is music.. (hmm, what is this, some sort of a trick question?)
Let's not start a file-format war here..
Ah well, I know some of you would like to hear:
In my humble opinion; nothing beats a well tracked 4 channel Amiga demo tune
(preferably late 80ties, early 90ties).

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

Dragonsfunk - Moby / Dragons
Pandemonium - Yaz / DTL
ChecknoBanckh - Laxity / Kefrens
Trablash - Nuke / Anarchy
Fantasia - Mutant / Stone Arts
Livin' insanity - Moby / Sanity
2nd Reality - Purple Motion / Future Crew
Ice Frontier - Skaven / Future Crew
Flying Astronauts - Zixaq / Ephidrena
Perfect Circle - ? / The Black Lotus

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

Sometime.. maybe in the future..
(Right now I have zero point zero time for such projects :-(

12-What bands are you currently listening to?

Led Zeppelin
U2
Yes
A-Ha
Total Addiction
Deep Purple
Prodigy

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

- joy of life
- pleasure
- inspiration
- taste
- self realization
- lifestyle
- quality time

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

Don't have the time these days, life was much easier before.. Also I'm
currently "group-less".. would really love to join a couple of creative
minds to produce some quality stuff!

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

Yeah, actually I have something to say:

The C64 and the Amiga scene (also the hardware) changed my life and my
interpretation of this world. I would like to thank all the creative people
of the 80ties and 90ties for making our childhood an interesting and
inspiring process. Creativity & knowledge to the people!
..peace on earth & (at least) within this galaxy..

Greetings to:

Psionic - Formarly known as Mutant / Stone Arts & New Wave
Lepton - Formerly known as Night Walker / Digital Predators
Loaderror - Main coder / Ephidrena
JayKey - Serious Amiga & scener dude. (Taught Loaderror how to code.)
Bosse - Head of security at The Gathering
Sesse - The wonderkid
Suicide - PC dude #1
Sniff - PC dude #2

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