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

Hmm. I bought my first A500 back in 1985, but previous to that, I had played
around with C128, C64, Atari etc.

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

I still have my A500, and it still works. Who could possibly want to sell this
piece of art (I've had quite a few PC's since, but they don't seem to get very
old, before they're swapped out with a new one.

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

Don't really know. It just came to me naturally. After about 6 months, playing
games got boring, and one day I received Soundtracker v. 1.0 from DOC, and my
destiny was sealed.

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

Just about all of them. Soundtracker, Startrekker, Octalyser, Protracker.
Can't remember all of them. I mainly used Soundtracker, even when the first
Protracker came out. But like everyone else, I ended up using only Protracker.

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

None of 'em, and yet.. All of them. The only goal I ever think I had was to
just have fun. And we sure did have a lot of fun.

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

Hmmm.. many, perhaps all of them. I was never quite satisfied with any of the
modules that were ever released. I always thought that I could have made 'em
better.

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

Music is everything. A game/Demo consists of both code, gfx and music. One
can not exist without the other in my opinion.

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

Naaahh.. not really. But I often think about dusting of my old A500, and
bringing it back to life.

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

Hmmm. Music is music. Some is good, some is bad, and the opinion is individual.
and it also depends on the mood I'm in :)

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

Hmmm. There are so many, that you would fall asleep if I listed them all. Some
of my favourite composers were Julius/madfreak, 4Mat, Bruno, Dr. Awesome just
to mention a few.

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

Most definitely not :(

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

I mostly listen to radio, and therefore no particular group.

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

It was loads of fun, and the opportunity to meet a lot of people from different
countries. I co-worked with different people on different occasions, and that's
how I came to team up with Julius - former Mad Freak. Our mental instability and
high level of insanity was just about on the same level, so we co-worked on
quite a few projects. But if I remember correct, nothing was ever released.

But DAMN did we have fun. High phone bills were not a result of many hours of
chatting together - I was listening to each others ideas and modules instead.
Crazy times - but there are times when I still miss the good old days :(

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

What scene would that be ?? A lot's changed since the old dayes, so no. I'm
not active in the scene, and hasn't been since 1992 - 1993

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

Most certainly.

Martin you old wanker!! And crazier than ever I suppose (Yeah.. you know it's
you I'm referring to. How the hell are ya' ?? It's been quite a few years I
must say, but I assume you're still living in Dublin. Drop me a mail sometime,
and let me know how you're doing. (If you read this, U can get my mail through
Crown).

Greets to all the old Direct members - it sure was a lot of fun.

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