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

Well, I think it was in the eighties when my father bought a Pong-Console.
And after that, the usual stuff like Atari VCS 2600, C 16, C 64,
Amiga 500, Amiga 1200, PC and besides that a few game-consoles...

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

Mostly I use a PC for multi-channel, internet, movie-editing and scene
because you can work mach faster on it. But beside that I also own a few
Amigas for composing 4-channel-modules and watching the latest demos.

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

Well, in the early years on Amiga I was "just" mail-trader, but I wanted to
do anything more creative. So I tried to paint, but after my first steps I
have realised that this is not the right for me. I tried to code, but after
a few lines I stopped ;-) So, what else can you do for a scene-demo? I started
making music on my first Amiga 500 with Sound-Tracker 2.2, I use it until now
for doing 4-channel-stuff.

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

I have two favourite ones: The Sound-Tracker 2.2 on Amiga (4-Channel) and
the Fast-Tracker 2.09 on PC (multi-channel). I also tried to use some
sequenzers like Cubase but I think it is much easier to compose with a
tracker (patterns, keys, and so on...)

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

I don´t think I have reached my goal yet. But I like "Hacker" (you can
download it on my website www.mcandy.de in the scene-section). On of the
very old tracks I like is "Illusions" which was released at The Party 4.

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

Yep, Mentioned above "Illusions". It reached place 8 at The Party 4.
It was my first Tune which was really able to compete to other high-
quality-tracks back in 1994.

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

Without music you could never ever release a demo (perhaps a 4k-intro).
The atmosphere given by a cool track is one the most important subjects
in a scene-demo or a game.

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

Just for leisure purposes and for scene. Too bad, I don´t have the time to
concentrate on a commercial production.

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

The old-school scene-tracks are ruling more than ever. There´s nothing
comparable to the goold old scene-style. It doesn´t matter if you hear them
as wave, mp3 or whatever.

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

There are a few musicians who earn my respect like Jesper Kyd, Mad Freak,
Scorpic, Jogier Liljedahl, ... sorry for the forgotten ones... There are
many talented msx-artists in the scene.

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

Actually I have released three CD´s with my Tunes. Just for fun.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

My all time favourite commercial band is The Prodigy. But I also like
listening Hip Hop and Trance.

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

Everthing, without those two computers the scene would not be the scene.
I don´t think on PC would be any demo-scene without the roots on Amiga/C64.

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

Of course, Nuance has releases every year. And sometimes there are
also my tunes in the productions. This year we will release a Wild-Demo,
a 40k-intro and a party-report on the MS2k.

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

I would like to greet all my current and former contacts, also the old
mail-trading guys. Hey, if you read this, feel free to re-contact me for
chatting (or mail-trading? ;-) bye...

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