Amiga Music Preservation -

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

I had wanted a ZX81 since I first saw one but didn't get a computer until
my dad bought the C64 in 1982.

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

C64 - programmed lots of stuff for fun, played games, wrote music.
Amiga - programmed a bit for fun, played games, wrote music (not much)
PC - program for money, play games, wrote music (MIDI and previously some
music using a homemade MIDI-sequencer that controlled the AdLib sound card.

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

I chose to do the things I was best at.

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

I didn't use any - wrote my own stuff. That was part of the fun. I liked to
experiment and didn't like the limitations of software you couldn't modify.

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

I'm not particularly satisfied with anything I've done, but it makes me
feel better about it when people show appreciation of my work.

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

There are several. Too many to list. Usually they have imperfections for no
good reason, or are too similar to tunes by others (that would usually be
Rob)

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

Demos - I'm really past that and cannot seriously comment on it.
As far as games, music has the same value to a game as it has to a movie,
and should be prioritized accordingly. Many companies are starting to
realize this, and IMO the standard is pretty good.

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

I don't compose much these days, but make my living as a software developer
instead. When I compose, the target of the composition is not the computer
anymore.

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

MIDI is no longer very useful except for simple interchange of messages
between electronic musical instruments (which happens to be why it was made
in the first place). As far as the others, from a musical standpoint,
they're all the same. The MP3 craze is good for the music, but nobody knows
if it's good for the music industry.

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

Galway's Rambo loader tune is currently my favorite. My favorite changes
all the time.

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

No, but others do that, and are probably much better at it than I would be.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Anyone who plays Thad Jones. No really - I listen to my local radio station
a lot (while driving)... They play all sorts of interesting music.

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

A head start into my career was the main thing. It also gave me some wierd
sort of undeserved fame, and it's fun to check out all the remakes of my old
tunes that come out from time to time.

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

No. I was never really active in the scene. I mostly just let Upfront use my
music, and occasionally wrote a tune on request, because they had some
pretty amazing coders.

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

Sure, greetings to everyone I used to know and haven't talked to in ages.
Drop me a line if you read this. Also to those involved in the scene who I
came to know recently. And of course to all my "fans" whom I don't know, who
make it all worthwhile. Did I remember everyone now?

I'd like also to thank you guys for doing this. As always, it should have
been done a long time ago, but nobody knows the value of today's events
until they're history, and half of the facts have been forgotten.

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