INTERVIEW WITH STEINAR APALNES
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Many   people   around   says   that
friendship  is  more  important than
fame.   But  nearly all of them just
have  friendship  in their mouth and
do  no action!  Sphinx/Network did a
lot    of    music    for    Network
productions,  but suddenly he joined
a  much  smaller group (Airborn) and
quit   his  pseudoname.   He  choose
friendship  instead  of fame.  Let's
ask him some questions!

- Why did you quit NETWORK ?

The   reason  is  that  all  network
members   lived  so  far  away, that
personal   contact   was  difficult.
Besides,  Violence was a local group
and  some  of  my  old  friends were
members.    In  that  way,  personal
contact is much easier.

How  was  the relations to the other
Network members ?

It  was  (is)  very  good indeed.  I
still keep in touch with some of the
members.

Are  you  as  active now as the time
you spent in Network ?


Well,  to  tell  the truth, I wasn't
active  in  Network either.  You see
almost  all  tunes which appeared in
the Network demos were made before I
joined Network.

Is  Friendship  more  important than
fame ?

Friendship   rules!    (That's   the
original one...) (Hi, Would you like
to  write  a  friendship article for
us!   Ed.)  Don't  think about fame,
think  about  your  social  life and
friends  even  if  it  means ruining
your fame.

The   former  name  of  Airborn  was
Violence.    Did  the  group  change
their  name  because  of  the  badly
arranged Amega party at Porsgrunn?

Airborn  =  Violence is NOT correct.
Violence  split up in several parts.
The main formers of Violence started
a  group  called Argoth.  Some other
indepentent   guys,   Espen  Loeberg
(Pimf  (Swapper  in  Ex.  Violence),
Anders   Claussen   (coder   in  ex.
Violence)    and   Steinar   Apalnes
(me...)   formed  the  group  called
Airborn.

A lot of your tunes are convertions.
How  do  you  proceed  to  make  the
convertions as perfect as possible ?
Well,  first I listen very carefully
how  the  tune is built up.  That is
to  figure out the right chords, the
right  bass  and  the  main  melody.
After  that I try to mix together as
realistic  sounds  as  possible.   I
work a lot on the arrangements.

I  think  Oxygene  IV  is  the  BEST
convertion  of  any Jarre tune.  How
long  time  did  you  use to convert
that tune?

Honestly    I'm   not   sure.    But
converting   almost any tune doesn't
take half the time as composing your
own tune.

What do you like best, convert tunes
or compose your own music?

It's just as fun converting tunes as
it  is  to  compose  own  music.  Of
course  it  is MUCH more challenging
to compose your own tunes.

                        



Why convert tunes when you know that
you  can  never  make as good as the
original?

The  reason  why I convert is that I
get  real  pissed when I hear a tune
which  is  badly converted, in order
to  show that it is possible to make
a  pretty  good  convertion which at
least    reminds    you    of    the
arrangement.

You quit your Pseudoname, WHY?

Because  pseudonames  sounds  a  bit
stupid  (no  offence Borge, I really
like   the  movie  Spaceballs  too!)
Besides,  if you address a person by
his real name it sounds more social.

Who  do you think are the best Amiga
musicians ?

Personally  I think Walkman is great
because  his  arrangements suits the
very  good  composed melody perfect.
But   honestly,   I  don't  like  to
evaluate people.

Will  we  hear  some  music from you
soon?

Hopefully  I  will put together some
tunes  and a music disk soon.  But I
am  about  sick and tired of Amiga's
only 4 sound channels.

Do  you  think you are stronger than
Arnold ?

Arnold...   my  cat?   Ah,  you  are
talking  about  Mr.   Terminator.  I
laugh  in  the  face  of his muscles
(ha, ho, hi, mo)

What do ya think of HipHop music?

I  really  like  HipHop,  because it
0makes  me  laugh!   Have  you  heard
Crystal Waters 'Gipsy Woman' ?  It's
the perfect example of great HipHop.
I  don't  compare HipHop with music,
but  with  jokes.   The  poorer, the
better.   So  the inventor of HipHop
must have a great sence of humour.

Last Words

Well,  I'd  like to say hello to all
of  my  friends  in  the scene and a
VERY special hello to all Networkers
"  I  am  looking forward to see you
guys again."

If   you   wanna   contact   me  for
anything, write to:

Steinar  Apalnes  
Huskebruv.  9 
3700  Skien
Call +47 03 596248.