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

It was in 1985 i think.. I was fond of Meritum, 8 bit polish machine, then i saw Atari800xl, C64.. It was the begin:)
I was a kid when i started to ask my parents for computer, i was dreaming of C64, but they bought me an Amiga 500 :)
That was really cool... I had 512 kb of ram:) So i discovered Sound tracker, Disney ANimation studio and Deluxe Paint..
So i started to use computer for making graphics... Music was never something i wanted to do.. But some day i was playing with
Sound tracker and i discovered that, what i hear is good for my ears hehe:) So i started to discover new places of computer music..
Well that is it:) In 1989 i started to read about scene, i was 10 y old:)..

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

Well i had Atari 2600 and it was a game console.. So i played Pole Position mostly:)..
Amiga 500 was my first computer. My parents saw that i am intersted in it very much so they bought me 512kb of ram more.
So i had 1 mb ram od slow/ chip ram.. Well we know that Protracker was using only chip so some day i made 1 mb chip from those
slow/chip. I had Amiga 500 very long. I think i 1996 i had A500 still.. Some time later i bought Amiga 1200, then with 4 mb ram.
Then Apollo 40/40 mhz... Didgibooster was playing nice:)... Then i bought PC and it was 1,2 GHZ cpu. Which was normal for most computers in those times.
Trust me i was using ONLY amiga in 2002 :) i have my first pc in 2002 i think:) I never need it before..

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

Well.. I make graphics and code also.. But music is a best form to show my feelings. Too bad i cant upload some mp3 here,
my mods was made in some minutes mostly;] I never spent more than 2 hours per module..:) - without listening it for 4 hours non stop
of course;]

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

Protracker, Digibooster, Renoise.

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

Hell know.. When i made Good Memories i feel really chill and good.. I often back to it.
I like Mystic Garden also, but it is mp3 time;]

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?

If something souds good, it makes ppl interested, then they see gfx, then they think "wow, nice coded"..

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

Sometimes i make music for radio. Jingles etc. And sometimes i make music for my own. But really, i made last tune some 6 months ago..

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

Nothing special:) Another path of creativity..

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

Well i love Gift/ Xtd and Stardust Memories/ Jester.

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

I did, 3 times;] Got 2 interviews in radio, but i never think about it as a commercial way to live.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

I dont know. I just listen to the music, no band, no politic and way of thinking... Just sound.

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

Well.. it was my neigbourhood.. my place where i had friends.. i was swapper also, all those ppl was like my brothers and sisters.
I think it made me a good person.

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

I am coorg, musician and graphician of Appendix and Scoopex. But i am not active anymore. I dont have time... well younger ppl
make it better now;]

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

i would like to thank all ppl i meet on scene. Thank you for being my best group of friends ever;) Yea i got friends now.. But
those days was real full of discovering of new paths of living ..

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