Amiga Music Preservation -

Interview

.

`n. .rP'

`qb ,dP'

TLb. ,dMP' all rite, now you get the chance to read

TML.dMMP some facts about some of the major amiga

,nmm`XXMPX musicians. read about their history in

,#MP'~~XNXYNXTb. the scene and their plans in future.yes,

,d~' dNNP `YNTb. that's meant to be read while listening to

,~ ,NN' `YNb their modules. read 'em over and over and over..

dNP `Yb.

,NN' `b. · i n t e r v i e w · ___________

______dP _____________ \ /

\ ,N'\____ _____________. _____ \ \_____. ____\ /

\___P___/ .\--\__ __/__ |--\____)---\ _____/__ |--\_ \ _/

| | | \ | | \__| | _ \ / | \__| | /\ |

| _| | | _l_ | | \ / _l_ | ___|

l___/=l___|====l____/===\______|==l______|\ /l___/===\______l____/

\/

•

Handle:

•

Group:

•

Date of birth:

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

I guess I started getting interested in computers when I got my Amiga back
in 1990. Until that I hadn't been that interested in computers, save for the
then-'mindblowing' computer games on El Loco's old but kewl Shark computer
in the mid 80s. :)

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

Quite frankly I didn't have any previous machines until I got my Amiga, so
the last part of the question I can't answer you. :-)

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

The specific reason for me ending up making music was of two things,
actually. First, I had played real instruments since the age of 7
(primarily the organ), and so when that in mind, it felt quite naturally to
give it a try on the computer as well. I've never had any interest in
coding, and I know I'd do quite poorly if I were given access to paintbrush
or doing any gfx. :) Second, I owe El Loco a big one for his ongoing pushes
about talking me into giving computerized music a try, since I actually
hardly did give it any interest in the first place.

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

Since I regard myself as well retired from the Amiga composing, the
programs I've been using have belonged to that era: To begin with I used
Soundtracker, then came Noisetracker. But in the latter years of my
composing I utilized Protracker, which was among the better trackers around
at that time.

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

Hard to say, really. From a personal view I would probably go with the song
"Decibel Overload", merely because we (El Loco and I) captured the 10th
spot in the music competition at The Gathering 1994 with it. That aside, I
also have to mention the song "Talentiaden", used in the intro with the
same name. That one is one of my own favourites, as I think it nicely
combines different tempo with a strong melodic style. I'm quite pleased
with the strong melodic lines in this song; a style we have tried to
preserve and be faithful to in our music.

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

Oh God, there sure are several tunes I would like to forget as quickly as
possible. :) Luckily they never saw public daylight, and they never would
have deserved it anyway. They were way too weak in every aspect of
categories of composing.

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

I think the music is all important as well in a demo as in a game. Music
sets the mood and the feeling in any production, amplifies it, and adds
design to the gfx and code. What would "Star Wars" have been without John
Williams' brilliant musical scores? NOTHING, I guess.

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

Yes, I'm still composing. I do mainly compose on my synthziser and when I
go home to my parents, I still try to play the organ as well. It has been
quite a while though since last time I considered myself having made a
brand new composition. Nowadays I do my composing strictly for leisure
purposes. Presently, I don't have the fitting equipment nor the occasion to
consider composing for professional purposes, even if I fully admit that
doing something like that is an old long-lived dream of mine.

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

I'm ok with it. Especially the mp3 (mpeg) format sounds intriguing.

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

Geez, that's a tough one... From the Amiga music scene I would have to
mention the fab music of Bjørn Lynne ("Dr. Awesome"), who really was a
strong force of inspiration to us, and most surely to literally all the
amiga musicians of that time. His memorable opening part of "Now What II"
in my opinion is one of the best technical pieces of music written on
Amiga. I'm also a sucker for the songs made by his musician partner in
Crusaders, Fleshbrain (Seppo Hurme). The best tune every to have been
written on an Amiga, however are, according to me, the immortal piece
called "Garbage Collection" by Peter/PMC. Shortly I also have to mention
Scott/Spaceballs and his smaller pieces of music, which has had a lot of
influence on the shapening of my very own melodic style of music.

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

No, I'm not. The idea is very appealing though. However, I cannot see that
becoming a reality within the near future, really. Nevertheless, I'd like
to see it happen some day.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

I'm listening to many bands, all versatile in musical style, ranging from
dance and techno (the band Prodigy here being the favourite), to straight
pop & rock and back to ethnicial inspired music/folk music (bands like
Enigma and norwegian band Bel Canto). "God Is a DJ" by Faithless is a fav
of mine nowadays.
I love the songs of U2, especially the song "With Or Without You" + songs
like "I Don't Want Control Of You" (Teenage Fanclub) and "1979" (Smashing
Pumpkins), and a lot more. It would impossible to list up all of them here.

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

The Amiga Scene gave much fun to me. I will remember the hard rivalry
between the groups the most, but I'll remember it in the most positive
sense of the word. I guess for me personally The Gathering '94 attendance
in Bærum, Norway, with no doubt represented the highlight moment of my
scene 'career'.

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

No, I look upon myself as retired member of the scene, really, as I have
done nothing relative to the Amiga Scene since around 1995 or so. Nowadays,
attending university and getting myself an education is one of the things
of main importance to me.

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

I want to say a 'hi 'n' hello' then to the retired members as well as to
the still active members of my old group TALENT (To Boo: Keep it up!:)),
and of course some accomplishments to my old partner in crime, El Loco:
I'll hope there'll be more productions of newer date awaiting us in the
future, old timer. ;)
And finally I want to thank Crown of CRB for this interview.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
please note: this interview is ©opyrighted in 2001 by crown of cryptoburners
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Quick Search

Random link

Database Stats

Interview