Wow, thanks for sharing that anecdote. That's the thing - many C64 musicians were also great programmers, especially to get the impressive sounds they wanted out of the SID.

Quote "If you wanted to be a videogame musician in the early 1980s, having a fantastic tune and even a Royal College of Music diploma meant nothing without some lateral thinking and a significant amount of programming skills, because the SID chip needed special software routines to turn its potential into sound. You had to know how to compose both melodies and machine code."

https://theconversation.com/the-sound-of-sid-35-years-of-chi...

Just found out he passed away - this sucks - way too young.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Daglish

Ben Daglish Remembered: Wastelands loader (Underworld, 2016)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj6Amy1Bmeo

He is also in the "From Bedrooms to Billions" documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRsLOUYL3mk

EDIT: he wasn't just funny, I remember him as a very positive spirited guy.

Thanks for the link to the interviews - it's great to picture the face to the artist.

Here's my tribute to Ben:

10 PRINT "BEN IS GREAT"

20 GOTO 10

Oh, that's sad..

May his music live on. RIP.