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Date of birth:

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

I think the year that I really got into the computers was 1990. My father
had just bought a new PC to our house and I started to explore it.

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

I had my first computer related experiences with my dad's Spectavideo 738
X'press MSX in the mid-80s. And because of my young age I was unable to do
anything else but play :) Anyway, the next computer I was able lay my hands
on was a PC (286). (I never had an Amiga500 or C64. I have bought them later,
though.) Few years later we got a 386. I made a few not-so-impressing-Qbasic-
codings with the 386. To be honest: most of the time I was only playing good
olde DOS games :) I guess the big chance happened in 1995, when I got a
Pentium 60mhz - it even had a soundcard and a modem! It all became clear and
I was soon introduced to the world of BBSs, Internet, demoscene and
tracking :) The computer I nowadays use is an AMD K6-2 333mhz.

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

Well, I tried to do all the three. I guess I ended up doing music, because
it seemed to be the most natural choice for a pianist.. and my friend was
doing a lot better code than I :)

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

FastTracker was the first one, but I never really liked it. ST3 was _the_
tracker for me. Maybe this has something to do with my poor childhood
without a C64 or an Amiga :) Later on I started making music with IT, because
it offered more freedom than ST3.

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

I think I have best succeeded in "f". It has some mod-nostalgy in it,
despite being an .IT. Besides, the melodies are probably the best ones I've
ever done.

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

This one's pretty tough :) There are so many of them... maybe the infamous
"lasa majasta" (one of my first chip songs) is the one I would like
to forget. My friend's reaction after hearing my tune: "Congratulations!
You have just made the worst existing mod ever!"

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

I think music is an important element of any demo/game. Even the coolest
music can't save a demo if the gfx and code are lousy, though.

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

At the moment I'm composing for leisure purposes - mainly doing some bloated
.ITs :) For a long time I have been planning to move on to MIDI, but due to
my lazy nature I have kept on tracking :)

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

Definitely nothing against them. Music is music, whatever the format.
Mods still rule, because you can see how the tricks are done. That is
probably their best feature.

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

I guess the very favourite would be "~k" from dune/orange - it's absolutely
brilliant. There are of course several other favourites like: "banana split"
from dizzy, "when the heavens fall" from pm, "bag rasta" from nuke, "you luv"
from mortimer twang, just to mention a few...

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

No, not really. I think my mods should remain as mods.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

I really cannot answer this question, because my music taste is a bit too
broad. Let's just say everything from Eartha Kitt to St. Germain :)

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

As I was born too late I kind of missed both amiga- and c64-scene..
But I surely do enjoy watching amiga/c64-demos and listening to old music.

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

Not as active as I used to be few years ago. In general the demoscene
activity seems to be decreasing.. at least here in Finland.

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

I would like to greet following people: duet, baud, foze, subzero, sape,
juzdie, tribe, rm, unseen fate, jean9, pyksy, wayout + all the members
of following groups: cheddar, rtp!, gzar, jumalauta, ksm!, kahvila

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