From gardens to practice rooms, UCLA student bands shape the campus music scene

Established and up-and-coming artists from around the globe flock to Los Angeles for its influential role in the Western music industry, but Bruins don’t have to travel as far. Across gardens, backyards and practice rooms, the music of student bands permeates throughout UCLA at nearly all hours of the day. Over the course of fall quarter, Daily Bruin photojournalists Crystal Tompkins and Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon captured a snapshot of the campus music ecosystem – one subset of the music culture that underscores LA.