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

Hmm, I think it was at the time I was 5 years old or so.
My parents bought a Commodore 64 with BlackBox cartridge and few games.
I was totally amazed at them and of course at awesome music which I've been listening for a hours :)

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

1. Commodore 64 with BlackBox cartridge
2. A1200, Apollo 040/40, 32 MB RAM, HDD 80 MB + 1.2 GB, CD-ROM 8x

C-64 was used by me only for games. I still have it and in near future I want to turn it into C-64 demo viewer ;)
As for Amiga.. I was doing with her everything that I do now, that means... everything :D But especially games & music.

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

Uh, that's a diffucult question to answer. To be honest, I just don't know :)
The first thing that wasn't game I saw on the computer was ProTracker and it put spell on me, so maybe that's why... ;)

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

On Amiga - ProTracker 3.61 mostly. After few years I changed it for DigiBooster Pro2.

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

Another difficult question :) I like all my modules very much, that's obvious :)
And I always feel that there's something that they're lack of. Not always I know what it is ;)
But if I could choose my favourite module... hmm.. for Amiga 4ch it would be "Lords of the life", and for multichanell - "Tricky Reality".

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

No, there aren't such tunes :)

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

I think it's 33.3(3)% of total game/demo value ;)
There are games and demos I've been watching/playing only because of music :)

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

Yeah, of course, it's my passion and I think I'll never give it up :)
I compose mostly for myself and I release my tunes as demoscene ones. From time to time I support demoscene productions, like diskmags or musicdisks.
The only tune I did for "commercial" purpose was one jingle... :)

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

I don't like them :D Of course there are plenty of wonderful stream music I listen everyday, but I have a lot more fun listening to tracked songs and music from various computer platforms :)

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

It's hard to tell, 'cause when I once warm up to tune, I will like it constantly forever :)
So all mods I have are my favourities :)

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

Not for now.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Every tune that fits my taste :)
If you ask me about favourite band, it's The Prodigy.
And I really love to listen movie and anime soundtracks.

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

Almost everything that I know about computers and music.

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

Yeah, I am :) To tell the truth, I'm rather new on the scene :)
Earlier I was too young (IMHO) to show up ;D

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

Don't let the tracked music disappear, people!
It has to be immortal, and it has to amaze more and more people all over the world ;)

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