About Stargate Max

Hi there!
Here's something about me.

When I was a child, my parents were musicians, so there is not very much to guess.
I have always liked good melodic music, but not some usual mainstream stuff which you can hear from the radio. I started to like synthesized music, new age, ambient, electronic, trance etc. I still do!

Making music

I got started when I was 13 years old. I had an old Commodore 64 computer, connected to my father's TV set, and I was using a really primitive software to make music with. I did it for a while, the results (due to the C64 sound and capabilities) were not satisfying me.

The next era was about one or two years later, with real instruments - drums, guitars, bass guitars and some cheap keyboards. I played them all by myself! I was making something that was similar to rock.
But still... How was I able to play two solo guitars, bass guitar and drums at the same time? Well, it's quite simple. I played them one at the time, and taped them. Then, using a mixer I taped the next instrument and the next after that. Eventually I had a recording which sounded like a whole band!

The real music

In 1997 I got started with synthesized and sampled music. By this time I had a PC.
In 2001 I finally had everything I needed to create really good and professional sounding music! I made my first CD back then. Of course, I'm a self-taught musician, no music teatcher has taught me to be like them, which is good I think. Why? Because now I can be unique, my musical handwriting is similar to no one elses!

Favorites

I like Enigma (before 2000+), Mike Oldfield (1992-2005), Chicane (especially before 2001), ATB, The Thrillseekers, Vangelis (not all), and some classical music, especially symphonies and more powerful tunes. I guess all of them have had a little influence on my music. But I am still unique though. :)