Amiga Music Preservation -

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

Oh, which year... I think it was when I was about 10-12 years old. Quite
early I guess. Started with a Commodore Vic 64 with a monochrome screen
and diskdrive. Quite fancy at that time.

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

Commodore 64: Programmed and played games mostly
Amiga 500+: Programmed, made some music and played some games.

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

Well I did both. I think of myself as a better coder than musician, even
though I've become much better than at that time. I feel ashame of most of
my productions. They were really bad but reminds me of a fantastic era of
my life.

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

Hmm... well. What was the name of that program again... It wasn't Fasttracker
(tried that too). It was another program for the Amiga, but it was module
compliant. OctaMED maybe?

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

I never really reached that goal. The coding took the bigger part

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

There are many, cause they are really bad. Realising that after been playing
"usual" music and instruments for a while.

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

I think it's really important. How fun is a movie without music?
It's a complement to the visual experience, and something you can't leave
out.

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

Not professional, I have a little studio with a quite good motherkeyboard and
some sound-modules. It's midi that counts nowadays.

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

I think midi is great, but I envy those peoplo who could do really good music
on just 4 channels. It's just fantastic how good some of them are. With 4
channels make it sound as if it was 16. That is admirable!

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

Jester (I think his name was, or is) did some really good songs, can't remember
the name.

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

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

All kinds, Corrs is my fav group but listens mostly to synth/classical...

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

Inspiration and possibility to use my imagination.

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

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

I'd like to greet Baron von Münchhausen which was my partner in crime those
days. Thanks for the interview!

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