Jody Whitesides

Month: May 2013

  • Rockstars Don't Make Good Pro Football Players

    Rockstars Don't Make Good Pro Football Players

    Rockstars Don’t Make Good Pro Football Players

    I’m a pretty sporty guy. I do a lot of different sports at various levels of awesomeness. However, there is one sport that I pretty much stayed away from, Football. Not the European version of it, known as soccer in the U.S., rather the American version. Last weekend I was invited to the PDFL (professional developmental football league), pretty much the D-Leauge of Football. I got asked to do something at half-time that left me saying that rockstars don’t make good pro football players.

    The team who’s game I was at is the Utah Argonauts, also known as the Utah Argos.

    Utah Argos Rockstars

    During the game I was approached by someone working for the team asking if I’d be willing to get out on the field during halftime in order to participate in a kicking contest. They had no idea my background as a rockstar. Meaning a kicking a field goal contest. While I had never kicked a football, I figured why the hell not? What could possibly go wrong, and what do I really have to lose? Famous last questions that cross the minds of rockstars who jump at the chance to get in front of a crowd all in the name of fun and sport. Right?

    Below is video of the event.

    As you can see, I know that I wouldn’t make a very good kicker. At least not without some coaching. As a bonus, I did actually receive tickets to the rest of the Argonauts home season games. That’s a nice consolation prize for getting up in front of a crowd and professional football players only to make them look like they really know what they’re doing by comparison. I believe the winner also got a signed set of autographed photos to go with their seasons tickets.

    – Jody

    p.s. – if you’re not aware what the D-Leauge is, it’s the developmental league or the minor league of the NBA.

  • Maggie May Cover Of Rod Stewart

    Maggie May Cover Of Rod Stewart

    Maggie May Cover

    I’m not often prone to doing cover songs. Mostly because I’m usually so busy writing and creating new music. However, I’m being asked more often to realize songs by other people. Thus, right now, you get to witness an experiment utilizing the power (or lack thereof) of the internet. I’m posting a video on YouTube of myself doing a Maggie May cover of Rod Stewart with my friend Chris Hellstrom.

    Mind you, be aware neither Chris or I had ever “Jammed” over Skype before. We now know why. It’s not an ideal way to play music live, specifically because of the massive delays between participants. Chris and I did our best to make it work and there are a few stumbles. That’s to be expected when you’re flying blind. There’s so many variables that apparently go into this. Connection speed, something that isn’t as much an issue for me as it was for Chris. I enjoy a speedy 10Mbps up and 50Mbps down. Chris on the other hand not so much. Video obviously adds a lot of data to the bandwidth. I hear there are other things like data packet loss and such. Either way, if Skype really wants to make it’s world domination complete, they will have to figure out how to reduce these delays down to milliseconds. Enjoy our little escapade.

    Since I’m a glutton for punishment, I just made arrangements to do this again with another friend. The twist is next time I’ll be playing guitar and he’ll be singing. My goal is to gather video from both sides so it can be side by side.

    For now, I’d be happy to have you share this barebones rendition of the infamous (well, ok, it’s famous) song written by Rod Stewart called Maggie May.

    Maggie May Rod Stewart

    – Jody

    p.s. – don’t tell Rod I screwed some of it up.

    p.p.s – this was posted before the video went entirely live on YouTube, so you’re an early watcher!

  • Organic Homemade Pizza And A Song

    Organic Homemade Pizza And A Song

    Organic Homemade Pizza

    Besides being known for music, I’m also considered amongst friends to be a foodie. Mostly because I cook awesome meals. One of my favorite things to make is pizza. Could be because I worked a bunch of years in a semi-famous pizza joint while growing up. Nowadays I’m prone to making organic homemade pizza before I call for delivery.

    In the video below, I show a method to making of my infamous organic homemade pizza.  Plus I share a song called Clouds by Zach Sobiech.

    Zach Sobiech Clouds

    If you’re not aware, Zach is a young man who was diagnosed with a type of cancer. Sure a lot of people are having issues with cancer these days, however Zach has written a touching song about it called Clouds. The song gained a bit of notoriety online and went viral. His friends contacted other famous people and put together a touching video for Zach and that’s what prompted me to spend a little time learning the song.

    If you’re coming here from YouTube looking for the recipe for the dough and the sauce, you’re in luck, it’s here:

    Organic Homemade Pizza

    Dough:

    1 ⅓ cups of warm water
    2 tblsp organic sugar
    2 ¼ tsp of organic yeast
    1 ¼ tsp of Real Salt (by Redmond)
    2 tblsp olive oil
    3 ½ cups of organic flour

    Watch the video for the directions on it.

    Sauce:

    1 – 6 ounce can of organic tomato paste
    6 ounces of filter water
    2 ½ tsp of organic sugar
    1 ½ tsp of Real Salt
    2 to 3 cloves of fresh crushed garlic
    add some fresh dried thyme, basil, and oregano

    Watch the video for blending it.

    That’s all there is to it. Pick your own toppings and above all else, don’t forget to use a pizza stone in your oven! Enjoy the organic homemade pizza and the song Clouds re-imagined by myself and Dave originally by Zach Sobiech.

    – Jody

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