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

Well, I had a really lousy 386 machine while I was young, I played a
lot of poor VGA-games with it. After the computer was given away, I
moaned about how neat it would be to get a new one, and in 1995 my
parents bought one, and I really began to find out more about
computers.

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

Machines? If you mean computers, I had that 386 computer, and then
the 120mhz Pentium-computer. Mostly gaming and later composing.

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

Well, I really can't draw :) Didn't know much about music either when I
started, but it just sounded so neat that you could make music with your
computer, and as a friend of mine showed me a tracking program, I was blown
away.

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

I only use Fast Tracker 2.

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

Well, I don't think I've reached my goals yet, but I think that usually
the one you're happiest with is the last one. I really aren't so
satisfied the sound quality of my songs, because I really don't haven't
had the possibilities to edit my songs or samples the way I might have
wanted to. But at the moment, maybe "Shatter" is my favourite, because
it combines different styles neatly, and sounds pretty much like what
I wanted it to sound like.

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

All the tunes that have note errors or bad tuning. That would be
virtually all of my songs from the first three years, some of them
maybe still available somewhere.

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

It's very important. I think that if a game has bad music, it's
the same as if the graphics are poor. It is a big part of the
impression that you get while playing the game. If the music starts to
annoy you, the game or demo gets annoying too.

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

I'm still composing, for leisure at the moment, but ofcourse I take all
chances I can get, and as I have been thinking to move to mp3's and
get my music sound more professional, maybe I might even try to send
them somewhere or something like that.

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

Well, mp3's are good, because the compression method it uses saves a
whole lot of space. Midi I haven't been so keen on, haven't really
tried or listened to them. But I really haven't had a chance to get
familiar with other formats, I've been so crazed about modules all
the time :)

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

If talking about "real" music, there are plenty ofcourse, depending
at the moment. To mention two really good songs that come in mind,
there are RMB's "Spring" and Moby's "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?".
If talking about tracked music, D-Tracker's "Mountains Of Norway",
Nighthawk's "Last Sunset" and Karsten Koch's "Leaving All Behind"
come in to mind. But it's really hard to choose when there's so much
good stuff.

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

Yes, definetly.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

I listen to a lot of different styles of music. Some Finnish bands like
Apulanta and Absoluuttinen Nollapiste are my favourites, and from
other countries current favourites are Astral Projection, Moby,
Linkin Park, Infected Mushroom and

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

Well, I was a bit late from that, but atleast it gave me a lot of
great music :)

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

Yep, I take a part in different kind of compos and try to spread my
songs around different scene archives. Maybe if I get a grab of myself
again, I could even start reviewing again ;)

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

Well, I'd like to greet everyone who has commented my music in some
way, and everyone who I have chatted with. Certain persons in scene
that come into my mind are Pete Cacmac, Novus, Komsip, T-Tracker,
Roncli, Notion, The Junk(KLM), Nemfasis, Dr.Morpheus and Mansooj
who all are worth special greets.

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