
by s7ing and Mop of Alcatraz

MA:
Please introduce yourself to the reader

JOGEIR:
My name is Jogeir Liljedahl, I am from Aalesund, Norway.
I am 33 years old, but still 20 in my head! And I love
listening & making music obviously.

MA:
When did your first music steps start?

JOGEIR:
Way back in 1986 I started fiddling around with various
c64 music editors, but my real start was probably when I got
my A500 in 1988 and got hold of Karsten Obarski's
Soundtracker with ST-01!

MA:
What Software have you used to create computer music?

JOGEIR:
On Amiga I used Soundtracker, Noisetracker and Protracker.
On PC I used Fasttracker, Milkytracker, Cakewalk and Cubase.

Nowadays I mostly use Cubase 4, and sometimes Milkytracker
if I want to listen to old modules, perhaps fiddle around
with some ideas with old samples to get inspiration for a
new Cubase project.

MA:
Where did you get your inspiration for making music?

JOGEIR:
It all came natural to me, somehow I just knew that I would
start making music. Both my siblings, both brother and
sister, went to music courses for several years, and so did
I for almost 1 year, but I got fed up and thought that the
organ was not my instrument.

I started to listen to music seriously very early, and
always found it very educational to try to play whatever was
in my head at the time. I guess I trained my "musical ear"
way back when I still played the organ occasionally, and
then I got into computers with the C64 and later the Amiga.

At that time I already listened to much instrumental music,
everything from Mezzoforte, Jarre, Vangelis, Oldfield,
Yanni to Bach, Beethoven, Grieg and many others.

MA:
Are you still working with computers or did you switched
onto other techniques?

JOGEIR:
I am still working with computers. I just bought Cubase 4
and am still making music for various productions. I also
buy some game from time to time, I guess that's because I've
always been playing games since the C64 days.

I also play games to listen to and learn how music is being
used in games, so it's a kind of win-win situation;
entertainment and education at the same time! The latest
game I bought was Bioshock, and I've already pre-ordered
Crysis which looks absolutely astounding!

MA:
Do you miss the old times of writing music as
4 channel mods?

JOGEIR:
To me 4channel module-making is just like riding a bike!
I still do some work using Milkytracker, but it's not the
same anymore. Back then it was all about competing, and the
parties we went to were all about competitions and fame. 

Now it seems that gaming has destroyed much of the karma of
the parties. When people go to parties now, they all want to
copy stuff from each other, play CS, Quake and such. 

Where's the imagination and the creation spirit? No
disrespect to the gamers, they have great hand-2-eye
$oordination, and their aim is probably world-class :)

But to be realistic, the games you play and get addicted to
are probably made by the Amiga sceners from the early 90s!
Who will make the games for our children? it's a deep 
thought, I know, but somewhat a debatable question.

MA:
Which style of music do you prefer ?

JOGEIR:
I'm an all-rounder, also very adaptive and always try my
best to find new styles to listen to. It's like when you
buy a big bag of candy, you stick your hand in and pick up
something good which you already know the taste of,
then suddenly there's a new candy and it all gets
interesting!

MA:
What for music do you like in "real" life.
Have you any group which inspires you?

JOGEIR:
I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan, though I'm more of a Gilmour fan
than a Waters one if you get me. I also love the music and
voice of Seal! I could mention probably 20 more.

What I can say is that I currently listen to Oldfield's
"Guitars" album and Jarre's 1978 album "Equinoxe". 
Not the newly remastered version, I prefer the vintage ;)

MA:
Which are your favourite musicians in the demo scene and
tell us why they are so.

JOGEIR:
I think they're all gone now, but I always enjoyed the music
from Walkman, Codex, Bruno, Fleshbrain, Nuke, 4-mat and
Romeo Knight. I don't know any active scene-musicians
nowadays as all the ones I've mentioned are old school,
so if anyone active today is 16-20 years and called any of
the names above, it's not the real one, just a dupe.

"Rename" is a fun feature in Dopus ;)

MA:
How did you find your way back to the computer demo scene ?

JOGEIR:
I got an email from s7ing/ATZ, asking me to join up and
revive the old group, so you'll be hearing some new music
from me very soon!  I'm currently in a dormant state,
semi-active perhaps.

I will contribute with some tunes to Alcatraz, but there is
no time for full-time involvement.

MA:
How do you like the so called new school Demo Style ?

JOGEIR:
If I knew what it was I could answer that, but I don't,
so... I dunno.

MA:
Are you still in contact with some of your old
scene friends ?

Yes, I have contact with perhaps 15-20 people from the old
scene. It's fun to know what they're all doing at this time,
many have families and children now. I feel really old here!

MA:
What is your actual project and what are your future plans ?

JOGEIR:
I'm currently working on my second album and trying to make
something for a new Alcatraz production to be released soon.

MA:
Have you already released a cd or compilation of your work ?
This is your chance to get some free advertisement...

JOGEIR:
I released my debut CD back in 1999, you can still buy it if
you're interested at 
http://www.lynnemusic.com/jogeir-thewanderer.html

I'm also making music for www.shockwave-sound.com,
the world's most dynamic and up-to-date online royalty-free
music library. If you use the search-bar and type "Jogeir",
you'll find some of my newer work there.

MA:
Has your scene activity a positive effect in your "real" job?

JOGEIR:
Yes, it has since I am still working with music as I have
done for so many years. Also you find out that your old
$scene friends started to work for a game developer, or
started up a company themselves, and remember of you when
they need music for a production, which is always nice
of course!

MA:
What are you doing nowadays ?

JOGEIR:
I'm currently working only on my music, no "real" job at
the moment. If you need music, please contact me so I can
get some more work!

MA:
Thanks a lot for answering some questions.
I hope you enjoyed. Last space is left for you to sa
whatever you want to.

JOGEIR:
Thanks for "inviting" me for this interview, and HELLO and
thanks to all of you who have read this whole interview!
Thanks to Karsten Obarski, the father of trackers, for
making Soundtracker! all fans who still enjoy my old work,
it warms every time I get an email from you!
and always remember... Martin Galway is GOD!
