Jody Whitesides

Author: Jody Whitesides

  • Wolves By Big Wreck

    Wolves By Big Wreck

    Wolves Album CoverYesterday I happened to catch a Facebook post by a long time friend of mine. We both played on the Los Angeles circuit with our bands when we were cutting our teeth. His post was how he had just discovered an artist called Ian Thornley who fronts a little group known as Big Wreck. It reminded me how I had heard of Big Wreck from some friends in Las Vegas some time after they had released The Pleasure and The Greed. I was hooked immediately. Amazing and creative rock guitar based writing, smothered with clever lyrics and an insanely awesome rock voice that I kinda wish I could have. Ian also had a band after Big Wreck called Thornley. However, about a year and a half ago Big Wreck put itself back together and recorded a new set of songs. My favorite single from the release is Wolves. I love the groove, the guitar parts, the mandolin parts, the lyrics, and the amazing melody. It hits a great niche of music where being awesomely clever still means something to rock ‘n’ roll – unfortunately the masses don’t get it. Immerse yourself and bleed out your heart from beating for other music that isn’t so clever. 😉

    Wolves

    Oh mark my words
    In between the lines
    And every little piece
    Of the story’s entwined

    I always told my side my way.

    There was no more room
    In the packet of wolves
    They wouldn’t let me in
    Saw the mission was afoot

    They showed us all we were without

    Oh, they said bleed out your heart
    If it’s still beating for someone else
    Trap all those chains
    That keep you tethered, that keep you safe

    A rosie little world
    In your packet of wolves
    A cosy little hang
    In the back of your school

    Those stories always get so old

    Well is that one night
    Going off the grid
    I never said you didn’t
    I never said you did

    And all of my favourite stories are about you

    You said bleed out your heart
    If it’s still beating for someone else
    Break all those chains
    That keep you tethered, that keep you safe

    They said bleed out your heart
    If it’s still beating for someone else
    Trap all those chains
    That keep you tethered, that keep you safe

    Bleed out your heart
    If it’s still beating for someone else
    Break all those chains
    That keep you tethered, that keep you safe.

  • Harder To Breathe Sometimes

    Harder To Breathe Sometimes

    harder to breatheOh I can recall a moment when I first sang this song for a performance. It was in front a collegiate crowd in Atlanta. I don’t do cover songs very often but the people running the APCA conference were adamant that I should do a couple of covers during my set to make sure college buyers would be sure to book me. Of the two cover songs I had the band learn, one of them was Harder To Breathe. It was a smokin’ hit at the time and it fit right up my alley for what I was doing musically. Therein lies my story for Throwback Thursday and how I got some college bookings thanks to Maroon 5.

    Harder To Breathe

    (buy it)

    How dare you say that my behavior is unacceptable
    So condescending unnecessarily critical
    I have the tendency of getting very physical
    So watch your step cause if I do you’ll need a miracle

    You drain me dry and make me wonder why I’m even here
    This double vision I was seeing is finally clear
    You want to stay but you know very well I want you gone
    Not fit to funkin’ tread the ground I’m walking on

    When it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love
    You’ll understand what I mean when I say
    There’s no way we’re gonna give up
    And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams
    Is there anyone out there cause it’s getting harder and harder to breathe
    Is there anyone out there cause it’s getting harder and harder to breathe

    What you are doing is screwing things up inside my head
    You should know better you never listened to a word I said
    Clutching your pillow and writhing in a naked sweat
    Hoping somebody someday will do you like I did

    When it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love
    You’ll understand what I mean when I say
    There’s no way we’re gonna give up
    And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams
    Is there anyone out there cause it’s getting harder and harder to breathe
    Is there anyone out there cause it’s getting harder and harder to breathe

    Does it kill
    Does it burn
    Is it painful to learn
    That it’s me that has all the control
    Does it thrill
    Does it sting
    When you feel what I bring
    And you wish that you had me to hold

    When it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love
    You’ll understand what I mean when I say
    There’s no way we’re gonna give up
    And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams
    Is there anyone out there cause it’s getting harder and harder to breathe
    Is there anyone out there cause it’s getting harder and harder to breathe

    SONGWRITERS
    LEVINE, ADAM / CARMICHAEL, JESSE ROYAL / DUSICK, RYAN MICHAEL / VALENTINE, JAMES / MADDEN, MICKEY

  • iTunes Radio

    iTunes Radio

    As you may know, Apple made some announcements today about their iPhone product line. I’m betting that the iPhone 5 ends up being the shortest lived iPhone in Apple’s history. Well, maybe except for the 3 and the 3G. I’ve got my eye on the iPhone 5s with its awesome new tech specs. Beyond that, I’m excited to see what comes of Apple’s new service inside of iOS 7 called iTunes Radio.

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    Several months back I had gotten what are known as NOI’s. A notice of intent to get a compulsory license for my catalog. It’s been a steady stream of services getting into the streaming service. One such service caught my eye – Apple. I found an NOI in my inbox coming from Apple. That made me think, wow, they’re finally going to get into the streaming game. Long before it was actually announced via any rumor site. I felt like I had a little bit of an inside scoop. 🙂

    What’s The Deal

    As Apple puts it, it’s radio re-imagined. You’ll be able to pick your own station, much like you can with another service that starts with a P. I’m getting a feeling that it will be like a cross between the P service and another service called Spotify. The immediate differences is that you’ll get super quick purchasing direct from iTunes. It’s like the best of both worlds inside one service.

    Other Cool Features

    Besides your ability to start a Jody Whitesides station 😉 is the ability to use Siri to play a song and start a new station. Use your mouth to get at your music as fast as you can! There will be iTunes Radio exclusives. Hopefully in the not to distant future, I’ll be able to be a part of that with some of the new music I’m creating for you now. One of the other features that makes this cool for the end user is no ads to listen to with the music. I wonder how long that will last?

    Looking forward to seeing all of this when it arrives on September 18th in just over a week. The music world takes on another change for the better for the consumer!

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