Recently i’ve been composing music for a 360 Video project. The project will be deployed in the Ambisonic C format. The third order Ambisonic format used by Facebook is 16 channels so it is a totally immersive experience. Initially, some of the music I’ve...
I’m working on the new Melvin Childs’ stage play and musical, The Neighborhood Barbershop. Directed by Zadia Ife, this play features Monique, Alan Payne and an amazing cast of actors, singers and comedians. Using cutting edge high resolution displays as an...
Rick Padilla is the CEO of Make A Hand. He oversees all business and creative processes, including content sourcing, development, production and deployment. He also acts as the “packager” of the creative/production team for each project. His experienced background as...
The National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City keeps a collection of J.P.S. Brown’s books. He received the first Will James Society’s Big Enough Award for literary achievement in the cowboy tradition in 1999. In 2003, he received Arizona Historical Society’s...
I recently had the opportunity to compose music for the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC. The museum is an amazing project that brings together bible artifacts and history from around the world under one roof. The exhibits utilize state of the art technology in a...
The Richard Williams Story is a film based on the book published by Simon and Schuster. The film is a series of interviews as well as numerous dramatic reenactments from Richard Williams’ life. The docu-drama will include a fully produced soundtrack album with...
Pilsen is written and directed by Rick Padilla. A story of converging cultures, Pilsen is a Mexican neighborhood located in Chicago. The murder of a Mexican immigrant brings his father from Guadalajara to Chicago to claim his son’s body. The resulting journey...
It can drive you nuts thinking about how to balance the need to pay your bills with the desire to do something that you are passionate about. The truth is, not many of us will ever have the opportunity to do a job that we love. I was aware at an early age, that I had...