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SAINTS IN HELL- Chinese styled shadow puppet show “Hits A Nerve” for the Judas Priest 2018 Firepower World Tour.
Mark Devlin Visual Design was approached by Rob Halford, lead singer of the heavy metal rock band Judas Priest, to create a Chinese shadow puppet show. The animation to be featured on stage for the performance of "Saints in Hell" throughout their 2018-19 Firepower...
Video Content from James Taylor Tour Inspires Production of “Sweet Baby James” Children’s Pop-up Book
I'm really excited about it becoming a physical reality! James Taylor "Sweet Baby James" is a song James wrote as a tribute to the birth of his namesake and nephew, lil' baby James. Taylor explains " the idea came to me to write a cowboy lullaby" . Mark Devlin was...
BECOMING ROB HALFORD
In August of 2015, Mark Devlin Visual Design was contracted to created video content for Judas Priest's 'Redeemer Of Souls Tour". Mark was particularly excited about the content for one song, "Screaming for Vengeance". This song describes the feeling of being trapped...
When lighting & video content become ONE!
DARIUS RUCKER "Purple Rain" 2016 Good For A Good Time Tour. lighting design: Will Lowdermilk video content design: Mark Devlin
MORE THAN WORDS- THE ART OF THE LYRIC VIDEO- Part 5- James Taylor- Steamroller Blues
"Steamroller Blues" is a blues parody written by James Taylor, that appeared on his 1970 album Sweet baby James. It was intended to "mock" the inauthentic blues bands of the day. Once again Mark Devlin Visual Design teamed up with veteran producer Marcia Kapustin from...
MORE THAN WORDS- THE ART OF THE LYRIC VIDEO- Part 4- Nickelback- Something In Your Mouth
Got to meet the hottie with the million dollar body They say it's over budget but you'd pay her just to touch it come on To bring life to the lyrics, Mark used a technique called " kinetic typography" or type that moves in such a way as to illustrated the meaning of...
MORE THAN WORDS- THE ART OF THE LYRIC VIDEO- Part 3- James Taylor- Angeles of Fenway
"Angeles of Fenway" is a new song from James Taylor's new album Before The World. James was inspired to write the song when the Boston Red Sox won the World Series in 2004, snapping an 86-year title drought. It took him over a decade to write this story about a...
MORE THAN WORDS- THE ART OF THE LYRIC VIDEO- Part Two: Darius Rucker- Miss You
Darius Rucker explained to Radio.com: "Miss You" is a ballad about that time in a relationship where everything seems to be right but it's not," It is about as real as we got on the record." “I wrote that with Frank Rogers, my producer,” he said."It came from...
MORE THAN WORDS- THE ART OF THE LYRIC VIDEO- Part One: James Taylor- Sweet Baby James
James Taylor explain's in his DVD One Man Band, When James Taylor's brother, Alex told him that he decided to name his new born baby boy after him, Lil' Baby James, he was so thrilled that he decided to drive down the coast to visit them in North Carolina and meet his...
Nickleback “She Keeps Me Up” Music Video inspired by Concert Visuals created by Mark Devlin Visual Design
'She Keeps Me Up' is the fourth single from Nickelback's eighth studio album 'No Fixed Address', released in November 2014 through Republic Records. The set design, which feature a 70's disco scene, was inspired by the on-stage stage video content designed...