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

Hmm, let me see if I can remember.
My uncle bought a Sinclair ZX spectrum. I often spent my vacations with
him because of that. One day I had the opprtunity to buy a used C64 from
a friend, and suddenly I was a computer owner.

It was not until the Amiga that I started making music though! Early on
I saw an Amiga hooked up to a HiFi stereo. I just had to have that
machine... This was 1990-1991 I think.

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

As mentioned above:

C64 was used for games, though I was very interested in music disks etc.

Amiga opened my eyes to music making.
Today I have a PC, which is also used for music (on occations :-)

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

I actually did a lot of graphics in the beginning, but I soon discovered that
I had a talent for making music. I have always been multi talented
though, and today I make all kinds of stuff in my job as game
designer/ project manager/ head of development. I make music/SFX,
2D graphics, 3D ingame models, story writing, scripting, level design,
conceptual design etc.

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

On the Amiga I alway used the trackers. Soundtracker 1.1 and working
my way up to Protracker. Today I work on the PC using Logic Audio gold.

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

Huh... I can't really remember. I don't think I ever had a goal.
I never had one particular style, or on particular way to make music.
I was not trying to perfect any specific flow or mood. I just followed
my intuition. I was constantly experimenting (which is also why some of
my mods are really strange :-)

But of course I would say that my later modules are the best. But that
conclusion is mostly based on a "craftmans" impression of the pieces.

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

Today I think it is all lost to me. I mean all the hype about who was
the best and who was a "lamer". I feel a warmth whenever I hear
something from those days, even if it is one of my older mods.

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

It all depends on the game. Most games need soundeffects to be
"alive", but the music is a different story. For demos it is
absolutely essential (as there are no SFX). But more imortantly is
how you time the demo to the music. I remember some of the Polka
Brothers demos. They were not really that amazing if you looked at
the code, but the music and timing made them rock.

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

Right now I am no longer composing for games. Today I make some
occational techno funkadelic stuff, which is released by the label
"Hypnotic Records". I have done some music for 3-5 software titles in
the past.

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

I see WAV and MIDI as musicians tool. MP3 on the other hand is more
like a digital tape recorder for people who like to make pirate copies.

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

Hmm, I am more or less blank. I was never one to listen to music...
I only created it (don't ask me why). I really liked artists though:
Heatbeat, Romeo Knight, Uncle Tom, TIP&Mantronix, Bruno and Jesper Kyd.

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

Huh, NO. I have never thought of that, but I do not think my music
would survive a remastering.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Radio Head, Vangelis, Sting, Chemical Brothers, George Michael, Beatles,
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Depeche Mode, Madonna, Prodigy, Nine Inch Nails.

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

It gave me a lot of good friends. It taught me a lot about how people
react when they want something really bad, or how groups of people can
work together really hard to achieve a greater goal. It taught me to
handle critisism, and how to tolerate sleeping on a cold hard stone
floor (with no sleeping bag).

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

Only to keep in contact with my friends from those days. Actually we
are having a big Christmas dinner this year, wher people from Static
Bytes, Polka Brothers, Kefrens, Melon, Anarchy and others will attend.

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

Hi goes to (though I hardly think they will see this): Tivurr,
Playboy, Quackbuster, Slammer, Easly, Pixie, Estrup, Buck, Slide,
Gargoyle, Hithansen, Mount,... and all my other friends out there.

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