Amiga Music Preservation -

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

Uh.. some time in the mid-70's, after visiting my dad at work and
learning a little about Basic on a weirdo computer they had there.

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

Before I had my own I played with machines like the ABC80. First
computer was the Texas Instruments TI99/4A, followed by C64 and later
an A500 and A4000. That continued on until '94 or so, when commodore
gave up. I was working for Scala at the time - even had Jeff Porter
as my boss :) After that I moved to PC and never looked back.
No more Amigas ever, and I'm happy with that. I think it's utterly
stupid to watch all the people who still try to keep the machine
alive, making new hardware and os.. etc.. just got to laugh :)

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

You obviously made this interview for musicians, not coders. But I was
mainly a coder, and making music was just a little extra thing that I did.
Because, I was after all, making software to make music with and my brother
was the "musician".

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

Well, I wrote Protracker, so at that time it's what I used. There
were some other programs that we never finished, like Berimbau, but
it was never finished.
Nowadays it's mostly Logic, but I don't use it much any more... not after
evil Apple (hate, hate) bought emagic and changed everything.

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

I never reached any goal.

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

No.

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

I no longer see the point in making a "demo", but for games, music and
sound effects make half the game.

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

Sometimes, only for fun.

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

Eh? That's file formats. Well, mp3 is great man :)

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

I really couldn't.

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

No.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Hmm, anything that's japanese. Yoko Kanno in particular.

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

It was fun while it lasted. I have lots of good memories from those years.
But it's over now.. come on, say after me: it is over!!! no more, gone :)

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

No.

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

yoshi, owatta! :)

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