I tracked all the guitars at odd hours of the night in my office studio, using my Ibanez RG2550e and my shitty-but-reliable Mexi-Jbass, recorded through a DI into Guitar Rig. Jake Kaufman: This time we got into an actual recording studio, for both the voiceover and the songs, and had access to a great vocal booth, a talented engineer, and good mics (We used mainly a U87 and a Blue Woodpecker, and threw a few others on as needed). OSV: Can you tell us a little bit about your gear set up for this particular game? Imagine thinking to yourself, “holy shit, I finally have the opportunity to totally unload on a Stan Bush homage” or “I just wrote a TV cop drama theme out of DD1 Mission 2, a song I’ve been playing on the piano and imagining in this style since 1987!” That’s a good time, right there. I tried to really “nail” the styles I was dealing with - both with the original DD arrangements, and my original tracks. I believe I fell short of that goal, due equally to limitations in my own skill, budget, and time, but I had a phenomenal time anyway. It’s actually pretty hard to write excellent vocal tracks, regardless of what decade they’re from. Jake Kaufman: FUN! Right behind that, though, was that hard-to-pinpoint quality of clearly pandering for nostalgia without being the least bit cynical about it. OSV: When you accepted the job of creating the sound and music for Double Dragon Neon, what did you decide would be the most important quality to this all new soundtrack? So, you know, nothing major, just a casual fan with barely any nostalgia. Our little clique determined who we associated with by their knowledge (or lack thereof) of the “scroll the midboss off the screen” trick. We had strategy sessions where we’d try to plan our path, including co-op responsibilities, through a level. As for Double Dragon, the game, none of my friends or I were good enough at first to beat the entire game, so each time we reached a new level or unlocked a new move (hair-pull kick!) it was a major event. One of the first instances I can remember in my lifelong history of making crowds of people uncomfortable. I … wrote a rap which I performed over Ninja Gaiden for a class project in 5th grade. Jake Kaufman: I remember putting the songs on a cassette tape (along with Ninja Gaiden and TMNT) and bringing it to school with me in a Walkman. OSV: What are some of your own memories from the Double Dragon series?
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