Jody Whitesides

Author: Jody Whitesides

  • A Hectic Holiday That Inspired Fan Engagement & an Atmos Breakthrough

    A Hectic Holiday That Inspired Fan Engagement & an Atmos Breakthrough

    Pushing thru the eye of the storm. After a lovely holiday known as Thanksgiving in the U.S., there was a mellow weekend. Then Sunday evening and an all-nighter last night led to a breakthrough. Oh, and finally the Atmos version of Delicate Stretch of the Seems finally landed!

    There was a literal and figurative storm around my world last night. Finally Mother Nature did a little dusting of snow after an extremely warm November. Then there was a non-trivial event of the network in front of the server and I was up all night getting it back online. I’m in a state of delirium as I write this.

    The good thing is on Sunday I made a major step forward for those on the Jody Army list. All the points I’ve been planning for fans have been getting tracked, but not reported. Now they are finally tracking, updating and reporting. In the next email going out there’s some peeps that will get a special email welcoming them to the first tier of the Army.

    The best part of the points kicker is that all emails will now give you your current point totals – all you need to do is keep on being you, reading the emails, coming to the website and sharing. Now that the points tracking is in place and solid, I can move on to the next bit of awesomeness. The plan is to announce it January 1, 2026.

    After a large amount of back and forth with the distributor and Apple Music… The Atmos version of Delicate Stretch of the Seems has finally landed! Yes it will sound similar to the stereo version, but also quite different in spacial feel. It’s been a long ass time in the making and it’s exciting to finally be getting it out there and available for your ear holes.

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    Lastly to kick off December, it’s finally time to start wishing people a Merry Christmas and or happy holidays. What ever floats your boat in cheerful sayings. To that end there’s gonna be some festive stuff popping up in the next few days and next few weeks as the year winds down.

    I’ve kept up my goal of releasing a new song every week since I began back in February. What a ride it’s been and 2026 will have a lot more of that coming as well.

    This particular proclamation starts yet another trend in terms of timing. Stay tuned!

  • Slowed-Down Songs, Atmos Mixing, and Creative Grit: A Deep Dive Into My Latest Release Cycle

    Slowed-Down Songs, Atmos Mixing, and Creative Grit: A Deep Dive Into My Latest Release Cycle

    Some say that patience is a virtue. There is a portion of a release made almost 2 weeks ago that is holding up that release (meaning the Atmos version of Delicate Stretch of the Seems). Learning that dental implants can take up to a year. And that I may have a new tradition with releases, like last week’s release and the one coming. This past week has been slowed-down in so many ways.

    Despite taking Dolby’s online course and learning all I could about mixing and mastering for Atmos, it’s still in my beta-testing phase – so to speak. One of the songs off the Delicate Stretch of the Seems album held up the release past the release date. Somehow in the transferring of the files to the distributor it lost all it’s metadata. That has been rectified, but they still haven’t given me a time frame as to the day it will release the album. Will have to wait.

    For those that have never broken a tooth, I commend you. I tend to have more than a few stories of broken teeth, most of them mine. I suppose it’s a by-product of being overly active in life and less than lucky of putting a mouth in the wrong place at the wrong time.

    I’m in the midst of getting an implant or two to replace ones that broken in very unfortunate ways. Meaning below the gum-line and unable to be crowned. Extraction is not a pleasant process. And implants don’t get done in a single day. I’m looking at months of waiting and as someone who really enjoys food, eating it right now is a very different endeavor. I’ll say “I can’t wait until I have those implants.” but reality is, I have to.

    This week I unveil the 3rd alternate release of Delicate Stretch of the Seems. Or at least it was supposed to be the 3rd alternate. Delicate Stretch of the Seems (Slowed Down) is this week’s announcement. Much like last week’s sped up version, this stems from those fringe types that would rather hear things feeling like a dirge.

    Again this is a response to things on Social Media, like TikTok. Knowing that people will do this to the music is kinda depressing. Maybe that is the point. They’re feeling down and want to express it with songs they know. Thus now there is a much longer slower version of all 15 of these songs. You will need patience to get thru them.

    Stay tuned, there will be more.

  • Inside the Tech Trend Behind My New Release: The Story of “Delicate Stretch of the Seems (Sped Up)”

    Inside the Tech Trend Behind My New Release: The Story of “Delicate Stretch of the Seems (Sped Up)”

    Just when you think you’ve seen or hear it all. Maybe even when you think you’ve done it all or failed to do so… Along comes a little spark and change that can make a difference. Such is the change about to hit later this week with the release of Delicate Stretch of the Seems (Sped Up).

    If you’re like me, you might be asking yourself, what the fuck is up with the “(Sped Up)” portion on the end of the title?!?

    Call it a chance to control the TikTok trend that has come to the forefront of music sharing and or use. Where it’s popular now to take a track and speed it up a few percentage points in order to get more of the song into a TikTok, or Instagram Reel, or whatever other short form video there is.

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    My overactive brain decided I’d like to head that off at the pass. Meaning, I’d create the sped up version for those crafty “6-7” lovers. Which not only benefits them, it will benefit me.

    It takes a little getting used to hearing your work tweaked out like a bat-out-of-hell on cocaine and ‘roids while smashing a dirty soda. One of advancing years may say “shit that sounds like the fuckin Chipmonks!” Which wouldn’t be far off the plank. Hence the title Delicate Stretch of the Seems (Sped Up).

    Much to my chagrin, after I’ve heard a few of them several times, it’s grown on me like a fungus. I can tolerate it without tossing my last meal back into my mouth. No, they won’t be released in Atmos – that would be serious overkill. Besides there isn’t a person on earth that could truly appreciate a high speed version of Coming Home in Atmos. It would cause your brain to melt like a threat from Darth Vader coming from the planet Vulcan.

    More news is on the horizon. Gonna hold off until it’s fully tested. Thus, come on back at the same bat time, same bat channel.

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