Amiga Music Preservation -

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Date of birth:

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

My dad had an Apple IIe on which I played games and fiddled with BASIC.
Can't remember the year.

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

Other than the IIe, had a Commodor Colt (CPU was an 8088, I think) which I
didn't use for anything but playing a handful of games. Then a 486 on which I
played Doom and started tracking with Impulse Tracker. I bought a ViperMAX
(GUS) for that one. Then a Dell 350 mhz Pentium II on which I continued
tracking and playing games. That changed over time as I gradually replaced
nearly all its parts until I had an Athlon XP 1800+ -based system, which I am
currently trying to sell because I've replaced it with a new Dell laptop.

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

I do all three. But mostly music because I like music.

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

I'm not doing much tracking anymore, mostly using Pure Data (Pd).

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

Not sure.. I guess the one I've been the most content with is 'tiny' from
Tipchunes EP.

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

Nope.

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

It's like the value of oil when frying (keeps things from sticking to the pan)

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

Yes. Neither.

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

You mean music file formats? Most of them are useful for some purpose.

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

modules: Necros + Basehead - Search for the Lost Riff
Elwood - Dead Lock
Dune - arsa bamk
Dune - waypoint
Distance - tilt
Distance - thor's magic bathtub
Ceniq - coan3
... many others

non-modules: Brian Eno - The Lost Day
Aphex Twin - Flim
Biosphere - Substrata (the whole thing)
Global Communication - 12 18
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
Steve Reich - Pulses
Orbital - Halcyon + On + On
... many others

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

Possibly.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Biosphere, Pete Namlook, Aphex Twin, Steve Reich, The Roots, many others

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

Never had any exposure to that scene.

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

Not currently.

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

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