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ArchAngel
Interview
`n. .rP' `qb ,dP' TLb. ,dMP' all rite, now you get the chance to read TML.dMMP some facts about some of the major amiga ,nmm`XXMPX musicians. read about their history in ,#MP'~~XNXYNXTb. the scene and their plans in future.yes, ,d~' dNNP `YNTb. that's meant to be read while listening to ,~ ,NN' `YNb their modules. read 'em over and over and over.. dNP `Yb. ,NN' `b. · i n t e r v i e w · ___________ ______dP _____________ \ / \ ,N'\____ _____________. _____ \ \_____. ____\ / \___P___/ .\--\__ __/__ |--\____)---\ _____/__ |--\_ \ _/ | | | \ | | \__| | _ \ / | \__| | /\ | | _| | | _l_ | | \ / _l_ | ___| l___/=l___|====l____/===\______|==l______|\ /l___/===\______l____/ \/ Handle: ArchAngel Group: Scarab Corpse (SCC) Date of birth: 1980 It was in 1986 when I got a C64. My music interest didn't start until we upgraded to an Atari and we got a program called Noise Tracker which I started to play with. C64, C128, Atari, Amiga, PC486, P200, PII300, AMD1000. First I played games on them, but then when I got the Amiga I started to explore ProTracker more. When I bought my first PC and used Fast Tracker II I rapidly improved and started releasing modules on local BBS:es here in Stockholm. I've always loved music in most shapes. I like graphics as well, but I'm not skilled enough to make anything serious. I use my small graphic knowledge in my web works. The coding part have never interested me, and I don't have the skills required for that. Noise Tracker, Pro Tracker and Fast Tracker 2. FT2 has always been my favourite and it feels like I know that program like the back of my hand. I don't think I've reached my goal with my music yet. I still have a lot to learn and to explore, even though I'm progressing very slowly nowadays. One milestone in my tracking history was with the song "Sirene Song" though in which I started to use volume dynamics to a larger extent and thus improving the tunes very much. After that tune I improved even further with "The Grey Havens: Talindra's Journey". After that tune I haven't released any stand-alone module, only demo music. Hmm... There are some tunes I look back at today and wonder how I could come up with that idea, but I don't regret creating any module. They all have something special worth listening to. Of course my first tunes aren't much to remember, but they all have a meaning. Oh, that's a lot! I've met people saying "Wow, the music really lifted the whole demo" and "Imagine this demo _with_ music". I don't believe something is more important than the other though. In a demo I think 1/3 is code, 1/3 is gfx and 1/3 is music. More or less... Nowadays I'm working full time and don't really take the time to sit down and track. I had more enthusiasm and inspiration earlier. I will never stop tracking music though. Take MP3: I think it is good to have a common format which everybody can play and it would practically sound the same everywhere. This makes it easier to market tracker music as a respectable form of music. I also think it is good that people take tracking more seriously now and focus more on high quality sound. I would like composers to share their source more and let us learn from eachother, rather than hiding it from eachother and not letting fellow trackers use samples and such. Made of other trackers I must say the old tunes from early 90's are my favourites. They are all very melodius and creative. I also love chip tunes. I still admire those musicians the most! Creating music of basically nothing... Examples of my favourites are: Satellite One (PM), Space Debris (Captain), Deadlock (Elwood), Chiptjat (Radix), Fruktfatspop (Martyn), Adrift (Benedict Loh), Underwater Voyage part 1,2 (Darkhalo) I've always wanted to do that. Sometime... sometime... A lot :) U2, Live, Depeche, Enigma, Air, Vangelis, Tiesto, Oakenfold, Sublime... Nostalgy, smiles, creativeness, impressed by their skills. Not much. Occasionally I visit some mod pages and listen to Nectarine mod radio. Not releasing anything. Don't ever forget the mod scene and never stop tracking if you once did it. Music will live forever and the scene will never die. Greets to my friends in Phobia and Scarab Corpse. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- please note: this interview is ©opyrighted in 2002 by crown of cryptoburners ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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