Change Me
Change Me
[verse]
Look in the mirror don’t know who I see
Something ‘s changed I’m not the man I used to be
Quiet lies gather ’round now they make too much sound
I figure love is lost when it can’t be found
[chorus]
Slap me make me
I want someone to change me
Pick me shake me
I want someone to change me
[verse]
Champagne appetite on a beer budget scares me
Lot’s of opportunities come ’round that I can’t be
Though I listen don’t work the running wheel
It’s advice that’s slipping in every other catch to steal
[chorus]
Slap me make me
I want someone to change me
Pick me shake me
I want someone to change me
[bridge]
Freaking maniac planning the best attack leaving with a drop a hot
Sleazing male cat sneaking ’round on the sly roving romeo playing to the backdoor ride
Rotting in a pit waiting the heart attack losing moral falling for the higher stack
Flying airplanes streaking ’round in the sky
passing passions gaining the right to cry
[chorus]
Slap me make me
I want someone to change me
Pick me shake me
I want someone to change me
[chorus]
Slap me make me
I want someone to change me
Pick me shake me
I want someone to change me
[chorus]
Slap me (slap me) make me (make me)
I want someone to change me (change me)
Pick me shake me (shake me)
I want someone to change me (change me)
Song Length: 4:03
Writer: Jody Whitesides IPI/CAE 00196306650
Publisher: Too Much Music IPI/CAE 00456952518
Admin Publisher (Outside U.S.): Bluewater Music
Paul Kaiser: Drums
Jody Whitesides: Vocals, Guitars, Bass
Recording Info:
Notes 2026:
Cover Art: Jody Whitesides
Recording Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Mixing Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Mastering Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Atmos Mixing Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Atmos Mastering Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Vocal Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Producer: Jody Whitesides
Remixed at: Snow Park Studio in Park City UT
Mixed in LUNA with Apollo interfaces
Mastered in LUNA with Apollo interfaces
Atmos Mix in LUNA with Apollo interfaces
Atmos Mastering in Dolby Album Assembler
Monitor Speakers: KRK V4 mkII
Original CD Version released in 2001 info:
Cover Art: Jody Whitesides
Recording Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Mixing Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Mastering Engineer: George Leger III
Vocal Engineer: Jody Whitesides
Producer: Jody Whitesides
Recorded & mixed at: Dancin Deer Studio in Reseda CA
The Setup: Mac G4
Logic Audio Platinum
MOTU 828 mkII
Avalon 737sp
Neumann U87a modified.
GrooveTubes MD1a
GrooveTubes Vipre
Shure SM57beta
Mastered at: Utopia Parkway Music
Guitar(s): Fender Guitar with desert paint job: my first guitar that I subsequently torn apart changed parts, repainted and rebuilt. Up from the ashes came a guitar that has since been on numerous recordings and records, more than me. It sounds great. I stocked it with a single Seymour Duncan Custom Humbucker. Strung with Dean Markley Blue Steels medium gauge.
Joe’s Guitar with Jesus paint job: This guitar has a Seymour Duncan Custom Custom pickup and a Cool Rails. It also has a Wilkinson Tremelo installed by Trev Wilkinson himself. Strung with Dean Markley Blue Steel medium gauge strings. This is the guitar used on the guitar solo.
The Amp Setup:
GrooveTubes Trio: GrooveTubes Soul-O 150. GrooveTubes Dual 75 loaded with KT88’s. GrooveTubes 2 x 10″ cabs. Mic’d using the GrooveTubes MD1a. Mic’d using a Shure SM-57Beta.
Bass(s): Hohner B Bass V: Recorded direct then re-amp’d by mic’ing the signal through a peavey backstage plus twice. One time run clean, the second time with distortion via a Tube Screamer pedal.
Drums: Live drums were tracked as MIDI via the Roland TD-10 (with expansion kit) into Logic as MIDI (with a very complex environment page that allowed for all the TD-10 kit parts to be separated and associated with their control data) and audio sounds.
Re-release drum sounds are samples from Logic Pro kits assembled and tuned then using the original MIDI tracks.
Vocal: mic’d with a modified Neumann U87a.
Song Story:
This is sort of my take on growing older, but not wanting the responsibility for it. I found that at one point I was tired of having been responsible for me. But there’s no one to blame it on. So I got over it. Every so often though, it sure would be nice to be a vegetable and let the worry about who I am to someone else.
As far as the riff, yeah, I understand it sounds a bit like a Green Day riff that was popular. I didn’t wake up and suddenly think “yeah, I have to rip that off.” It was subconscious and the more I listen to it the more I realize it’s different.
This song is a blast to play live cause its very simple and has a huge head-bob factor to it. Fun to bounce around to.
Factoids:
1. Yes it’s inspired by Green Day.
2. I’ve had only three people so far in life that have inspired me to change.
Copyright: 2001/03/05
ISRC: USONR0102002
ISRC: USONR2400212
ISRC: USONR2400202
ISRC: USONR2400222
ISWC: T9055765269
SESAC Song ID: 594702
Harry Fox ID: X82708
Harry Fox Publisher ID: P8938Q
UPC: 654433000429
UPC: 656465063359
UPC: 656465068682
UPC: 656465068620
UPC: 656465068866