Amiga Music Preservation -

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

Probably about 1990, when a friend of mine showed that computer music was
possible.

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

I played games on C64 for a while, then started making music on the Amiga 500,
later on 1200.

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

I never had the patience to code, and no interest in gfx. I've always played
the piano, so it was natural to be "the musician" of my friends.

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

Protracker mostly, a couple of modules in Fasttracker.

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

None of them, hehe. Well, I remember being happy about the piano sound in
Jammin' in the wind, and trying to make a realistic piano sound was always a
struggle of mine.

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

Actually I don't remember almost any of them, only about 5-6.
So the ones I wanted to forget is already forgotten.

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

Demos/games without music is like movies without music. Music can underline
anything that happens, and enhance every aspect of a demo or game.

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

Not composing, no.

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

Midi has many strenghts for composers and producers, but I think mp3 will
stay the preferred electronical format for end users for a long time still.

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

Just for blues & Banana Split / Di33y
Fenalaar & pils / Don Cato
Jammin' for nothing, Move-ment-al & bicykl0pedia / Heatbeat
Alcoholic score & 70s reprise / Audiomonster

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

Hehe, there's absolutely no way I would want to do that.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Anja Garbarek, Liszt, Robert Johnson, Kapustin, Schumann, Bach.

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

In the long run probably only experience with computers which have helped me
in my music technology classes at the Norwegian State Academy of Music.
However, I remember having a lot of fun making music and with my other amiga
friends.

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

No. I had no idea there still was a scene to be active in!

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

To my old partner Heywood; thanks for the cooperation and the ping-pong
matches!

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