Amiga Music Preservation -

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

My big brother got C64 for xmas in 1984.

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

Nothing. Nothing.
I've never been that interested in computers. What people did with those
machines gave me this interest.

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

coding?

It was the easiest thing for a teen with a bad concentration. I had no
previous experience in music, so I've had to learn everything the hard way.
And there's still a lot to learn.

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

C64: DMC
Amiga: Protracker
PC: Scream Tracker, now Impulse Tracker

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

None of them I guess. Maybe some kind of joketunes have served their
purposes completely, but none of the "serious" tunes have. Sure my chiptunes
are better and more ambitious than what anybody wrote in the beginning of 90s
(with the exception of Stello Doussis), but I'm not sure if it's a good thing.

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

All the 1995-1998 crap. But I think nobody's heard those (and very
few have heard any of my stuff at all)

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

Big value in demo, I don't know about games.
But I guess today's games have shitloada background music and one title-theme.
I'm not interested in gamemusic at all. Or games with more than 16 colors.

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

I'm taking a pause now to concentrate on graphics again, and because
Impulse Tracker refuses to work under Win ME.

I'd like to do music for a GBA game.

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

More possibilities. More crappy music.
I really don't follow what's coming out these days.
They made enough kickass material in the 70s alone to keep me occupied for
the rest of my life.

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

There's a lot. Although I think about 95% of the music done in the
demoscene is uninteresting and clumsy, there have been many gifted and
creative composers.
I could mention about 20 names, but Dizzy outpaces them all :)

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

I'd rather move on.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Only Miles Davis at the moment.
During this past year I've been also listening to a lot of bebop, fusionjazz
and progressive rock.

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

Bad habits and good friends.

Seriously, it has given me a lot, but I doubt the scene and what coming out
of it will influece me that much anymore. But still, it's hard for me to think
of what I might be without it. Sounds pathetic, but it's not.

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

Yes.

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

ae!

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