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

Well I suppose it was back in '85 with the C64. A friend had one so there you
go...

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

Oh.. :-) A C64 (only with tapedrive mind you), A500, then another A500 (newer
revision) wich i put a 68010 in and clocked to a whopping 14,28 Mhz!!! After
that I got an A2000 with a 030 card. Sold it in favor of my trusty old A3000
which I still have today :-). (with 180Mhz Cyberstorm 604/040 card buildt into
an old IBM server tower case).

Sadly not much used theese days I'm afraid. I have also had lots of PC boxes,
not really worth mentioning. I mainly used the Amigas for ProTracking. But of
course I have tried about everything worth doing on an Amiga. (Assembly
Programming, C++, Gfx, Raytracing, the works).

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

I suppose it was the most fun thing to do :-).

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

Oh, I've tried them all! But always went back to ProTracker. Never did care
much for MIDI sequencers. Altough I own an Yamaha XG box these days I still
haven't got the knack of them. Someone PLEASE! Make a good tracker with good
midi support!

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

Tough one.. I don't really remember anymore, so long ago :-). But I can tell
you this: I was Super productive back then, only a small fraction of the stuff
I made was used in any demos. Then again only a fraction of that again was
"finished".

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

Yeah, can't remember the name but there was one the Razor guys used in an
Intro, with I for the life of me can't understand why. Think it was
"Goldrunner", a C64 ripoff wich took about 2 hours to make.

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

In that respect demos and games are just like movies.
Imagine films like Gladiator, Days of Thunder, LOTR and Trainspotting with
a crappy score? If you have crappy music, it just drags the whole production
down with it.

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

Nope, no composing anymore. I just play around with my midi keyboard, but never
recording anything. Altough I want to I never get around to it.

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

Well not much really. It's all just "real" music, don't think about it much.
Personally I listen to just about anything. But I still get a Nostalgia-trip
out of the good old modules!

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

Don't remember spesifics. Basically big fan of stuff by Jogeir, Walkman, Chris
Huelsbeck, Hubbard, Croon (No Limits), K. Obarski. You know, the classics.
Hmm.. Right here's one: Overture by Jogeir Liljedal.

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

With that stuff? Seriously NOT!

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

At the moment: Turbonegro, Queens of the Stoneage, Nightwish, Foo Figthers,
Malossi and Span.

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

For one thing: A living :-). I work as an consultant these days. (Hired gun).
Mosty work with Java programming, advanced infrastructure and Oracle stuff.

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

Nah.. Stopped that when all the gamers flooded the "party's". The good old
days are just that: Good OLD days ;-)

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

Well, Hi to anyone whom I met back in the active days. Also to my brother
(Radiance) who is infinetly better at tracking than I ever was :-). I suppose
if I sat my ass down with ProTracker today, my songs would still sound
"oldstyle". Maybe I'll try some day when in need of a real nostalgia trip!
Until then, Live long and prosper!

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