Amiga Music Preservation -

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

I got my first home computer, a Commodore 64, in 1984.

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

Commodore 64: learning BASIC, coding some administrative tools that
some of my friends used till the early 90's :-)

Amiga 2000: learning & excessive coding in Assembler, writing computer
music with Soundtracker, some coding for the demo scene

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

I love music, and it was a good opportunity to contribute to the demo
activities of my formations. I also coded some demos, but other people
in the group were better coders. I am proud of some filled vector graphics
experiments, in the late 1980's those things were rather hard to find ;-)

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

Soundtracker and nothing else :-)))

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

Well, I did not want to reach any goal, I simply loved doing computer
music and each finished song was something special. However, I think
"Visitors" (we did some adaptation from KOTO) was a very special song.
It was the first one, and I think M.A.S.H. and me did a damn good job :-)

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

No. Some tunes were better than others, but overall it was a great
experience to write computer music.

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

Very high value. Of course, it was more important those days to have
a technically challenging coding part (thats what demos have been for),
but a great music part is an essential element for the overall presentation,
at least in my opinion ;-)

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

No, I simply don't have the time. Sometimes I sit at my 100 year old,
beautiful old piano and play for leisure. Not always good, but with great
enthusiasm :-)

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

I am a child of the 1980's, and my preferences are the music of the 80's.
Although there are some interesting new songs, I prefer the classics.
Besides, of course Mozart, Beethoven, Tschaikovsky, Dvorak, ... are always
a pleasure to hear. However, I like the mpeg format. It makes things easier
when you have parties - no more carrying heavy boxes with several hundreds of
CDs :-)

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

Almost all of Queen (favorite: Brighton Rock)
Phil Collins (favorite: Me and Sarah Jane)
Elton John (favorite: I'm still standing)
The Buggles (favorite: Video killed the radio star)

However, this list can arbitrarily be extended, because there are many great
artists that I like to hear, hard to list all of them :-)

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

Interesting idea. I think I have written about 30 good tunes, that should
be enough for at least one CD (and you have something to show to your children).

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Still being stuck in the 80's ;-)

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

Very much. I was 14 when I got my first C64, and I loved it from
the start. This machine was the reason for me to become interested in
computer science. To study computer science was some of the best
decisions in my life. I really love what I am doing, both in my job
and on the university (I received my PhD in 2004). So the main contribution
of these increadible machines (C64, Amiga) was to deliver some base
for a decision what to do with my life.

The scene itself was a great opportunity to meet people all over the
world (no internet those days, however a great time to remember).
Not to mention the fun to get all out of this machines ...

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

No.

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

You are running a great project. It is a real good thing to preserve
valuable things and memories, and simply looking at the old demos and
listening to the music brings back beautiful memories. Thank you very
much for doing such a great job.

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