Cyberphreak interviews Deadpoet/Shunt



An IRC interview:



[deadpoet] oh hey
[deadpoet] interview time?


[cyberphreak] :)


[deadpoet] ok, spunky..
[deadpoet] *tap tap*.. uh..is this thing on?


[cyberphreak] hehe
[cyberphreak] right, first off, give us your name, age, group, job in the scene...


[deadpoet] My name is Jonathan.. 19yrs young, currently in a group called shunt
[deadpoet] and i'm a musician mostly
[deadpoet] and do some (bad) gfx on the side


[cyberphreak] cool, so how long have you been tracking, and what programs do you use to make your music ?


[deadpoet] since, *coff* i was about 14..
[deadpoet] oh, brb, other fone
[deadpoet] back
[deadpoet] yeah, i started when i was about 14
[deadpoet] with.. *drum roll*.. ModEdit
[deadpoet] :)
[deadpoet] now i use FT2
[deadpoet] and soundforge, and other audio apps for samples and such


[cyberphreak] what would you say is the main source of inspiration for your music ?


[deadpoet] boredem
[deadpoet] well, actually
[deadpoet] that sense of exploring things, fucking with programs and such, how i'm feeling at the time
[deadpoet] usually i dont know what im going to write,.. i fiddle on my keybaord (pc keyb..) and start writing something, and i spit something out at the end of some days/hours/whatever


[cyberphreak] i remember you saying, that your songs have the "Jonathan" in them, what would you call this "Jonathan" in your music ?


[deadpoet] a fine example of poor breeding conditions?


[cyberphreak] haha


[deadpoet] uh.. well, every artist has their own signature
[deadpoet] their own, mark in all their music
[deadpoet] i think one of the reasons is that i've had no music theory education
[deadpoet] and i learnt everything by fiddling, with the aid from friends now and then..


[cyberphreak] Oh, i was just about to ask that :)


[deadpoet] *smile*


[cyberphreak] What do you think about the South African tracking scene ?


[deadpoet] i think there's alot of unused potential
[deadpoet] not many artists make me raise an eyelash, sadly
[deadpoet] tho i dont know that much
[deadpoet] NiMH is my fav tracker in the local scene
[deadpoet] Jahya is a fine tracker
[deadpoet] chuK was v good too, but he's buggered off to the UK..
[deadpoet] i enjoy a few of saurax's tunes


[cyberphreak] BTW, would you like some coffee ?


[deadpoet] yes, brb :)


[cyberphreak] cool, me too, im tired of thinking of questions


** cyberphrk is away [coffee]
** deadpoet [away coffee]


[deadpoet] yes, have a break.. i went dancing to the kiten to boil the kettle, i love the Pixies


[cyberphreak] hehe
[cyberphreak] right... enough musical questions


** deadpoet fears what other questions you havent lined up


[cyberphreak] I see youre interested in art too, what has influenced you into drawing computer art ?


[deadpoet] um
[deadpoet] well
[deadpoet] when i was 12, we got a puter
[deadpoet] and my brother got autodesk animator
[deadpoet] and i LOVED that.. i used to annoy my friends by sitting at the puter and fiddling with it
[deadpoet] and sergio who used to try and hit X all the time (it cleared the screen)


[cyberphreak] haha 
[cyberphreak] hey, help me out here, i need some questions :)
[cyberphreak] im a lame interviewer :)


[deadpoet] have you seen Nuclear Cheese?


[cyberphreak] :)
[cyberphreak] okay
[cyberphreak] Have you seen Nuclear Cheese ?


[deadpoet] no man
[deadpoet] i was asking YOU
[deadpoet] hehehe


[cyberphreak] hey i though *I* ask the questions here :)


[deadpoet] it's a liddle demo Andrew and i whipped up (RawHed)


[cyberphreak] nope


[deadpoet] lamer :)
[deadpoet] he's comming to dbn and we're gonna do some more stuff together


** [ed note] wonder what kind of 'stuff' ;)


[deadpoet] have u met him?


[cyberphreak] I heard one of the files on http://SURF.TO/DEMOS was infected with a virus
[cyberphreak] it scared me off :)
[cyberphreak] nope, i spoke to him on irc tho


[deadpoet] he's a funny dude
[deadpoet] are you going to paste this irc log for the mag? ( i dont mind )


[cyberphreak] yeah, but i suppose it'll need some editing :)
[cyberphreak] you've had that annoying away msg on


[deadpoet] more q's


[cyberphreak] the whole time


[deadpoet] oh


[cyberphreak] :)


[deadpoet] sorry bout that


[cyberphreak] okay, lemme see...
[cyberphreak] whats your favorite demo ?


[deadpoet] i think.. Crystal Dreams 2
[deadpoet] you thought i was going to say 2nd Reality, didnt u? :)
[deadpoet] i'm an avid Triton fan


[cyberphreak] ahha
[cyberphreak] now i really think youre a lamer :)
[cyberphreak] no offence to Triton tho


[deadpoet] :)~


[cyberphreak] Okay, and what's your favorite tracked song ?


[deadpoet] oh lord, no comment
[deadpoet] thats tricky


[cyberphreak] eheh :)


[deadpoet] i can tell u my fav trackers


[cyberphreak] okay, that'll do


[deadpoet] It Alien - for his sheer musical talent, tracking genious and obscure music .. he rocks
[deadpoet] Wave: amazing
[deadpoet] Jogier Liljedahl: dunno if i spelt it right, he's a god of mine
[deadpoet] Lizardking, Skaven, Pm,


[cyberphreak] ah good, i was starting to get worried :)


** cyberphrk is a FC freak


[deadpoet] nimh, awesome,
[deadpoet] umm


[cyberphreak] Are you planning on entering anything at Optimise 99 ?


[deadpoet] no
[deadpoet] of course i am :)
[deadpoet] multi#, handrawn art
[deadpoet] 4# and raytraced if i have time/inspiration
[deadpoet] and the open compo
[deadpoet] hopefully by then my love and i will do a vocal song together for the open bit


[cyberphreak] sounds cool, i hope to see you there then
[cyberphreak] well, i guess that brings us to the end our interview with.. *drum roll* deadpoet
[cyberphreak] it was nice chatting with you


[deadpoet] i hope to see everyone there too
[deadpoet] hey, dont i get to say hi?


[cyberphreak] oh yeah
[cyberphreak] say hi


[deadpoet] to all my fans *coff coff*
[deadpoet] :)
[deadpoet] I wanna say hi to Clair, my love of my life who loves, understands and accepts me, who even enjoys my music :)
[deadpoet] Rawhed - a dude of note
[deadpoet] nimh - another dude, who has a funny voice when he's sick
[deadpoet] jahya, chuk, chrome,


[cyberphreak] and me ? :)


[deadpoet] michal, michelle, mike, sergio, all my irc friends
[deadpoet] etc;
[deadpoet] who ? :P


[cyberphreak] ME


[deadpoet] hello cyberphrk, i love youman.. satrudaynight with the hot candle wax was beautiful.. :)


** deadpoet *hides*
** cyberphrk blushes


[cyberphreak] heh, HEY, where's my Hi's ?


[deadpoet] hi?


[cyberphreak] the interview never gets to say Hi


[deadpoet] :)
[deadpoet] no, he doesnt


[cyberphreak] i think im gonna have to change that today...


[deadpoet] oooh, revolutionary :)
[deadpoet] you go boi


[cyberphreak] i'd like to greet, all the opt99'ers, my friends, and everyone that knows me, thank you


[deadpoet] oh, and
[deadpoet] i'd like to add
[deadpoet] if anyone wants, i can make copies of my first album, for R40 each, so mail me: reverie@goth.co.za
[deadpoet] and bring em to o99


[cyberphreak] HEY
[cyberphreak] cut the advertisments
[cyberphreak] :)


[deadpoet] a starving musician has to
[deadpoet] :)


[cyberphreak] hehe
[cyberphreak] hey, i wonder what this button does...
[cyberphreak] *ZAP*


** cyberphrk end of transmition