There’s something quietly hypnotic about Jody Whitesides’ music. It settles into a room, into your body, before you fully realize what’s happening. Built on grooves that lock in and melodic tension that breathes, his songs create what fans describe as a hypnotic pull, entire rooms moving in sync, lost in the pocket, snapping back to awareness when the music stops. It’s pop music with emotional depth, designed not just to be heard, but to be felt.
“A must-see live performer.”
Maurice Starr
A solo artist in the truest sense, Jody writes, performs, produces, and engineers his music as a single, continuous process. He plays multiple instruments and shapes every stage of creation himself, not for control’s sake, but to preserve the emotional thread from the first spark of an idea to the final sound. His songs operate as observation and confession in equal measure, documenting real moments without melodrama and offering clarity without forcing resolution. The result is music that feels familiar but never predictable, accessible without being simple.
“[Jody’s] performances and material show lots of skill and craft without sacrificing heart or conviction.”
Music Connection Magazine
Right now, Jody is in the middle of an ambitious long-form journey: releasing more than 100 songs from his catalog one per week over 18 months. Each track has been newly shaped and reimagined in immersive Dolby Atmos, transforming music that spans nearly three decades into something that breathes in three dimensions. It’s a two-year labor that began in early 2025 and will culminate with brand new music in 2027, music no one has heard yet. If you’re just discovering his work, you’re stepping into the middle of something intentional and ongoing. There’s no correct starting point. Every song is a way in.
Early in the digital era, Jody became the first non-signed artist to have his catalog available on iTunes through CD Baby, a quiet precedent that reflected his commitment to independence. When major-label interest came with creative compromise attached, he chose a different path: sustained control over his sound and his story. That decision still shapes how his music is made and released today.
“I love that song [of Jody’s]. That’s commercial. That’s a hit.”
Frosty, Heidi & Frank (97.1 KLSX FM, Los Angeles)
His catalog spans ten albums and numerous singles (1997-2026), with placements in film, television, and video games. He’s collaborated with Claude J. Woods of Earth, Wind & Fire, worked with members of New Kids On The Block, and earned endorsements from Taylor Guitars, Sennheiser, G7th, Seymour Duncan Pickups, Joe’s Guitars, Cleartone Strings, Studio Devil, Red Wirez, iZotope, Native Instruments, Plugin Alliance, Grosh Guitars, Telefunken, and others. His music has found its way into soundtracks, but its natural home has always been the listener’s space. Rooms. Headphones. Long drives. Quiet nights.
Music Connection called his work “skill and craft without sacrificing heart or conviction.” Jody describes it more simply: “a funky audio lap dance for your ears.” Both are true. His music asks something of you, attention, openness, presence, and gives something back in return: the feeling of being understood without being told what to feel.
Current Release
“Power Personality” tracks the slow surrender that happens when influence becomes immersive. The song observes how a dominant presence seeps in—not through force alone, but through proximity, repetition, and intimacy—until distinction erodes and identity begins to blur. What’s described isn’t a single act of control, but an accumulation: pressure applied so consistently it starts to feel like gravity.
The narrator isn’t resisting outright. There’s awareness of damage, of being reshaped and worn down, yet also an acknowledgment of the pull itself. Power here isn’t loud or chaotic; it’s persuasive, steady, and difficult to escape once internalized. The repeated refrain functions less as emphasis than as diagnosis, naming the condition as it cycles back again and again.
By the bridge, time compresses. The connection feels brief and eternal at once, defined more by energy than duration. Nothing breaks or resolves by the end of “Power Personality.” The influence remains present, still humming beneath the surface. What changes is recognition—the understanding that power doesn’t always arrive as threat or command, but as a presence convincing enough to become indistinguishable from the self.