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

A friend of mine had a C64 somewhere in the 80's hence the interest began
to grow.

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

C64, played mostly then sold it to buy an Atari ST. I started composing
music, paint graphics and code with the Atari and later on continued to do so
on the PC. And back to the C64 ;)

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

I've always enjoyed music, ever since I was a kid in the school choir.
Although I've done some graphics and work as a software engineer at Fathammer,
I like composing more than anything else.

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

On the Atari, I started with a lousy conversion of Amiga's SoundTracker which
didn't even have a volume command. After that, I've used ProTracker and
Oktalyzer on the Atari for modules, Triplex for synthetic stuff. On the PC, I've
used both FastTracker 1 and 2 and ST3. On C64 I use DJB's modified 9-speed
version of SYNC, I've previously used DMC 4.0b and 5.0.

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

I really haven't felt like that with any of my songs because there's always
something which one could do better and so forth.

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

All of my really old ones. They sound HORRIBLE ;)

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

I think the value of music in demos and games is highly under estimated.
For games especially, composers seem to be the worst paid people in the
development. Most people tend to think that it doesn't matter what's in
the background of a game but it does matter a lot and shouldn't just be
ignored.

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

Yes I'm still composing, only for leisure purposes though.

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

I think no bad about them because I mostly compose with synths nowadays myself.
Although, I little bit of SID mayhem is necessary every now and then.

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

The one I did with Teque/Armada for last years Assembly, called 'Molequel Man',
aswell as the C64 tune I won the oldschool compo with, called 'Molecules'.
I also enjoy the SID tune from 2000 Assembly compo aswell, called 'Angel
Project'.

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

Planning on making a record with my synth music but not with any of my old
stuff remastered.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Uh. It's a pretty long list but I'll give some names..

Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Nick Glennie-Smith, Trevor Rabin,
Mark Mancina, James Newton Howard, Michael Kamen, Vangelis, Björk,
Hallucinogen, Astral Projection, Chris Hülsbeck, Jesper Kyd, Kim M. Jensen..

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

The C64 community is pretty warm and friendly. One can pretty much go and
ask about anything in the #c-64 channel in irc for example.

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

Somewhat active. Still doing some music for scene products if necessary.

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

My greetings list is miles long so I'll just say 'Hi' to all the guys I know.
That's about it. Cheers!

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