ÎICKÚ 

 ÏUR SUNDAY NIGHT HOST IN THE ÍUSIC 
 ÓTUDIO IS ÎICK ÚELINSKY, A 34 YEAR 
 OLD ÓYSTEMS ÐROGRAMER. ÎICK LIVES IN 
 ÍANTUA, ÎEW ÊERSEY, WITH HIS WIFE 
 ÄELLE AND CHILDREN ÎICKY WHO IS EIGHT 
 YEARS OLD, AND ÐAUL ONE. 

 "ÍY WIFE THINKS É'M NUTS SINCE É 
 SPEND MY WHOLE DAY AT WORK DEALING 
 WITH COMPUTERS AND THEN COME HOME AND 
 WORK ON THE 64 ALL NIGHT".  ×HEN HE 
 ISN'T WORKING ON HIS COMPUTER HIS 
 OTHER HOBBIES INCLUDE BOWLING, GOLF 
 AND MUSIC. 

 ÎICK'S MUSICAL BACKGROUND BEGAN WITH 
 THE TRUMPET IN FOURTH GRADE.  ÈIS 
 COMPUTER MUSIC STARTED DURING 
 ÃHRISTMAS 1984 WHEN HIS FATHER 
 RECEIVED A 64 FOR ÃHRISTMAS AND HE 
 USED THIS TO CREATE A ÃHRISTMAS CARD 
 WITH SPRITES AND GRAPHICS IN BASICS 
 FOR HIM.  ÔHE FOLLOWING YEAR ÎICK 
 BOUGHT HIS OWN 64 AND STARTED 
 SEARCHING FOR AN EASIER WAY TO DO 
 COMPUTER MUSIC.  ÈE STARTED ON Ñ-ÌINK 
 IN ÁPRIL 1986 AND THERE HE DOWNLOADED 
 HIS FIRST ÓID SONGS.  ÈE DID HIS 
 FIRST ÓID SHORTLY AFTER, "ÇRANDMA'S 
 ÆEATHER ÂED".  ÔHIS ÓID IS STILL ONE 
 OF ÎICK'S FAVORITES. 

 ÓINCE HIS FIRST ÓID ÎICK HAS 
 CONTINUED TO EXPERIMENT WITH THE ÓID 
 ÅDITOR.  ÈE STATES THAT: "ÅACH SONG 
 IS A NEW CHALLENGE.  É USE SHEET 
 MUSIC SO THE NOTES ARE NO PROBLEM. 
 ÔHE FUN IS IN CREATING THE CORRECT 
 SOUNDS  ÅACH TIME É DO A SID É FIND 
 OUT SOMETHING NEW. ÓOMETIMES É CAN DO 
 A ÓID IN A DAY, OTHER TIMES :( IT CAN 
 TAKE A WEEK OR MORE." 

 ÂELOW IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE 
 FAVORITES ÓIDS THAT ÎICK HAS CREATED. 

  ÇRANDMA'S ÆEATHER ÂED 
  ÇRANDMA ÇOT ÒUN ÏVER ÂY A ÒEINDEER 
  ÄANCING ON THE ÃEILING 
  ÇHOSTBUSTERS 
  ÆRAGGLE ÒOCK 
  ÈAPPINESS ÈOTEL 
  ÈANDS ÁCROSS ÁMERICA 
  ×ALK ÌIKE AN ÅGYPTIAN 
  ÁXEL Æ 
  ÉSLA ÂONITA 

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