Amiga Music Preservation -

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

When I was ten I got my first computer - Atari STe. I had a lot of music
software for Atari - from Protracker to Cubase. As I was always interested
in music (playing, later composing) I was very happy then. It was in early
1994. A few months later I got my first computer language for Atari -
Omikron Basic and I started to code, but music was my main passion.

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

At first, in 1994, I had Atari 1040 STe. I was told that this machine can
be very helpful in doing music, mainly using midi. Next, I found a tracker -
Audio Sculpture - that had 4 channels. I was so fascinated that I even dreamt
of a better tracker, with 16 or more channels. I didn't know much about scene
and trackers, so I didn't know that something like that really exists.
When, in 1995, I bought my first PC, I found FastTracker2 and my dream came true.

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

When I was 4 or 5 I got a very small keyboard and I was learning to play by
reading pseudo-notation from a book (I could read then). When I learnt every
melody from this book I started to play things that I heard somewhere else.
My parents noticed it and bought me bigger keyboard. When I was 6 and a half I
went to a music school. Then I was bought a piano. A few years later I was
composing on my Atari. It was my first and only passion then.

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

In the beginning I was using mainly FastTracker2 and... nothing else ;-). Now,
I'm using SkaleTracker, Buzz and audio editing software (SoundForge, CoolEdit).
I think programs such as Skale and Buzz are the future of music scene.

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

I don't have such a module. However, I think the closest to ideal was my
tune called "Tales from Magic Valley - part I" from Level-D's X-mas pack.
It's not about the quality of samples, but the melody, which I think is
my best I've ever composed.

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

I think it isn't. I wouldn't release a tune which I hated. I had, of course,
worse tunes - especially when I made a few chiptunes, but I didn't take them
seriously. It was just for fun!

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

Demo or game without music is like a girl with no hair, breasts and legs ;-).
But seriously speaking... I wouldn't even look at a demo or movie without
music. It wouldn't have this feeling. Gfx in a demo is just 30% of its quality.
I can't think of this kind of productions without sound.

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

Composing is my second soul. I would never be happy if I couldn't compose.
I do it mainly for myself, but I have some projects that could be released
as commercial products, semi-professional.

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

I've always been open for new technologies. I'm not an oldschool guy, who fights
with every mp3 musician, etc. I haven't been using midi much because of not
having a proper equipment, but I am experimenting with semi-professional
composing and audio editing, using waves and mp3s.

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

Hmm... I like a lot of tunes and a lot of scene musicians. My favourite
musicians are Scorpik, Falcon, Radix, Carlos from J'ecoute and a lot of other
great people. There is not a specific tune which is my favourite.

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

I'm planning to make my first CD, but the majority of tunes will be new, not
released yet. There will be a few remastered versions of my older tunes as well.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

I'm listening mainly to jazz. I love jazz! It doesn't matter what mood I am in -
musicians like Pat Metheny, Miles Davis, Jean-Luc Ponty or John Coltrane can
change my state of mind at that moment.

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

I've never had Amiga nor C64, but I've seen some intros on my Atari. They were
mainly intros from cracking groups, done for cracked games or programs. I didn't
know much about demoscene and I thought that only hacking/cracking scene does
all that demos.

As far as music is concerned, Amiga modules and musicians had something that the
majority of PC composers didn't have - joy of tracking, freedom in improvisation,
something that I can't express by words. I always wanted to compose modules with
a SOUL, a SPIRIT, not just random samples connected together.

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

It's hard to say. I'm not very active at the moment, but I'm still doing music
on my PC and I learn programming. Maybe in some time I will release a demo with
my code and music?

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

Thank you for the interview. I greet everybody I met during my scene activity
time and of course you!

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