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Jonathan Pardo - Music, The Beatles Rock Band, QA, and "Chaos Mode"
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About This Episode:
The world of music and audio is wildly creative, and within the art of creating the perfect song or crafting the right sound, feedback is essential. What’s even more creative, and possibly chaotic, is where music, audio, and technology cross paths with each other. It comes with its own set of unique challenges, but also its own realm of unique joys. Especially when it comes to handling a culturally significant musical legacy, or collecting insights from thousands of users across a global audience.
Joining Stefan Stenroos and Chris Rader to explore all these ideas is Jonathan Pardo, Producer at Google-owned VR developer Owlchemy Labs, and formerly of Sonos and Harmonix, the studio behind the Rock Band series.
Throughout his career in both video games and tech, Jonathan has had the opportunity to work on games such as Rock Band VR, The Beatles: Rock Band, and Fantasia: Music Evolved with Harmonix, and recently served as Manager of Beta Quality Engineering at Sonos, helping maintain a Beta Community of over 150k testers.
During our conversation, Jonathan brought some incredible stories to the table, from the importance of developing The Beatles Rock Band with care, to the “chaos mode” of testing, and how a career in QA can help you identify other exciting roles and disciplines.
Please leave us a comment or a question below for what you’d like to see next in the Delta Huddle Podcast.
About Our Guest:
Jonathan Pardo has worked in the video game and tech industry for fifteen years. He started his career with a decade at Harmonix Music, developing award-winning titles such as Rock Band VR, The Beatles: Rock Band, and Fantasia: Music Evolved. After Harmonix, Jonathan joined the smart speaker company Sonos, running software beta programs and maintaining the Sonos Beta Community of over 150k testers.
Jonathan is also a passionate VR developer, having founded Trio VR and The Pardo Brothers, the latter of which is actively developing the VR game SAXOPHONE. He is now a Producer at the Google-owned VR developer Owlchemy Labs. Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(01:51) - Jonathan's past companies and current projects
(12:02) - Working on The Beatles Rock Band
(19:53) - Unique feedback from Yoko Ono, demoing for Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
(24:41) - Immersive experiences and the importance of QA
(34:56) - Sonos, "Chaos Mode", and working with a massive community of testers
(42:58) - Centercode, templates, and the importance of having structure in testing
(48:04) - How will AI shape the future of beta testing?
Zero-Cost Resources and Guides Beta Test Planning Kit: https://bit.ly/sw_plan_kit
Beta Recruitment Kit: https://bit.ly/recruit_kit
Centercode Visual Theming Guide: https://bit.ly/visual_themes
Beta Agreement Kit: https://bit.ly/agreement_kit
The Beta Shipping Manual: https://bit.ly/ship_manual
The Tester Engagement Pocket Guide: https://bit.ly/tester_map
Beta Test Incentive Kit: https://bit.ly/incentives_kit
Beta Test ROI Kit: https://bit.ly/beta_roi_kit
The Definitive Guide to Delta Testing: https://bit.ly/guide_to_delta
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