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

My first computer-contact was with the C-64 at beginning of 1988. First at all
I've played games with them, but after and after I had to develop a admiration
for some intros a demos, specially for music of C-64's SID-processor. After
studding some music-composers for programming SID, I had still no idea how to
understand the SID-codes, and so I began to learn assembler. After some time,
some lights turned on, and I began to understand about the assembler-code,
interrupts, addresses and more. However, the time comes and I got an Amiga 500.
So I had never composed on C-64 (but later with Future-Composer on Amiga). I
got my first Amiga (it was and still is the 500 - I still have my first one!) at
end of 1989. After some playing games I began to experiment with the Sound
Tracker v1.5. I was very inspired about the sound-quality, but principal about
the possibility to work with digitized samples. After some months I turned to
Noise-Tracker, with them I found more options and possibilities to create
music-tracks. So I composed some tracks with Noise-Tracker and Star-Tracker at
1989-90. Between 1990 and '92 I used ProTracker.

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

At now I have four Amiga 500, one Amiga 600, one Amiga 1200, PC and PC-based
notebook. Principal I work with the PC and notebook. I use Cubase VST v5.0 as
MIDI-sequencer, some software synthesizers, samplers, filters and vocoders.
Hardware Synthesizers are Korg X3 and Yamaha W7. I also use my PC for CAD and
graphic-design for my architecture study. From time to time I compose some
Tracks with Amiga 500, but I never used them for MIDI.

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

Well, I always loved music, and I still do it. As a 12 years old boy, I worked
as DJ at my school, later I made some MegaMixes of famous Chart-Hits, but I
wanted always to create my own music, not remixes or covers. Graphics and coding
was also some interesting things, but music composing was always the No.1 for me.

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

I started with Sound-Tracker v1.5 at 1988. 1989-90 I used Noise-Tracker v1.0 and
Star-Tracker. The most of my tracks I have composed with ProTracker between 1990
and 1992. I also used Future-Composer v1.4 for some short pieces.

Now I principal use Cubase VST 5.0 on PC as sequencer for my Korg X3 and Yamaha
W7 workstations and some VST-PlugIns.

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

Well, as member of Possessed I made one track called "Cool is Cool". Possessed
have used them in one of their demos at a copy-party (1990 somewhere in Germany).
They won the demo-competitions. As a Treacl member I made a lot of good mods -
unfortunately had Treacl not much of them released.

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

Ohh yes! I had also made some shit. The most of my wicked mods I made at the
beginning of my composing time, but also at the Possessed-time. The reason?
Hee.. to little experience at the young years.

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

The music plays very important roll. For games perhaps 30/60 (game/music), but
at demos or movies min. 50/50 - sometimes more.

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

Yes, I'm still composing some instrumental pieces, principal with external
Hardware Synthesizers. Unfortunately I can't invest much time in it, because
of my study and some other hobbies. But don't worry, the time will come to
release a studio CD. I have already contacted some people, they already have
made Albums.

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

The invention of mpeg-Layer 3 (mp3) is a big step for music industries. The
invention of MIDI was a revolution for all musicians world wide - and without
digitized WAVEs, we don't have CDs, DVDs, and the right digital Synthesizers
(no FM-Synthesizers).

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

My own favourite tune was "The Only One" made at end of 1991. My favourite
tunes of other musicians were most tunes from Romeo Knight, Jester, Tip,
Firefox.

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

I already made a CD of my remastered Mods, but only for myself and for friends.
If I release a right studio CD, so it will contain brand new sounds made by
digital and analog synths, but also some of my own programmed waves on
Audiomaster/Amiga (some of them were used in my mods "New Art Tekkno", "New
Art Wave" and "Works and Pressings" in 1990)

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Ohh... there are so many. I don't listen only a one specific kind of music. I
like good beat and really good composed drums and leads - for example: Snap
with "The Madman's Return" album, some tracks of Enigma (Michael Cretu is
really top-composer!), The KLF with "The White Room" album or C&C Music
Factory with their "Gonna Make You Sweat" album. I also very like Kraftwerk
(incredible, how they made this sounds at 1974!). For Relax I listen: Sade,
Lighthouse Family, Lanny Kravitz, Depeche Mode, but also Metallica, The Prodigy,
H-Blockx or Rammstein.

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

A very nice time, much friends and a feeling to be a little famous.

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

No more in the Amiga scene. I'm moderator in some Scene-Boards in Germany.

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

Greetings to Jester (wir haben uns auf der Cebit'91 Party kennensgelernt - ich
frage mich, ob du das noch weißt? ;) 16-Bit hat damals die Competition gewonnen),
Shadow (wieso du dann auf SLY umgestiegen bist weiß ich bis heute nicht - du
bist hier auch doppelt vertreten), Mr.Root (ciekawy jestem, co ty teraz robisz -
nadal cos z muzykä, czy jednak biznes? ;) )

...and to all others musicians, they I have learned during all the Copy-Parties

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