Here are a selection of pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic productions. No matter what the challenge, all production schedules were met for some great projects. These projects have won over a dozen international film festival awards and a few international Telly awards too.
BILL LLOYD
"Look Into It" (2024)
Boy did I have fun creating this music video! Since I created a Film Noir album cover for Bill’s new album, it was fun to take the theme further, creating a music video as a Neo Noir Graphic Novel. As far as I can tell, there isn’t another music video like it! “Look Into It” is a great song coming from Bill’s brand new brilliant album of the same name.
MAC GAYDEN
"Friends Over" (2024)
This 2-hour, 25-minutes concert film is a tribute to hit songwriter, Mac Gayden. I ran 16 cameras during two 3-hour concerts and then I edited the shows down. The film features an all-star lineup of Mac's musical friends and admirers, including Jimmy Hall, Tracy Nelson, Charlie McCoy, Dianne Davidson, The Valentines and Buzz Cason (who co-wrote Gayden’s biggest hit, the pop and R&B standard “Everlasting Love”) plus so many more artists! This film debuted at Nashville’s Belcourt Theatre, January 25, 2024. The film is not currently available Online, but you can read a brief review from the Nashville Scene by clicking the poster to the left.
BILL LLOYD
"This Ain't My Parade" (2023)
I had way too much A.I. fun creating this music video. I went for the obvious and dug up a bunch of public domain parade newsreel films and home movies along with a couple of home movies from Bill, all dating from 1936 to 1967. I then tossed some A.I. at them so that folks in these archive films are actually singing Bill’s song! It’s the strangest, craziest, eeriest music video I have ever created! • This video has won 4 international film festival awards for Best Music Video. • This video has won 4 international film festival awards.
THE CONTENDERS
"Getaway" (2023)
When I moved from New York to Raleigh, North Carolina to work for WRAL-TV at the very end of 1978, the first thing I did was find out what was happening in the local music scene. By 1980 I was actively promoting myself to direct a music video from one of the local hip and happening bands. I wound up directing a few videos for bands associated with Chapel Hill label, MOONLIGHT RECORDS. The label’s first release was from the band, THE CONTENDERS. I had the album and would love to have worked with them but sadly, they had disbanded by the time I became active in the scene. Over 40 years later I finally get a chance to create a music video for the band and from an outtake of that famous first album from Moonlight Records It’s a small music world.
FIRST AMENDMENT WATCH
The First Amendment and the Right to Record Police (2023)
Documentary
I was privileged to direct, edit, co-produce and narrate THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHT TO RECORD POLICE. This is an important teaching tool for everyone! If you’re walking or driving down the street and you see police action, what are the rules for you to record or photograph the police? Check out this documentary and find out! Produced by THE FIRST AMENDMENT WATCH at New York University, in partnership with THE FREE SPEECH CENTER at Middle Tennessee State University. A fun footnote: I have the honor of narrating this documentary along with Jonell Mosser. This documentary has won numerous awards, including a Silver Telly Award.
FIRST AMENDMENT WATCH
The First Amendment Right to Record Police TEASER (2022)
A two-minute “what to do” when dealing with police and media in public places - offering details on your rights and suggestions on how to behave so you don’t get arrested. Produced by the FIRST AMENDMENT WATCH (New York University) in partnership with the FREE SPEECH CENTER (Middle Tennessee State University). And yes, that's Steve Boyle as narrator.
CITY WITHOUT A SUBWAY 1986
Documentary (2022)
After Steve Boyle discovered 36-year-old never-before-seen video of the up-and-coming 1986 Nashville New Music scene, The Nashvillian magazine sponsored this 12-minute documentary where you can watch some of the 1986 performances and interviews along with current comments from some of the key players. Featuring performances and interviews from WEBB WILDER, BILL LLOYD, RICHIE OWENS along with interviews from STEVE WEST and STEVE BOYLE. Narration by JONELL MOSSER. A truly historic Music City music documentary.
COUNTY CLARE
"The County Clare Yacht and Track Club” (2022)
Lyric / Performance video of sibling trio County Clare. This video features two great guest stars - MAURA O’CONNELL (multi Grammy nominated Irish singer and actor in the Scorsese film Gangs of New York) and DAMIAN McGINTY (Irish group Celtic Thunder, and semi-regular on the Fox network series Glee). The song is fun, the performance is very well done by the kids and guest stars, and there’s all sorts of delightful animation.
COUNTY CLARE
"Search Your Heart" (2022)
Lyric / Performance video "Search Your Heart" is a STEVE FORBERT song and features Steve in the song and the video along with County Clare.
COUNTY CLARE
"All About County Clare” EPK (2022)
A quick look at the sibling trio County Clare along with comments from their guest star friends, DAMIAN McGINTY, MAURA O’CONNELL and STEVE FORBERT.
BILL LLOYD
"Feeling The Elephant" (2021)
This is the first song I heard from Power Pop artist Bill Lloyd. It played non-stop on local Nashville radio in 1986. The song and original album have been remastered and the album extended with additional era tracks. This is a current lyric video of this Power Pop classic. The video features fragmented images along with some 80s Bill Lloyd archives and of course, images of elephants. This is a fun, kinda freaky and kinda arty music video.
JAIME KYLE
"Wild One" (2021)
Here’s a really fun and rockin' lyric music video created for singer/songwriter Jaime Kyle. Originally a hit for Faith Hill, Jaime has re-recorded and rocked up the song she wrote for Hill.
WEBB WILDER, LAST OF THE FULL GROWN MEN
"Mole Men" & "The Doll" "Book Available Now!" (2021)
25 years after it's first printing, Webb Wilder, Last of the Full Grown Men "Mole Men" & "The Doll" book, along with a new e-books and newly performed audiobooks read by Webb Wilder, were released on September 10, 2021. This is the first of many promo videos for the project. BTW - I co-wrote the book with comedian / writer Shane Caldwell.
Click here to see more WWLOTFGM promos.
ANTLERS & ACORNS
“Come To Boone In September” (2021)
Here’s a fun promotional film I created for the upcoming ANTLERS & ACORNS SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL in Boone, NC. What a great little artsy town! And the festival has some wonderful artists to be announced. Meanwhile, check out the video. It’s a cute script by Nicole Sarrocco and features Radney Foster and Eric Erdman.
BILL LLOYD
“Lisa Anne” (2021)
If I’m given a fun song, I have to make a fun video! This is truly a classic Power Pop song - the lyrics are sad but the music is fun, catchy and stuck in your head all day. Since the song is sort of a love letter responding to a break-up, the visual are a series of communications, from handwritten letters to television promotions to literal broken hearts. But, all delivered with a smile.
WELCOME BACK TO BEARSVILLE
feat. JOHN SEBASTIAN (2021)
If you remember Woodstock or Utopia Studios or Bearsville Records or Albert Grossman (Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, The Band, etc.) then you’ll enjoy this mini documentary about the newly restored Bearsville Center. For added fun, John Sebastian dropped in for a few words. And yes, that's John playing the incidental music! • Jim Della Croce, Jim Shea and crew did a great job shooting this in Bearsville, NY. They then tossed all of that footage over to me in Nashville where I dug through it to put the story together in post production. It’s a fun and informative 5-minute mini-doc about Lizzy Vann’s restoration of this historic music site.
BILL LLOYD
"Mistakes Were Made" (2021)
This was fun to create and it's fun to watch too! This fully animated lyric music video for Nashville Power Pop star Bill Lloyd starts as a Neo Noir night at Gotham City and then travels through a variety of looks, along with a midway retrospective of the artist. The video is visually entertaining and even more fun to discover the insider nods to some of Bill’s past videos.
EARS
"If You Can't Win Fairly, Cheat" (1977 / 2021)
I found some old tapes of my NYC Punk band, EARS and thought it would be fun to create a short lyric music video for this song. It was a fan favorite! Note that the frantic eye-popping images are of NYC in the mid to late 1970s, intercut with some placid lyric animation. The song was recorded at Ultrasonic Recording Studio, New York, July 1977 - Billy Joel was recording The Stranger album in that same studio as soon as we left. The video was created in Nashville, April 2021. • See more EARS here.
JONELL MOSSER
"King Bee" Live (2018 / 2021)
Going through my archives, I found this Live performance I shot (just me running nine cameras) in 2018 of Jonell Mosser and her band at 3rd and Lindsley. I love her sultry performance and gender rework of this Taj Mahal classic.
DAVID BALL AND THAT CAROLINA SOUND
"What Have You Done With My Love" (2021)
Rather than the usual pandemic style cell phone videos of band members lip syncing to a finished track, each band member recorded their performance at home and then sent me their individual audio and video tracks. I then mixed the audio portion of the song and then edited each video together to make a unique socially distant music video! This music video looks “normal” but it was very different to put together. And the music's great too!
GARDNERS OF SOULE
“Put Your Mouth Where Your Mouth Is” (2021)
Boy did I have fun making the GOS music video “Put Your Mouth Where Your Mouth Is” Vote!. But, once Election Day was over, the music video was retired. Now the “regular” version of the video has been released and it has to be the most frantic music video I’ve ever created! I had a lot of fun making all of this eye candy. Just stare at it. It’s hypnotic! It’s a sort of a 21st Century psychedelic video with a bunch of Grunge tossed on top. • GOS are two members of North Carolina’s favorite power trio PKM (Mike Gardner & Kenny Soule), along with PKM’s songwriter (Phillip Gardner) and two members of SHERYL CROW's band (Audley Freed & Robert Kearns). You gotta see this! Turn it up!!
THE LONG PLAYERS celebrate
THE SEVENTIES Part 3 (2021)
This is the LAST of The Long Players Specials. That makes 11 specials raided from The Long Players’ archive specifically for a sequestered pandemic audience. And the series ends as it began, fun, hopeful and full of talent! This show’s featured singers are: Ben Cyllus, Tim Carrol, Suzi Ragsdale, Walter Egan, Siobhan Maher Kennedy, Michael Kelsh, Roger Prescott, Wendy Newcomer, Tara Austin, Etta Britt, Robert Kearns and Jonathan Bright. And check out the back up singers: Lauren Mascitti, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Carmella Ramsey, Trisha Brantley, Lisa Oliver Gray, Martaca Berg and Tracy Nelson. A brilliant showcase of Nashville’s best!
JAIME KYLE
"Kick It Down" (2020)
I was asked to sync an album track to a live performance. The video is a fan home movie shot a few years ago. I then took it a bit further and threw a load of animation at it to create something that looks like a music video but still referencing the fan home movie in the image design.
THE LONG PLAYERS celebrate
THE SIXTIES • Part 2 (2020)
49-minutes of Fantastic Fab performances from some of Nashville's finest artists, along with strange bits of 60s television. Featured Guest Star Singers: Chris Church, Don Henry, Greg Mangus, Pat Sansone (twice!), Danny Sarokin, Britt Savage, Rick Schell (twice!), Garry Tallent, Barry Tashian, Robin Taylor Zander and sneaking in a bit of Jamie Rubin with "96 Tears" under the credits.
WALDEN’S PUDDLE
30-Second PSA "Donations" (2020)
Walden’s Puddle provides care and treatment to sick, injured and orphaned native Tennessee wildlife. They do not charge for services and receive no federal or state funding. Spot created and narrated by Steve Boyle.
WALDEN’S PUDDLE
30-Second PSA "Generic" (2020)
Walden's Puddle is the only professionally-staffed wildlife rehabilitation and education facility in Middle Tennessee. "We are here to help you, help wildlife in trouble." Spot created and narrated by Steve Boyle.
BILL LLOYD
"Hazmat Suite" (2020)
A soon-to-be-classic Power Pop pandemic music video. Built with stock footage and animated lyrics.
GARDNERS OF SOULE
"I Don't Want To Go Back" (2020)
This six-minute lyric music video offers a bunch of fun and quirky eye candy.
JACK CORNELL
"Sho' Nuff" (2020)
A lyric music video with an animated play on a rainy back alley.
THE LONG PLAYERS celebrate
THE EIGHTIES • Part 2
A 45-minute collection of live performances produced between 2017 and 2019. All shot by one person with from 5 to 15 cameras. This themed collection of songs also features some strange and iconic television from the 1980s. Guest Star singers: Tommy Lee James, Scott Sax & Nicki Bluhm, Warner Hodges, Doug Powell, Rick Brantley, Danny Wilkerson, Rick Schell, Pat McLaughlin, David Newbould, and Jamie Rubin. LIVE at 3rd & Lindsley, Nashville.
GARDNERS OF SOULE
"Face To Fall On" (2020)
This track music video has a fun spin on the usual boring graphic by adding sound actuated animation. It's hypnotic!
RADNEY FOSTER
Sequester Concert (2020)
This pandemic year means no live concerts. Since Radney Foster’s Texas festival concert was rescheduled as an online show, Radney opted not to do the usual cell phone video performance but rather performed live to an empty club. This 60-minute concert was shot by one person with 12 cameras.
FREE SPEECH CENTER
“1 For All” Promo A (2020)
This 30-second computer-generated virtual garage workshop with integrated stock footage, offers a short lesson on the First Amendment. Created and narrated by Steve Boyle. Underwritten by Middle Tennessee State University.
FREE SPEECH CENTER
“1 For All” Promo B (2020)
This 30-second computer-generated virtual tossing of flyers on a table features a gallery of promotional graphics from The Free Speech Center. Created and narrated by Steve Boyle.
THE LONG PLAYERS celebrate
THE SEVENTIES • Part 2
This 46-minute collection of live performances from 2017 to 2020 features 10 artists performing songs from the 70s, all shot by one person with between 5 and 15 cameras. Check out the really strange bits of 70s television in between songs. Guest Star singers: Tara Austin, Pat Buchanan, Chris Church Philip Creamer, Supe Granda, Heath Haynes, Don Henry, Rick Schell, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, and Andrea Zonn.
BILL LLOYD
“The Girls of Sylvan Park” (2020)
Another Power Pop track from Bill Lloyd. This lyric music video presents Bill’s thoughts on dating for the 40-and-over crowd. Due to the pandemic, the originally scheduled shoot was cancelled and replaced with stock footage. The only original footage is of street signs along with a lot of animation.
THE LONG PLAYERS celebrate
THE SIXTIES • Part 1 (2020)
47-minutes of Far Out tunes featuring a Groovy cast of 12 guest star singers! Plus bits and pieces of Fab television from the 1960s. Featuring: Sonny Curtis, Shonka Dukureh, Greg Mangus, Robert Kearns, Chuck Mead, Jonell Mosser, Hans Rotenberry, Pat Sansone, Denny Sarokin, Barry Tashian and Webb Wilder.
THE SPONGETONES
“Too Clever By Half” (2019)
Released at the very end of December 2019, this pre-pandemic music video is a nod to 1967 Pop Art. • This video has won 3 international film festival awards, 4 international film festival screenings and 1 international television award, all in 2020!
THE LONG PLAYERS celebrate
ARETHA FRANKLIN (2020)
Shot in 2018 and released in 2020, this 48-minute pre-pandemic concert features 14 of Aretha Franklin’s finest songs performed by some of Nashville’s best singers. Featured Guest Stars: Etta Britt, Vickie Carrico, Trisha Brantley, Olivia Jones, Ashley Cleveland, Cissy Crutcher, Shonka Dukureh, Jonell Mosser, Tiffany Turner, and Sheila Lawrence.
THE LONG PLAYERS celebrate
THE SEVENTIES • Part 1 (2020)
50-minutes of 11 great performances by 11 great artists - plus some ugly bits 1970s television. Shot between 2017 and February 2020. Featured Guest Stars: Bebe Buell, Dave Perkins, Dez Dickerson, Etta Britt, Jamie Rubin, Gary Nicholson, Phil Solem, Supe Granda, Pat Sansone, Walter Egan, Jim Photoglo, Ben Cyrus, and Sweethearts of the Rodeo.
TERRY ANDERSON & THE OLYMPIC ASS-KICKIN TEAM
“Had Me At Get Lost” (2020)
Released in January 2020, this pre-pandemic production is a quirky, odd and comically brutal music video of love and passion gone way too far. • This video has had received select screenings in 4 international film festivals throughout 2020: Portland, Los Angeles (twice!) and Florence, Italy.
THE LONG PLAYERS celebrate
THE EIGHTIES • Part 1 (2020)
Where’s the Beef? It’s right here in the 80s, featuring 10 guest star singers in this 40-minute video Special! Featured singers: Rick Schell, Carmella Ramsey, Siobhan Maher Kennedy, Steve Allen, Les Shields, Philip Creamer, Lannie Flowers, Danny Wilkerson, Tommy Lee James, and Sheila Lawrence.
THE LONG PLAYERS celebrate
THE BRITISH INVASION (2020)
Featuring the songs that stormed the 1964-1967 U.S. shores. Also look for some fun bits and pieces of Fab television in this 42-minute video Special. Special Guest Star singers: Rick Brantley, Chris Church, Lannie Flowers, Tommy Lee James, Jamie Rubin, Britt Savage, Mike Vargo, Tommy Womack, and Robin Taylor Zander.
FLOYDE WILDER
“Hippie Girl” (2020)
The footage for this lyric video is from San Francisco’s 1968 Haight-Ashbury Hippie scene. And the Hippie Girl, Today Malone is classic! To keep true to the era and original Jack O’Connel documentary “Revolution,” this lyric video is a simple edit to the music with lower third Hippie text.
THE LONG PLAYERS
11+ Hours Special! (2007-2020)
I’ve been documenting The Long Players since 2007 and so I thought it would be fun to put all of the videos I created (up to that time, May 2020), together as one big 11-hours and 38-minutes sequester party video. 115 Videos! Featuring 223 Music Artists! These performances date from June 2007 to February 2020. The Long Players Specials that followed this release add more performances to their impressive legacy.
A SEQUESTERED SINGER/SONGWRITER CELEBRATION
JOHN PRINE "Bruised Orange" (2020)
The death of John Prine began the pandemic. The news hit the Nashville music community hard and so The Long Players dedicated a special sequester performance video just to John. This production is a pandemic standard. Each artist sent in their cell phone video performance. I then cleaned up the videos and gathered them together as this unique 28-minute performance video.