Amiga Music Preservation -

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

In 1985 I bought my first computer Atari 65XE, then it was Commodore 64
(my dreamed computer: turbo loading, better high resolution gfx, excellent
(forever) music chip allowing listen to worldwide masterpieces. In 1992 I
bought Amiga 500 (1Mb) - something I will never forget, first high
resolution, colorful scannings, sampled voices of high quality. Amiga
seemed to be the future, the future of computers development way. In 1996
I bought my first PC, Pentium 120, 16 Mb, 1,2GB HDD and I have got this
computer till today. I am considering purchasing something newer and of
todays quality.

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

Timex 2048 borrowed
ZX81 borrowed in the meanwhile
Atari 65XE
Commodore 64
Amiga 500
PC P1

ZX81 - first BASIC approx. 10 lines programmes, Timex 2048 - first games,
first touch of the keyboard of the 8bit computer SPYvsSPY, Movie. Atari 65XE
serious programming in BASIC, first cracks on cassette protected programmes,
first debuggers, first assembler touch, Frank Ostrowski experience with
extended TurboBASIC, ... but biggest achievement was the possiblity to
protect and unprotect cassette recoded files againt coping. First "scroll" I
saw in the game/demo loaders.

C64 - excellent games but then, FInal Cartridge III, cracking, ripping,
first programming in assembler, first demo creatings, my biggest achievement
was to make after 2, 3 months when it came with Censor Design, Light demoes and
intros: 1. vertical scroll plexor 2. vertical raster.

Amiga500 it was too hard for me to code, to learn how to code, also I did
not like it so much anymore. ProTracker was my destiny. And it stayed like
that, demo watching, not much games, scene spirit, and music composing.

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

I quit coding as I was lame and unable to learn it. I tried but it was too
hard, and nobody in the neighbourhood of Northern Poland was eager to help
me or do sth together. Music was the part I discovered with Amiga500 and it
was my destiny.

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

ProTracker - all versions. The only and the best for Amiga 500 times.
Fast Tracker for PC was without scene spirit and by that time I was
quitting composing, when coming from Amiga to PC.

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

Hard to say. I made around 150 modules, perhaps 100 I remember... yoohoo3
was very nice to me (micro chip tunes) but other were good as well. The
ones spread e.g. to magazines were 30 - 40 % of my talent and soul. Perhaps
there are ppl who have them, some of them.

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

No. There is no such one. No shame. Merely proud.

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

30% music, 30% gfx, 30% code, 10% design which is a result of skills in
those three mentioned.

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

I am seriously considering to turn back the time and fit the standards of
1992-1998 modules. /old school?/ Some new ideas crawl in my head.

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

Different piece of cake. Nothing can be the same as scene spirit. Today it
is more and more close to real music which in fact is much different than the
old scene production. First it was limited to computer efficiency and
possibilities but also we see the blured borderline between master quality -
what is nothing different what we hear in radio - and the computer masterpieced
scene (C64, Amiga - of course also Atari but it was little different) music
where brilliang ideas for the tune (JCH, DRAX ...Jester(!), JOgier Liliedahj,
Xtd, Tip&Mantronix(!), 4mat(!) Heatbeat(!)) were put into music modules of
characteristic style.

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

Xtd, Jester, JCH, Drax, Rob Howard(?), Heatbeat, TIP&MANTRONIX (!!!)....
sigh, sighs.....

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

Not at the moment. I used to plan few years ago.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

I am versatile, I am flexible - I like good things.

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

Scene spirit - young people, no stealing, competing, healthy competition,
common spirit of creating new things, copy party spirit, competitions....
sigh, sighs....eh....

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

No.

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

No.

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