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

We got a commodore pet when I was very small and I loved to play space invaders on it - that was about 1978

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

Commodore Vic20, C64, Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200

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

I did graphics as well and produced graphics for a few games and demos although not much got released, but I always loved music so I did a few tunes for demos and some game soundtracks, I can't remember what made it out into the world, killing machine did, I also did sountracks for Knights of Legend and an unreleased Nightbreed spin-off game, plus a conversion of Double Dragon, other tunes were sent on disk to PD librbaries but I am not sure what survived - I have some on my site, anyway, I loved the ease of composing on things like rock monitor and protracker so that got me hooked

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

I now use cubase, orion platinum and occasionally buzz tracker (buzz tracker is cool as f**k)

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

Knights of Legend was my favourite but I lost it and a set of modules called highly improbable 1,2 and 3 lost as well - if anybody has copies of any of them out in the world please send them hihi

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

Yeah, the title tune from killing machine, it's just too damn fussy

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

Music can convey feeling that can't be expressed any other way, it can give pace and tempo and it can just be the icing on the cake

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

Don't really get enough time to write much but I work on vst instruments and I still write music for leasure when i can.

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

I think the technology has come on a long way, but I think some of the challenge has been lost, like trying to make four voices sound like a 40

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

Tim follin's Ghouls'n'Ghosts soundtrack (amiga and c64), Turrican 2, Master of Magic and the soundtrack to the produkkt (farbrauch)

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

not at present - no demand

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

all sorts of stuff but top of the list are Pet Shop Boys, the Divine Comedy, Frou Frou, Kaiser Chiefs and Coldplay and always the Art of Noise

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

a way to make music that was accessible

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

only as an observer and with a couple of remixes on RKO (c64 remix site)

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

Well Greetings to everybody really and keep up the good work

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