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

probably in the early 80`s when one of my older brothers purchased a spectrum
which horace goes skiing!!!! and later match day. my mother would laugh her
head off at the site of the players walking out of the tunnel!

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

My 1st machine was a C64 and went on to the Amiga 500,1200, and then the PC

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

Well i used to be a very good artist with a pencil but once a mouse was put into
my hand i couldnt draw jack s**t! s**t? yes, jack s**t? no! As the music goes i
was given soundtracker when i first got my Amiga in 1989 i think with the great
st-01 and 02 disks! man they were bad!!! and just p****d about and eventually
stuck with it and thank god i did.

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

Protracker on the amiga but a whole host of programs on the pc including
Cakewalk, Acid, Soundforge, Cubase to name a few.

Cakewalk gets the most hammering! very easy to use which is why i prefer it to
Cubase, and Sound Forge gets a fair battering when im experimenting with
samples.

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

Dont think i reached my goal with any module! but the one i was most happy
with was one i did for a demo called Channel Four by Anathema. It was actually
a mix of the title track i did for Pinball Dreams 2 on the pc, i dont think it
got repetitive, it wasnt overly long, it used great sounds ( not ripped, did
em myself!lol ), and had a general theme running throughout. later mods i did
tended to be fairly short in comparison. When i took stock of my Kurzweil
K2000S, i dont think anyone could have had better quality samples! very very
clear with perfect non clipping loops ( no amiga sampler involved )later
modules were maybe technically better with higher quality sounds but on a whole,
non had what Pinball Dreams 2 had.

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

any Fifa Soccer, Primal Rage or Mortal Kombat 2 mods on the Amiga! horrible 2
channel music for the most part but happy in the knowledge that it wasnt
actually my music! coversion work thankfully!! please download from my
website...i dare you!

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

Well try playing ..say...Silent Hill 2 on the Playstation 2 with the sound
muted!

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

Yes im still kicking about! semi-pro i think. My last game work was for
Demolition Racer on the Dreamcast. But more for leisure nowadays. But if
people wanna hire me??????

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

There will always be the need for midi music and they always will be, But the
biggest thing for me over the past few years is MP3.

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

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

There are only a few mods that would make good translations to midi but i will
probably release a cd with my original midi comositions at some point.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Ill listen to most things but my main source of entertainment is score music
and in particular Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner.

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

good times with great people!!!!!

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

afraid not! 5 or 6 years ago my bags were packed

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

Hello to all music listeners, where ever you are.
Be happy whatever your situation, there are people far worse off than yourself.

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