Amiga Music Preservation -

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

Come to think of it, that was many years ago. Back in 1991, my uncle gave me a
sound card straight from the production floor he was working at. I could
remember the moment when games finally comes with sound. Was about to get used
to Adlib (polyphonic) sound until I heard MODPlayer. MOD sounded so realistic
then and my interest caught on.

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

Back then, it was a 80286. But MOD player didn't do well on that PC. Finally
convinced my dad to get a 486DX-66. That's the the ultimate at that time.
Windows was never in the picture. We had to be fluent with DOS.

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

I was already coding at that time. But with only BASIC language that I knew,
it wasn't easy to produce fast code. GFX didn't wasn't in my consideration.
Instead, I turned to music which is my interest and there was a over-whelming
demand for them. A BBS SysOp (Teck Chee) helped spread my music across the
world and I received extremely encourging mails urging me to write more music.

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

I had switch between several traking tools. But the final tracker I used was
FT3 (Fast Traker). Hoped there was another one for windows now.

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

Misty Heart was my favourite. The climate built up extremely well, sending chills
down my spine. It hasn't lost it magic even till today.

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

I guess the first was always a regret. As quality and skills improved, I hid
the first few releases hoping that they don't tarnish the reputation I had
established. Din't even want to mention it now. :)

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

Music is 50%. Try watch a horror movie without sound -- the movies feels more
comic than scary. Same goes for the famous Titanic. The magic is gone.

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

Rarely. Tools are gone.

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

They are of excellent quality. That make a comeback difficult. Had to fight
with professional pieces to gain ground - difficult.

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

It's been a while and my collection got eaten by fungus on the 3.5" disks. But
future crew certainly did the scene proud. I like their works.

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

I certainly like to. But who's interested?? :)

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

New Age are clsoe to heart. David Lanz plays excellent piano and Suzanne Ciani
compose smooth tunes.

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

It gave me lots of self-esteem - something employers nowadays are stingy about.
At least I knew I was good before. It earned me some good friends too,
especially the team that organised demo competition in Singapore.

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

Hope to.. but where's everyone now?

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

If only I could find modern treking tools.

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