Jody Whitesides

Author: Jody Whitesides

  • More Guitars To Record

    More Guitars To Record

    more guitarsA late night discussion last night with my co-producer led to a statement of more guitars! That is what is being called for in the final stages of American Mayhem production. As a guitar player I don’t really have a problem with recording more guitars. It’s what I do. Earlier today I thought I’d bring you in on part of my little journey of laying down more guitars. Layers baby. Layers.

    Watch as I screw up. Ha ha ha.

    Ah the life of a professional musician. Sometimes it takes more than one take. Or even more than one guitar. The true awesomeness is when it all comes together and sounds spectacular.

    More Guitars

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    Enjoy the journey, can’t wait for you to hear the final product when it comes time to get it out to your ears.

    It’s epic.

    That’s an understatement.

    Stay tuned for more.

  • Elixir Las Vegas

    Elixir Las Vegas

    elixirVegasIn case you missed it, I played the Elixir in Las Vegas last weekend.

    Elixir

    It’s kinda hard to express how red. I mean RED. Really. Really. Really. R.E.D. The elixir is. In the immortal words of Nigel Tufnel, “It’s so red, its like it can get none more red.”

    After getting over it’s redness, I got busy with cranking out an acoustic set of music for this fancy vampirey establishment. Knocking out originals and some covers to great response from the crowd. Unfortunately, the video clip I have from the show was shot using the 8mm app on a friend’s phone. Apparently he didn’t know he was recording 8mm camera noise instead of the actual audio.

    https://vine.co/v/OqEqq3MPzmu/embed/simple

    Why I oughta…

    Pow, right in the kisser.

    Right?

    I’ll have to let you know that the crowd enjoyed the show. Comments were along the lines of: “It was awesome!” “Your voice is amazing!” “You sounded great!”

    I’m working on returning to the Las Vegas area in mid January. So mark your calendar to join me in Sin City then! It could be Elixir again.

  • Thumping In A Song

    Thumping In A Song

    Thumping in StudioThumping right along… That’s what I’ve been up to with getting these singles done and finished with my co-producing friend George Leger III. We put the final touches on yet another song called “Thump Thump Thump”.

    That put’s the count at 3 songs completely finished.

    The excitement is building as the impending release of single #1 draws nearer. Amazing and magical is how I describe it. The word that those few who have heard it is: Wow!!!

    Pretty cool responses. Most of the time, music doesn’t make people say “Wow!!!” Now it does.

    Thumping

    How do I contain the restraint to releasing it? Good question. This is by far the absolute longest I’ve had to sit on a finished product. Main reason is not for building hype. No, it’s more simple than that. I really want to make sure the song gets the best possible launch it can have. That unfortunately takes time. Time, that a lot of people don’t have the patience to control.

    Heck, I’ve had moments where I’m like, Fuck It! Lets do this!

    Then the moment passes and I remember that there’s a plan. It’s a good plan. A winning plan based on those who have been asking and talking with me about it.

    At this point we’re on to single #4, it’s so close to finish I can practically taste it…

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