Animation & motion graphics
Lyric video production for artists, labels & brands.
A lyric video is a custom animation built around your track — type, color and motion cut to the beat, the phrasing and the lyric itself. I animate them by hand in Adobe After Effects and finish in Premiere Pro, usually in one to three weeks depending on length and complexity. No AI generators, no CapCut templates.
Lee Dagger — Making It Up
Type in motion
Three ways type can move. Pick one and watch it.
A browser approximation — the real thing is keyframed in After Effects
How it's made
Animated in After Effects. Not AI, not a template.
There are a lot of cheap lyric videos now, and most of them come out of the same three template packs or a prompt box. They look it. Every frame I deliver is keyframed by hand — the type is designed for your track, the timing is cut to your phrasing, and the result doesn't look like anyone else's release.
Adobe After Effects
Type design, keyframed motion, masks and effects — built per project, not dropped in from a preset.
Adobe Premiere Pro
Conform to the master audio, color, and delivery in every format and aspect ratio you need.
Thirteen years editing
Professional post since 2013, working with recording artists, producers, labels and agencies.
Portfolio
Lyric video production portfolio.
Services
Lyric video animation, kinetic typography & logo animation.
Lyric video animation
Custom-designed videos matched to the beat, tone and message of your track — delivered in 16:9 plus vertical and square cutdowns for release day.
Kinetic typography
Animated type that moves with a script, narration or soundtrack. Used for campaign films, explainers and social spots as often as for music.
Logo & title animation
Clean intros, outros and lower thirds built from your existing brand assets, so every video you publish opens the same way.
Process
How a lyric video gets made.
Track, lyrics and direction
You send the master audio, the final lyric sheet and any references or brand assets. We agree the look before a single frame is animated.
Style frames
You approve two or three still designs — type, palette, treatment — so there are no surprises when the whole thing is moving.
Animation
Keyframed in After Effects against the waveform, so the type lands on the phrasing rather than near it.
Revisions and delivery
Notes applied, then final files in every format and aspect ratio you need for YouTube, Spotify Canvas and social.
FAQ
Lyric video production FAQ.
Most lyric videos take one to three weeks from approved style frames to final delivery. The variables are song length, how much of the lyric appears on screen, and how many revision rounds you need. Rush timelines are possible if the release date is fixed — tell me the date first.
The final mastered audio, a lyric sheet with the exact line breaks you want, and any brand assets — logo, fonts, colors, album artwork. References help: send me three videos whose look you like and three you don't.
No. Every video is animated by hand in Adobe After Effects and finished in Premiere Pro. Nothing is generated from a prompt and nothing comes out of a template pack, which is why two of my videos never look like each other.
Full-resolution 16:9 for YouTube, plus vertical and square cutdowns for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, and looping clips for Spotify Canvas if you want them. Delivered as files you own outright.
Yes. I'm based in Wayne, New Jersey, and the work is remote by default — files come in over the internet and go back the same way. I've cut for artists, producers and labels well outside the tri-state area.
Two rounds are standard, and the style-frame stage is what keeps that workable — most disagreements are about look, and settling the look before animation begins means revisions stay small. Additional rounds are quoted before they start.
Proof
What artists and producers say.
Very quick in the execution of the lyric video and very attentive to even the smallest of details. She was open to all our suggestions and really hit a home run on the video.
TAMARA IS THE BEST! She's the only person I trust to do super inspiring work every time! She is reliable, fast, awesome to work with and elevates my project every time.
Tamara is very creative, has great ideas and does great work. She has brought out the best of my productions, which is what you want when you add video to the mix.
She uniquely brings her own flavor to each project whether I have a ton of ideas for her or nothing. 10/10 recommend Tamara!
It was a pleasure working with Tamara. She was open to my suggestions and proved to be patient and talented. Very happy with the results.
Organized, timely, receptive to feedback, and she brought her own ideas to improve the projects. I wouldn't pause to recommend her.
