EPISODE 31: Lifeformed & Janice Kwan YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY

Welcome all you cute foxes! This episode I am joined by Lifeformed and Janice Kwan, the composing duo behind the outstanding soundtrack of the indie darling Tunic. We discuss their working process, how a vacation to Taiwan became a permanent residence change and what breakfast essentials nourished them to compose a 60 track soundtrack. 
Furthermore, we discuss what it was like to work 7 years on a soundtrack, how they both come up with track titles and I get to lose a couple of potential sponsorships while asking about their hardware issues over the years.
Time – Topic Discussed:
0:00 - Intro
03:50 - Guest topic: Convenient store experiences
10:53 - The process of coming up with a song
23:45 - Warm up for making music
25:03  - Coming up with music ideas
28:41  - Finishing a track vs. working on multiple at the same time
30:10 - Going back to older tracks an re-doing them
35:25 - Swapping tracks
38:00 - Being worried about the game
41:00  - Coming up with new music
45:25 - How the environment impacted the music
48:20 - Being inspired by Chrono Trigger
50:55 - Coming up with track titles
53:35 - The food that is now associated with Tunic
54:40 - Finding your own voice
56:42 - When is a track done?
01:00:25 - Stopping yourself from crunching 
01:04:57 - Dealing with hardware problems
01:09:50 - Mixing
01:12:50 - Writing instinctual 
01:15:49 - Doing remixes
01:19:29 - Outro
 
 
Things mentioned on the show:
Podcast episode with Felix Kramer
The Tunic Soundtrack
Tunic Shop Theme (My Favourite Customer)
Redwood Colonade track of the Tunic Soundtrack
Secret of the Forest track of the Chrono Trigger Soundtrack
Janice Kwan x Gardener EP
Ocean Glaze track of the Tunic Soundtrack
 
Social Media:
Lifeformed
Lifeformed on Twitter (@lifeformed)
Lifeformed on Bandcamp
Lifeformed on YouTube (Lifeformed)
Lifeformed’s Homepage
 
Janice Kwan
Janice Kwan on Twitter (@alsojanice) 
Janice Kwan on YouTube (Janice Kwan)
 
YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY
YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY on Twitter (@youmeindustry)
Dorian on Twitter (@DorianChou)
YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY on Instagram (@youmeindustry)
Dorian on Instagram (@dorian.chou)
Intro/Outro by FreshMcZone
Artwork by Thomas Martin (Instagram: @thomas.martin.martin)