DROPMIX is the latest game from the makers of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and Dance Central. DROPMIX is a dynamic and fast-paced music-mixing game. Players blend popular songs from award-winning artists to create mind-blowing mixes. Harmonix is a Boston based game developer who has been focused on creating music games since 1995. Project leads Buzz Burrowes and Eric Brosius from Harmonix give us a behind the scenes tour on how the game was created.

Buzz Burrowes is a 23 year game industry veteran, and is currently the Lead Audio Programmer at Harmonix Music Systems Inc., the developers of Guitar Hero I & II, the Rock Band and Dance Central franchises, and now DropMix. He has been with Harmonix for 8 years. Buzz began his game industry career at Sony Computer Entertainment America, joining SCEA prior to the launch of the first PlayStation in 1994. During his tenure at Sony, Buzz developed the audio drivers used in all first party games, and was at various times the Chief Audio Engineer, Lead Audio Programmer, and Sr. Director of Tools & Technology. Prior to Sony, Buzz was a recording engineer based in Los Angeles.

Eric Brosius has been in the video game industry for 20+ years. He is currently at Harmonix Music and has been the Audio Director for most of his 12+ years there. He has been directly involved with many Harmonix’s games, including Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Fantasia, and DropMix. Before Harmonix, Eric worked for 4 years at Irrational Games on titles such as BioShock, System Shock 2 and Freedom Force, and before that at Looking Glass Studios for 7 years working on games such as Thief, Terra Nova, and System Shock. Eric has played in several Boston bands over the years, most notably Tribe in the late 80s and early 90s. He is currently in two bands: Eddie Japan and Dark Wheels.