At the MIT Media Lab’s recent 25th anniversary celebration, the program included a number of alumni of the graduate program speaking about their time there. One of the most compelling stories was that of Eran Egozy, who helped form Harmonix, the company that brought us Guitar Hero. Ergozy traced how a set of projects gradually built both the desire and technology needed to give everyone the chance to think they’re a musician.

Ergozy came to MIT with an interest in music, since he is a classically trained clarinet player (The man who introduced him joked, “if there were no business concerns, Eran would actually have created Clarinet Hero.”)