About

Clever Edits is two people.

We plan, build and run what goes on the screens at live events. We also edit, color and finish work that never sees a stage.

Corporate events, music festivals, tours, awards shows, streaming. There is no central studio: the work ships from wherever we are, and we travel when a show needs hands in the room.

Who you get

Post and live events are usually two separate worlds with two separate sets of people.

Often, the editor cutting your video has never programmed a media server, and the operator running your server has never built the content. Each understands their side of the show, but the gap between those two sides is where problems tend to happen.

Between the two of us, there is no gap. Neither of us has to explain to the other why something will not work in the room.

Jeremy Clevenger at the Sphere

Jeremy Clevenger

East Coast

Jeremy’s career has taken him from traditional television and post-production to some of the largest stages and live events in the country, creating content for broadcast, brands, music festivals, corporate events, and immersive experiences. His work combines the storytelling instincts of an editor with the technical and creative problem-solving required for live production, where content isn’t just watched, it’s part of the experience.

Specializing in editorial, motion graphics, 3D design, and real-time workflows, Jeremy has extensive experience developing custom content for large-format LED walls, projection surfaces, and unconventional screen layouts. From a standard 16:9 deliverable to a stage wrapped in millions of pixels, every project is approached with an understanding of how content will ultimately be experienced by the audience.

At the heart of the work is creative problem-solving. Whether building a photorealistic environment in Unreal, developing a graphics package for a live show, shaping a story in the edit, or solving a technical challenge under a tight deadline, the goal is simple: make something great and make it work when it matters.

Steven McClain

Steven McClain

West Coast

Steve’s career in live events started on the rodeo circuit in Oregon before taking him on the road with Jimmy Buffett in 2012. Starting as an LED assistant, he worked his way through nearly every side of live video production, from building and rigging LED displays to engineering, media server operation, and programming. Years spent hands-on with structure, rigging, LED systems, CAD drawings, and technical schematics gave him a sharp eye for detail and an understanding of live production that goes well beyond what happens on a computer screen.

An artist long before he was a 3D modeler, Steve spent much of his downtime on the road drawing on his iPad. Those sketches eventually found their way onto the stage when Jeremy and others on the Buffett team began commissioning him to create hand-drawn assets for tour content. Today, that artistic foundation extends across 2D illustration, 3D modeling, CAD, technical layouts, and content built specifically for live environments.

Whether the job calls for a detailed 3D model, hand-drawn artwork, a precisely designed LED layout, or someone willing to get their hands dirty on site, Steve brings an artist’s eye and a technician’s understanding of how the pieces fit together.

Between us
The Jimmy Buffett tour crew at Red Rocks, Jeremy Clevenger and Steven McClain among them
Red Rocks, on the Buffett tour. Jeremy back left, Steve center.

We met working on Jimmy Buffett’s tour.

We came up on that tour together, and have worked a lot of shows together since. Between the two of us, we’ve done most of the jobs on a show.

Those years also put us next to a lot of other people - video and lighting vendors, producers, engineers, other studios. Most of them are still a phone call away. Clever Edits is two people; when a show needs more than two, we know who to call.

Rooms we have worked in
  • Sphere
  • Bonnaroo
  • Coachella
  • Governors Ball
  • Madison Square Garden
  • Fenway Park
  • Wrigley Field
  • Citi Field
  • Nissan Stadium
  • Lucas Oil Stadium
  • Barclays Center
  • Bridgestone Arena
  • The Forum
  • Bell Tower
  • Hollywood Bowl
  • Red Rocks
  • Jones Beach
  • Merriweather Post
  • Alpine Valley
  • Pine Knob
  • Blossom
  • Riverbend
  • Ruoff
  • Mansfield
  • Rock Lititz
  • La Cigale, Paris
  • Lollapalooza
  • ACL
  • Electric Forest
  • Firefly
  • Railbird
  • HARD Fest
  • Okeechobee
  • Hangout
  • Sphere
  • Bonnaroo
  • Coachella
  • Governors Ball
  • Madison Square Garden
  • Fenway Park
  • Wrigley Field
  • Citi Field
  • Nissan Stadium
  • Lucas Oil Stadium
  • Barclays Center
  • Bridgestone Arena
  • The Forum
  • Bell Tower
  • Hollywood Bowl
  • Red Rocks
  • Jones Beach
  • Merriweather Post
  • Alpine Valley
  • Pine Knob
  • Blossom
  • Riverbend
  • Ruoff
  • Mansfield
  • Rock Lititz
  • La Cigale, Paris
  • Lollapalooza
  • ACL
  • Electric Forest
  • Firefly
  • Railbird
  • HARD Fest
  • Okeechobee
  • Hangout

Not all of it is ours to claim. Some of these are rooms we crewed in rather than shows we made.

Jeremy Clevenger and Steven McClain outside the Sphere
Crew backstage in hi-vis
Three of the video crew at a venue load-in
Jeremy Clevenger at La Cigale, Paris
The Fenway Park scoreboard, from inside it
Jeremy Clevenger with the TD Awards writer, WOW! Awards set behind

Most of our work comes from people who call us again.

Tell us the screen dimensions, the run of show, and the dates.

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