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

A friend of mine bought himself a Commodore VC 20 ... so I had to do the
same. It was in the year 1982.

Soon the games that were delivered with these machines were boring, so I
started coding my own ones (with character gfx ;- )) ). That was when my
computer and programming interest started ...

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

Oh ... previously I had a bicycle (its also a machine ;-)) ) and some kind of
a early game-console, where you could play ping-pong and such simple, but
funny games.

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

Missing talent and no more time ... I had to do another job at Spreadpoint ...

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

Hrrgl ... I don't remember exactly ... I think we composed the melody on
keyboard an I guess we played it in with Steinberg s/w.

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

There were only two, the one from the green ground demo and a little bit of
the X-Large Music ... some parts of green ground are pretty nice ...

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

All kind of this shit american Soft-Pop-Music. We have our own musical culture
in Europe, we do not need this McDonalds-Sound.

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

Great ! It transports the emotions, the high-feeling. But it should match to
the goal of the demo/game, more mystically or more heroical or what else the
demo/game is about

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

No ... but I greatly enjoy good remixes of old Computer-Sounds ..

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

Hmmm .. in general I think it's a good thing.

The great advantage of this possibility to electronically compose and
distribute music is a social one: music becomes democratic !!

Almost everybody is able to compose his own tunes and everybody is able to
access almost every track he/she wants to hear. That's a new and a great
achievement !

The disadvantage is that, if everybody produces music, there's a lot of shit
around the net and it is really difficult to find the good tunes or the ones
that match your taste.

A second disadvantage is, that some formats (i.e. mp3) cut some frequences
so that you hear a slight difference between an old analog record and a
mp3-tune.

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

Yeah ... Parallax (Thx to THC Flatline for the GREAT remix .. still searching
for your super extended version ;-)) )

Of course some of the older Techno-Tunes, i.e. Nikolai / Ready to flow (RMB
remix), Quench etc.

In the classical area Philipp Glass, some soundtracks, i.e. Koyaanisquatzi,
are great !

And the "tunes" of the best composer of all time, J.S. Bach !!!

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

:-))) I instantly create audio-Cd's, but only for private use ...

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

No bands ... the tunes I mentioned before ... if you go to the Pop-Genre,
ATB is at the moment one of the best ...

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

freedom

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

Hmm ... not any more ... too much work and who does nowadays know Spreadpoint??

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

Best regards to all Spreadpoint-Members, also to our local Scene here where
I live (MatInc and Django) and to all the people who lived in peace together
in our virtual world (Tobi of Haujobb).

One last word: I wish the scene could become ONE power to free the world.

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