1. What first encounter with VGM? What kind of effect do you remember it having on you?
I played games ever since I was a little baby. Mega Man came out the year I was born and I played that, and I played Sonic the Hedgehog series a lot on the Genesis. But I don't remember actually encountering or noticing VGM until Final Fantasy VII on the PS1. It made me cry when Aeris died.
2. At what point do you remember considering yourself a VGM fan (or OCR fan) in relation to your first VGM experience?
I think I started considering myself a vgm fan when I discovered OCR and started getting social on OCR maybe in 2001 or so. That's when it actually became listening to vgm as music specifically rather than just hearing it in games.
3. How did you hear about OCR?
I don't remember. I was probably yahoo searching for game music midis or mp3s.
4. What do you feel would be some non-musical examples (fan art, videos, interpretive dance, horse racing, rock-throwing) of the OCR society?
It's like the Mafia but with less rules.
5. How has VGM and OCR affected your life?
Taught me to do what I want and love it even if I'm not appreciated. It makes me happy, so I do it.