Survey submitted: Thu 19 Jun 2008

Handle, ex-handle(s):
Naomi Sample, Nerd Cobain, Vinyl Witschi, Mister Joker

Name, birthday, origin:
Mike Witschi, 13.02.1975, Lüneburg

Group, ex-group(s):
B-Soft, Illigator, Breit Night, Naomi Sample and the Go Go Ghosts, Scooge, Juice., Bacon Bread and Butter flies, Bad Obsession, Grand-X

What was your first group, your role in that group and what did that group produce?:
My first group has been Bad Obsession. I was 16 Years old and played the drums. We made pure Hardrock.

What motivates you to spend time on the scene?:
When i was 12 i got in contact with the C64. Since this day there has not been a period where i did not use this wonderful computer. I love the sound, the reduced possibilities in building grafics and the games...

What is your favorite color?:
Multicolor

On what platform(s) did you begin your computing journey, and when was this?:
My first Basicprogramms i wrote on ZX81... Later i got a 700/800... On C64 i began to write bigger programms with 13 years... Later i built up the trash-software-public-domain-group b-soft...

What platform(s) do you use now?:
C64 and Macbook Pro...

What is/are your favorite piece(s) of music(s) - from a demo production or a scener (released outside of a demo)?:
one track of abaddon and everything of Jeroen Tel and Chris Huelsbeck...

What is/are your favorite picture(s) - from a demo production or a scener(released outside of a demo)?:
I love the grafix of the Byterapers-demos...

What music program are you using the most to express yourself? Why?:
Soundmonitor on C64 and the module "C64 Music Machine"...

Which composer, artist or group of the real life did inspire you most?:
The Cure, Aphex Twin, Yelow Magic Orchestra, David Bowie, Adorable...

Do you play any instrument? Which?:
I play Drums, Guitar, Keyboards and Bassguitar...

Which project that you worked on was the most exciting and interesting for you? And why?:
My 8-Bit-Electro-Band NAOMI SAMPLE AND THE GO GO GHOSTS... I love it to play with Electrosounds, Old School Computers and lot of Punk Attitude...

What is your favorite demo, intro, megademo, retrogame, slideshow, musicdisk, diskmag, wilddemo?:
Dawnfall - Gianasisters - Sex Cartoons - Opa´s Schlagerlaube - Tigerdisk - Antinationale - B-Soft-Disks

Discuss: minimalistic demos, cracktros, fucktros, joke demos, lamers, compo winners at big parties, demotools, diskmags, chiptunes, glenz vectors, programming languages, photoshop, textmode:
I do not care about real sceners or whatever... elites are fuckers... it would be good if the whole demo-cracker-coder-chiptune-lamer scene would be a mix... why not laughing together about each other? i everytime have been on the trash-side of live... no-talent means lot of fun and joke for me... just take a look at the b-soft-disks and you will know what i mean... we released every shit from retarded or genius guys... fuck for perfection...

What percentage of modern demos are 3d flybys?:
712347612348786192349876 %

What percentage of older demos are the same effects recycled?:
0.87348765876345876876883 %

What platform(s) needs more demos?:
gameboy - oscilloscope - x-box 360

Which parties do you intend to go to, and which parties would you like to go to? Please describe your personal experiences with your most favourite or impressive party you have ever been at.:
maximum overdose (nice guys, we have been there for livegigs and to visit gwem, desert planet and pocketmaster... i love this little paty) - breakpoint (we should have played there last year, but had problems with our car after touring) - i have been on animal nitrate long time ago... b-soft won the demo-competition there...

How did the scene alter since you are taking an active part in it? Can you explain why?:
the scene didn´t alter since i have been part of it... meanwhile it died

What are your dreams/goals in life, did scene help you and have you achieved them yet?:
i got some gigs from the scene and i learned how to handle with the c64... but without the scene my live would be as goog as with it...

Finally, do you have some special greetings? Feel free to add links to your graphics, screenshots of effects, modules or other pieces of your work.:
i send greetings to my best friend and b-soft-college jack the rapper alias maik holstein... i love him very much... and i send greetings to all our musician friends... firestarter, desert planet, bondage fairies, die moderne welt, pocketmaster... cool people...

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- fuck da police -
- and visit our homepage: -
- www.naomisample.de -
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yours - naomi sample

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