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Typhoon
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: Typhoon Group: Gods Date of birth: April the 12th 1975 I got interested in computers in 1986. I got my Commodore 64 then (gaming purposes only). In 1989 I bought my first Amiga 500 and pretty soon I got interested in music and graphics. I was introduced to the demo-scene in 1990. I had the Commodore 64, the Amiga 500 and 1200. I used the Commodore 64 for gaming only, but the Amiga-models were used for scene-activities (music, graphics, demo-making) and some gaming. In fact, I did both music and graphics. Graphics, actually, has been my main activity on the Amiga-scene. I ended up making music mainly because of my background as a drummer and playing the piano. When I grew up we always played music in our house, so I guess my interest came naturally. When the Amiga arrived I was introduced to the great sound and of course wonderful programs like Soundtracker. I started playing around, and when I discovered that it was possible to produce quality music all by myself, I was hooked! I used various versions of Soundtracker but mainly the Protracker-series. Nowadays I use Fruityloops. He he. None of them... I'm pretty demanding when it comes to quality, and I always felt my modules fell short of work by the likes of Virgill, Moby, Heatbeat, Dizzy and so on... I guess the latest modules I made on the Amiga were ok. "Response theme" for instance. (from Avalon's demo Response) My lame attempts on chip-tunes are easilly forgotten. I didn't have the patience or skills to make them sound any good... :) The music is very important. It creates a mood and state of mind that you can't accomplish with effects and graphics only. I believe you can compare it to the movies. Imagine a horror-movie without music or sound. It just doesn't work like it's supposed to. Good sound-design should have a 50% priority in any serious scene-production. I recently bought a program called Fruityloops, and have discovered the endless possibillities with sequencers, filters and the countless plugins. I also discovered the scene-dedicated music database Nectarine, and found tons of new tunes from several of my favorite composers. That gave me lots of inspiration, and I've started composing music on the PC. In fact I've made a comeback to the scene as a pixel-artist as well. I think the sound-quality really has improved. The great thing is that many of the old scene-musicians are still active, and are using new software to make top quality music. Hmmmm... There are so many! I must mention Virgill's work especially. "Love like blood" is probably the most awesome track I can think of... It's played at least once every day on my PC... I must also mention tunes by composers like Dizzy, Little Bitchard, Reed, Moby, Heatbeat and many more... Simple answer: NO :) My old music is not worth remastering. I'll see what happens when I get started on the PC. Orbital, Fluke, Underworld, Tomahawk, Fantomas, Røyksopp, jazz-cd's and various moviescores. Lots of fun, wonderful memories and life-long friendships. Yes. I've made a small comeback as pixel-artist and composer. I'm working on scene-related projects for Gods and some private stuff. It looks like it might be a productive time ahead... Thanks to all the great talents out there who compose awesome music and gives me so much inspiration! Also thanks to the people who dedicate their sparetime to maintain websites dedicated to scene-related productions. They are keeping the memories of the good old days alive... Also a little thank you to my wife Linda for keeping up with the constant stream of music from my PC! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- please note: this interview is ©opyrighted in 2005 by crown of cryptoburners ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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