Jody Whitesides

Author: Jody Whitesides

  • Touch Is Here: Behind the Scenes of My New Single and Recording Studio Journey

    Touch Is Here: Behind the Scenes of My New Single and Recording Studio Journey

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    Making good on the threat of a new look to the website, Touch is here. As of 12:01 this a.m. I’ve spotted Touch being available on iTunes and Amazon. I’m told Spotify, and other sites should be live with it today. As should the video be on VEVO / YouTube sometime later today.

    Touch Is Here

    As soon as I find out the link for Spotify & VEVO, I’ll be linking more places of where Touch is on the Touch page. There will be updates occurring throughout the day and the next day or so as all the links become available to me. Kinda weird launching a song on a specific day and then still having to wait to see it go live like everyone else.

    My desire is when the next single launches, they all are able to coordinate their times. We can all wish right?

    Another launch today is episode one of Inside The Recording Studio also launches today. Meaning, you can now start the journey of how Touch got recorded, piece by piece.

    p.s. – stay tuned because in the not too distant future I’ll be announcing how you could win something extremely cool via a geocache hunt.

  • The New Look of JodyWhitesides.com: Simpler Menus, Sleek Lines, and Music-First Design

    The New Look of JodyWhitesides.com: Simpler Menus, Sleek Lines, and Music-First Design

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    There’s a new look coming to the world of jodywhitesides.com. A fresh and different approach to the “dot com” is coming. Its got me a bit excited. Mostly because its going to be way more mobile oriented – yet still look really good on a full size desktop computer.

    New Look

    New look of more simplistic lines. Easier way to get to the music. Plus a little animation here and there. And the better part – an easier menu with less options. And a nice Easter egg to look at for those that hit a wrong link. All in good fun. Plus we’ll start tying all branding to each new single when they launch.

    Stay tuned, more good things to come. Check back March 10th for the new look at my digs.

  • FourFiveSeconds Acoustic Cover: Breaking Down the Guitar and Vocal Arrangement

    FourFiveSeconds Acoustic Cover: Breaking Down the Guitar and Vocal Arrangement

    FourFiveSeconds

    If you’re like me, you caught FourFiveSeconds as a live performance on the GRAMMYS a few days ago. Its the new single by Rihanna that’s co-written by Sir Paul McCartney and Kanye West.

    I really enjoyed the live performance by Rihanna and Paul along with Nuno Bettancourt (Rihanna’s Guitarist). So much so that I decided to learn the song. Took about all of 15 minutes to commit it to memory. I posed the question on Twitter if tweeps wanted to see me playing the song and Bob’s your uncle. Here ya go.

    FourFiveSeconds

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    I think I’ve had enough, I might get a little drunk
    I say what’s on my mind, I might do a little time
    Cause all of my kindness, is taken for weakness

    Now I’m Four Five Seconds from wildin’
    And we got three more days ’til Friday
    I’m just tryna make it back home by Monday, mornin’
    I swear I wish somebody would tell me
    Ooh thats all I want

    Woke up an optimist, sun was shining I’m positive
    Then I heard you was talkin’ trash
    Hold me back I’m bout’ to spaz

    Now I’m Four Five Seconds from wildin’
    And we got three more days ’til Friday
    I’m just tryna make it back home by Monday, mornin’
    I swear I wish somebody would tell me
    Ooh thats all I want

    And I know that you’re up tonight
    Thinkin’ how could I be so selfish
    But you called bout a thousand times wondering where I been
    Now I know that your up tonight
    Thinkin’ how could I be so reckless
    But I just can’t apologize, I hope you can understand

    If I go to jail tonight, promise you’ll pay my bail
    See they want to buy my pride, but that just ain’t up for sale
    See all of my kindness, is taken for weakness

    Now I’m Four Five Seconds from wildin’
    And we got three more days ’til Friday
    I’m just tryna make it back home by Monday, mornin’
    I swear I wish somebody would tell me
    Ooh thats all I want

    Now I’m Four Five Seconds from wildin’
    And we got three more days ’til Friday
    I’m just tryna make it back home by Monday, mornin’
    I swear I wish somebody would tell me
    Ooh thats all I want

    Enjoy!

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