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

Hmm, it must have been around 1986 or so, I moved to Illinois with my
mom and a new friend there had a computer with a modem. As soon as I
saw him dial up a BBS I was hooked.

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

My first computer was an Apple //c, I did all the usual things you did
back then. Played games, typed in cheesy programs from those
magazines, that type of thing. I wasn't a computer geek then (heck, I
was 8 years old), but I played around with programs a bit, and mostly
played games.

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

The first BBS I dialed in Bloomington, IL had a whole ton of MODs, I
got hooked that way, and started making some myself.

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

I originally used Scream Tracker, then MultiTracker, then Impulse
Tracker, and I've used that ever since (even for the stuff I'm doing
today).

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

Hmm, wow. In some ways, even my earliest stuff reached some goals. In
other ways, I still haven't.

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

Plenty, but I've forgotten them. =)

I had tons of stuff uploaded to that old BBS but between the SysOp and
I there have been too many hard drive crashes for them to be preserved.

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

Just like movies or TV, it adds depth to the experience.

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

purposes?

I'm still composing off and on, for leisure. I wouldn't be against
making a "real" CD, but I've got enough hobbies as it is to attempt to
make it a full-time career. I already love my job.

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

The file format means nothing, as far as I'm concerned, it's the music
that matters. That being said, more "open" formats like MIDI or
modules are nice in that you can see *how* the composer did things that
you like, but I think that's just a happy side-effect.

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

Funny you should say it, my parents just asked me that same question.
Actually, my stepmom posed the question, and my dad (who's a musician)
said he already knew my answer. He was right. There's too many
different styles of music and too much good music for me to nail it
down. I listen to a very wide range of stuff, from classical to jazz
to electronica to, well, uhh... whatever you would call Mr. Bungle. ;)

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

I think I might. All it takes is time...

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Well, I've been on a Mr. Bungle kick recently, along with Mindless Self
Indulgence. The new Radiohead's getting a lot of play, as well as
Beck's latest (which isn't so new, but is *incredible*). Hmm, let's
see. There's too many more to mention.

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

I only ran into the amiga and c64 scene peripherally, be it through
discussions on the net or democompos and that type of thing. The
biggest thing it gave me was the module, which (in a vastly expanded
form) I still work with today.

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

Not really, although every year or so I pop into #trax and give a
couple people heart attacks.

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

I'm so out of the scene I don't have anyone to greet anymore, so, all
I've got is this:

"Hi" all you young whipper-snappers! I'm one of those scener fogeys
that always bitches about the Good Old Days. Go out there and prove me
wrong. :)

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