Amiga Music Preservation -

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

Initial interest start around 1988/89 when I was handed a Colecovision
from my uncle. I was hooked instantly, playing such games as Vangard,
Pacman and Megaforce. The doorway to computers and consoles had been
opened for me.

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

As mentioned, I started out with a Colecovision. Then eventually my
parents bought me an Amstrad CPC 464. It was with this very machine
I started playing with sound. Using the very simple "BASIC". Although
being honest I spent almost all my time just playing games on it. During
the course of the early 90`s I went through a few game machines. Sega
Megadrive and Nintendo`s Gameboy. It wasn`t to be until 1993, when I was
to have the pleasure of owning my very own Amiga. By 1994 I had joined
the scene and started making music on Protracker. The rest is history
up until summer 2002 when I finally decided to take down the Amiga and
replace it with this PC.

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

The truth is I did spend a lot of time playing with Dpaint, although
certain people were very harsh with me and being at such a young age at
the time I took what they said to heart and stopped drawing altogether. As
for coding, I borrowed a few ASM books from the library, but returned them
without even reading past the first few lines. Thats about as far as my
coding experience stretches.

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

I spent pretty much all of my Amiga composing time with Protracker. I
played with Octamed briefly, but it always looked too ugly for me. Nowadays
its fruity loops or nothing! Skaletracker on the PC doesn`t seem to bad.

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

It`s hard to say, mostly down to the fact I don`t have any of my old modules
anymore. My memory doesn`t serve me well.

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

A hard question, I think probably most of them! I never really liked any of
my music. Only a few chip tunes.

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

I think music in a demo is the most important aspect. The music enables
you to set the atmosphere and mood. With good sync, even a very poor
and simple effect can look good with a good track played alongside. At the
sametime, very impressive coding and visual work can be brought heavily
down with a poor track.

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

Yeah, still composing and purely for leisure purposes. I spend many happy
hours in my own world composing new tracks. I`m sure I always will!

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

I think mp3 has provided the next step foward in scene music evolution. The
idea of using trackers to produce, modules or xm`s seems a little dated now.
Although there is an obvious downside of the filesize with using mp3 or wave.

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

Now this is a tough one! There are so many to choose from. Although one
has always stood out. X-Ceed`s Mod.Nativity. Just watching it on Protracker
sends a shiver down my spine. The technical skill is amazing and it sounds
perfect. Another one, would be by Soul. His RAW diskmag module (issue #9).
Can`t remeber the name right now. A third and final one, would be
Brainbug`s mod.postludium. Everytime I hear it, it takes me on an
nostalgic amiga scene trip! Well I have to admit pretty much all of
Supernao`s also favourites.

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

I don`t have any plans, although sometime in the future i`d love to
release a CD. Maybe once my music reaches a higher level, I can
begin to think about it.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Air, Radiohead, Kraftwerk, Mike Oldfield, Gotham Project, Hybrid, FSOL,
Aphex Twin, Skinny Puppy, LSG... to name a few.

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

A new meaning of life! :) .. and years of an amazingly unique experience.

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

Only on the PC scene. Currently in my most active phase since my first years!

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

Warm greetings to: Wade, Some1, Reed, Booster, Sane, Skunkmasta, Genetix, Kuu,
Ghandy, Phase1, Alive, Whiskas, Boo, Karlos, Teis, Optic, Jerry, Darkhawk,
Raven, Swoop, Pix, Fusko, Dire, Zerox, Ramses, Kufa, Leunam, Nork, Powerslave,
Dascon, Jessikaa, Farfar, Sal-one, everyone in Aerosol and Mangoo. Plus hand
shakes to all I`ve known over the years in the Amiga demo scene. Finally respect
to Crown for creating such a fantastic site!

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