Virtual Studio Invasion: LA Percussion
with Abby Savell (owner)

+ Percussion Discussion

with Ross deRoche, Bonnie Janofsky, Ryan Beard, John Hinchey
Moderated by Glenn Jordan

Abby Savell (owner) and Andy Bill take us on a virtual tour of LA Percussion Rentals and the array of percussion instruments at one’s disposal. Jake Chapman running sound behind the scenes.

Keep an eye out for a future in-person event at LA Percussion.

LA Percussion Rentals is a real instrument depot that provides sounds for everything under the sun, recorded and live. Unique and one-of-a-kind percussion. World percussion. Orchestral percussion. Home of the Collection of legendary studio percussionist Emil Richards. Drumsets, but not as you may know them. ~800 instruments.

They now offer a percussion recording space. Composer Daniel Pemberton used percussion instruments and recorded at LA Percussion Rentals for the score of the film Project Hail Mary. There’s a 50-minute Dolby Creator Talks video of our friend Jon Burlingame interviewing Daniel about the music for the film that includes some unique percussion. (Watch some past ASMAC events with Jon.)

Followed by a Percussion Discussion with Ross deRoche, Bonnie Janofsky, Ryan Beard, John Hinchey covering topics such as:

• writing for percussion
• tips for orchestration
• tips for notation
• score supervision
• live percussion logistics

28 March 2026