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

Last year in school everyone of my friends got a C64 and so did
I eventually (with financial help from my brother). It was 1984
and I already was 20 years old and never touched a computer before
that.

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

On C64 I played games first. Also tried to make programs, first in
basic,
then in assembler. Always wanted to write a music-editor. And always
wanted to write a game on my own. But the latter was too hard for
me then :) After I got a sequencer-program and a midi-interface
I started to do some midi-home-recording, even tried
to sing along. Much fun!

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

Well I did coding more than music in the last years. But recently
I simply don't have enough time for programming in earnest. So
I canceled all my unfinished game-projects and concentrated more
on having some fun with these little tunes you can finish in
one or two days and then you are done with them.

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

On C64 I used the very impressive Soundmonitor by Chris Huelsbeck
and my not very impressing own editor before that.
On Amiga I started with Soundtracker, Noisetracker and Protracker.
Eventually I found MED the best choice for doing game-music
for my own projects. And recently I was swept away by this
THX-AHX-editor from Pink&Dexter, which is now my favorite thing.

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

My goals are not so very high and so I reach them very often :)
My personal most favorite tunes are:
go_music.sid
mod.song_for_tto
mod.musangala
mod.fast_lap
and virtually all other tunes of mine :) at least I like them all

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

Well, yes, of course there are some who sound bad, are composed
bad and are boring. I don't remember them very well :)

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

Music in a game always adds to the fun I think. At least in
most cases. If it supports the atmosphere and the mood of
the current action then it's always great to have it.
Also in a demo. Music for these two kind of appearances
don't have to be so brilliant because they don`t stand on
their own. If I listen to music without playing a game or
watching breathtaking demos, it's much harder to satisfy me.
Then it has to sound good, have one or more good tunes and
what is most important for me, it has to change and variate
much to become not boring.

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

I am composing these days more than I did the last years. But never
did sell anything.

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

I am not very up to date, almost didn't notice what new techniques there
are now already. MPEG? Yes I think I heard a few :) But the music
doesn't get better. Only the sounds improve. But if the music
and the ideas are good, then of course I also welcome the good sound!

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

Commando.sid : I visited a friend of mine who showed me a new
game on the C64 and it was Commando. And we never played it for real
but only listened to the music. He said:"It's magic. It's sounding
so good and it never repeats. It goes on and on and changes all the
time". We were very impressed. In those days we thought Rob Hubbard
was kind of a demigod :)
The same with "The last V8" : First you here the speechsynthesis:
"V8, return to base immediately" and then this brilliant song
comes in.
I am not sure if something on the amiga ever touched me this
way again. Am I too old or what?

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

I just started to record all of my cassette-recordings to CD.
Much work :) But I rather work on new tunes than on old and
'finished' pieces.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Genesis with Peter Gabriel (Selling England by the pound)
Oldies but goldies.

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

I never was part of the scene for real. Not on the
C64 and not on the amiga. But in the last years I
got some nice email-contacts. The scene itself was
always admired by me. I read some of the mags, watched
many demos and listened to a lot of mods. Did not
always understand everything though :)

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

Just write one or two emails per day. But I am not
sure who is really part of the scene. I myself am
not 'in the scene'. I'm a lamer :)

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

Would like to get to know more musicians that join
the AmigaModTeam. Still seems to me a good idea to
see what happens if someone works on my tunes and I
work on tunes of others.
AmigaModTeam : http://www.c-lab.de/~andi/modteam/

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