HTFS 015: The Man Behind the Music – Devine Evans

How to Fail Successfully Podcast

Devine Evans

The creative programmer and sound designer behind the biggest touring acts like Justin Timberlake, The Chainsmokers, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Rhianna and so many more.

In this session of How To Fail Successfully, I have a conversation with multi-talented musician Devine Evans as he discusses how he went from leaving his career in the medical field to working his way into his first big break with Mary J. Blige.

Who is Devine?

Devine Evans has been a dominant figure in the music industry for over 20 years. Starting in Atlanta under the watchful eye of Left Eye Productions, Evans is now a 5x Grammy Award-winning producer, Songwriter/engineer, Emmy Nominated Composer (The New Edition Story) who has worked with many of the world’s biggest recording artists and musicians including The Chain Smokers, Janet Jackson, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Pharrell Williams, Lady Gaga, Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nico & Vinz, Hans Zimmer, and Selena Gomez. Evans received his most recent Grammy for his work on Pharrell Williams’ live version of the Billboard hit song “Happy”.

Over the past 10 years, Evans has worked on some of the biggest tours in music. Recently, working with The Chain Smokers, Bebe Rexha, Charlie Puth, The Roots (2017 NBA Allstar performance), Tim McGraw and Faith Hills Soul 2 Soul tour, Janet Jackson’s Unbreakable World Tour, Rihanna’s Diamonds World Tour, Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience Tour (Now available on Netflix), and Pharrell Williams’ Dear Girl Tour.

Evans’ work in televised performances includes programming and sound design for Beyoncé’s 2013 Super Bowl Halftime performance. He is set to break into the film industry with his work on the upcoming film as a composer for BET’s Emmy Nominated Mini-Series The New Edition Story as well as Lycan, starring Dania Ramirez (Entourage, Devious Maids, X-Men), for which he scored and provided original sound design.

Outside of music, Evans focuses on positively impacting the music industry as well as his community by way of creative projects like his first book Sheet Music: The Diary of a Songwriter, which aims to shed light on the sexual injustices female artists can encounter while chasing their dream of a career in the music industry. In an effort to empower these women, Sheet Music shares the stories of a variety of female artists’ personal experiences as well as general advice on how to cope with and safeguard themselves against such abuse and injustice.

Books
The Diary of a Songwriter

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