About Scaramouche:
At the time of this writing (July 8, 1996), I am a student at Berklee College
of Music (Boston) spending my summer vacation back home in Dover, Delaware.  I
am nineteen, and will be in my third semester when I return, majoring in Music
Synthesis.

My "career" thus far has been pretty much non-existent.  The only musical
activity I've been paid for has been instructing and arranging music for the
pit of the (my) Caesar Rodney High School Marching Band -- I am also a mallet
percussionist (esp.  vibraphone) and was the pit's section leader the previous
season.

However, I plan to work minimum wage (unless I can find something better)
throughout college and devote as much money as possible to a Pentium-based
hard-disk recording system and some synthesizers (particularly a Kurzweil
K2500RS and a Doepfer A-100 modular analog synth).  I hope to have at least a
demo on CD by the time I graduate.  After graduation I will probably come back
to Dover, where I will build a personal studio in my parents' basement and
produce my own albums, as well as those of other local bands -- there are
actually quite a few in Dover.  I may also try to get a job composing and/or
producing music for computer/video games and multimedia, which is what I've
wanted to do since I was a thirteen-year-old playing King's Quest V. No, make
that since I was a seven- or eight-year-old playing anything on the Commodore
64.  All the best music is still on that platform, I think.

In the meantime, I'm keeping my skills sharp by working with PC trackers,
tools which I will never completely put down.  All of my modules that I've
chosen to release should be available via links in my home page
(http://www.geocities.com/????/) and somewhere in the Hornet archive
(ftp.cdrom.com/pub/demos/ or www.cdrom.com/pub/demos/).

Any feedback would be appreciated.  "Yeah, right, ya hypocrite.  How many
times have you seen other trackers say that and ignored it?" Admittedly, quite
a few.  But I have given feedback to at least a handful.  Unfortunately, the
size of my collection (over 1500 files) and the demands on my time make it
impossible for me to write to every tracker whose contact info I have, but I
do make an effort.

"Okay, I'll drop you a line.  How?" There are two ways: Internet e-mail and
Usenet.  My e-mail address is currently "mouche@ix.netcom.com", but that is
likely to change soon, as Berklee should be offering at least dial-up access
to berklee.edu next fall.  My WWW page should have my current address,
however.  In Usenet, the best way to get feedback to me is to post an article
to "alt.binaries.sounds.mods.d" with something to the effect of "Attn:
Scaramouche" in the Subject: line.  Even if you have no comments on my modules
in particular, you should still participate in a.b.s.m.d if you're a fan (or
especially a maker) of digital tracker music.

"Who's this 'Luigi Smythe' fella who wrote some of this music you're saying is
yours?  You some kinda lamer?" No.  Luigi Smythe is an old pseudonym of mine.
In fact, most of the people I used to hang out with on the local Dover BBSes
still know me as Luigi, even some that know me personally.  "What's the
Trinity?  Are you in a demo group?" No, the closest I ever came to being in a
demo group was when a local programmer made an intro and used one of my songs
in it.  I don't think it ever made it out of the state.  But I did have
aspirations to form a demo group with two friends from school, and it was to
be called Trinity (later Triskelion).  It never happened.

Thank you for your time, and remember: Music is not an industry.
-Scaramouche
