Recording inside LA's most diverse percussion house

Chinese Paigu Drum Demonstration

Bombo Demonstration

Bombo drum playing & dance in Ballet Folklorico

Trashy drumset

Quick glimpse at our 6' choir risers and orchestra shells

Quick feature review: LA Perc website as a percussion resource (2023)

Dorothy Micklea: (extended version): How do composers benefit from working with percussionists?

Latin percussion legend Alex Acuña visit: A deeper dive into film composition in LA [2023]

Hal Rosenfeld (extended version): How do composers benefit from working with percussionists? [2023]

Exploring cool sounds bell plates at LAPR: of interest to composers, sound designers, ensembles

There are many ways keyboard glock is called for

We tell Bill Conti about the turning point: when Emil Richards called the first time [Highlight #2]

Head-to-head with the super-rare keyboard glock, celesta, & similar sounds

A cringey story by Bill Conti & playing in the studio really is its own thing [Highlight #3]

The flapamba, song bells, and overtone marimba: Pat Bowen of Las Vegas Philharmonic doesn't dig one

A one-of-a-kind experience: Bill Conti, composer for Karate Kid, Rocky, visits LAPR warehouse

What if it was PURPLE like our chimes? 💜

Choosing percussion at the scoring session: Bill Conti's visit [Highlight #1]

Creative interplay with the percussionist: Bill Conti's visit [Highlight #4]

We were a filming location for LET THERE BE DRUMS

Bill Conti, composer for Rocky & Karate Kid, came to visit & we talked re: Emil Richards’ influence

Nabimba. Piano guts. Gong drum. All in one MIND BLOWING video. (Haha but Aurélien really is good!)

Is this the instrument that played the iPhone default text tone?

Behind the Scenes: Filming Unique & Unusual Hollywood Percussion

Composer exploration night gets wacky - making percussion sounds and being weird

Overtone marimba: something melodic and then more eccentric

Hollywood musical percussion instruments (recording history!) get an upgrade

Txalaparta (last min instrument build)

Mark tree wind chimes - can it have dynamics?

Stone & Glass Marimba - together!

Sound design elements on bell plates

45+ sounds on glass marimba

60+ Sounds on Stone Marimba - Composers & Sound Designers

Tuning woodblocks? Here’s how you do it! (With a strobe tuner and planer.)

Time Lapse Setup & Quick Demo of the MARIMBAPHONE

30+ Different Mallets & Techniques on Songbells

Giant Gong Drum exploration

~Song Bells~ 9 Other Delicate Sounds & Techniques

Piano GUTS experimentation

Freaky Astro Discs with Timpani Resonators

Sony sound design session at LAPR - dry ice and wild instruments

Giant Mbira with a TOOTHBRUSH = awesome sounds

Lots of timbres, sounds, textures at March 13, 2019 workshop at LAPR

Experimental Composer / Percussion Workshop compilation March 12, 2019

Emil Richards Explains the Start of His Giant Instrument Collection

Instrument Sound Combinations at LAPR's Workshop

Water Chimes - A Unique Percussion Instrument!

Waterphone - A Wild and Versatile Little Instrument

JET ENGINE COWLING Played as Musical Instrument / Sound FX!

Bell Plates (Low Bells) for Mahler Symphony No. 2

Tuned Sleigh Bells for Mozart's German Dances

Tuned Bell Plates (Bells), Bass Chimes, and High Chime for "Tosca"

Tuned Bell Plate (Bell) and Ext. Range Chime for "Il Trovatore" by Verdi

Fixing Our Noisy Strobe Tuner!

Song Bells

Transceleste - a microtonal mallet instrument

Tuned Chromatic Satellite Drums

Slapaphone - tuned pipe instrument!

Chromatically Tuned Anvils