The horribly named chiptune "Fat Ma's Death", produced in early February 1996, was my first attempt at creating something more mellow and harmonic. As noted in the song's sample text:

"PoC created this sorrow-filled song. I'm not good in making names for my songs, so "Fat Ma's Death" was only thing I could come up with! The name has nothing to do with a experience I've had!"

With its many different parts and harmonies, it was the longest and most varied song I had created so far, tracking in at 1 minute and 45 seconds before looping.

https://bitbear.org/music/legacy/fat-mas-death

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My first attempt at a cover song was of Europe's epic "The Final Countdown", which since I first heard it in 1986, thought had one of the best synth lead melodies ever written.

Produced as a 4-channel chiptune, I remember struggling with both the chords and timing. It didn't end up as a perfect chip rendition of the original, but being a musically untrained 15-year old when I made it in early February 1996, I think it came out okay.

https://bitbear.org/music/legacy/final-countdown

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Sound-wise, "Chip Fabric" isn't very chippy, but with a file size of less than 10 kB, it's within the limits of what one would consider a "chip tune" back when I produced this as a 15-year old in January 1996. It's also a very short tune of only 22 seconds, looped.

I remember being quite proud of this one, and the blurb I wrote in the sample text is proof of my over-the-top confidence:

"Another chip by PoC. I'm like an industrial Chip Fabric! 5 chips has been produced on my P60 in the last week! I must be special...?(NOT!)"

Never mind that while translating the Norwegian word "fabrikk" to English, I was clueless to the fact that "fabric" means "cloth" and not "factory". I still think the name "Chip Fabric" has a cool sound to it.

https://bitbear.org/music/legacy/chip-fabric/

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