Author: Jody Whitesides

  • The Night My Song Took on a New Shadow

    The Night My Song Took on a New Shadow

    Happy Monday morning. Today’s little journey is going to be about remixes. When I did a song called Hero Unexpected I made a decision to seek out a few friends to do some remixes of the song. It didn’t hurt that so many people really dug the song. One of the remixes was by a friend who would come to my game nights, Chris Carter. No, not the Chris Carter that penned the X-Files. Chris ‘Von Pimpenstein’ Carter, as he’s known to go by. A master music mixer. It’s those game nights that bring us to this hanging with a hero for music monday. Rather this version of Hero Unexpected.

    When you click on the audio button below, you’ll hear the version of my song that Chris came up with in-between our hanging out and playing games. It’s a darker, more urban embodiment that I never dreamed of. He actually came up with something super unique on it. I love that. Part of the whole reason I wanted to have remixes done.

    Hanging With A Hero

    Hero Unexpected – (Chris ‘Von Pimpenstein’ Carter Remix)

    If haven’t heard the original then I’d say hit the Hero Unexpected music page and listen to the audio clip there. Notice how night and day different Chris’ take on the song is. I have a wonderment about his audio wizardry and twisting my vocal into a new melodic value. That’s what caught me most off guard about his remix when I first heard it.

    If you’re enjoying it as much as I do, I implore you to purchase the song at your favorite digital service. I also ask for you to sign up on my email list and keep abreast of new musical developments from me. We’ll both be happier for it.

    Since those nights, Chris has moved to the east coast so there hasn’t been any hanging out together. We do stay in touch via email, phone and such. At some point we’ll get a chance for hanging out and/or work together again. If not for my music and his mixing talents, then most certainly for my pizza making skills. He loves my pizza.

  • From Clunky to Killer: My Complete Music Site Overhaul

    From Clunky to Killer: My Complete Music Site Overhaul

    In case you’ve been around my spot of the web before, today you’ll notice a bit of a change. Yes, there’s a little bit of a change in the air. Think of it as a rebranding or more like a redesigning the look and feel of my digital home.

    A couple of motivating factors led to this update. First and foremost in redesigning the look was a desire to have a site that works well with the responsive design of the programmer’s theme. The old version held some of it’s responsiveness, but I had made so many tweaks to the CSS that it had a tendency to fall apart when it hit the phone screen. Thus I had turned it off – meaning browsing on a phone had you zooming in and out. So 2012.

    Now the site flows well from 30″ computer monitors, right on down to phone screens. That’s a big plus.

    The second factor for redesigning the look was a desire to make better use of images as part of the navigational aspect of the site. I love sites that keep things simple. Certainly what I’ve attempted to do here, but with a growing catalog of material, it needed a spiffier interface. My theme has the capability and I’m making better use of it. Which is why you’re now seeing more images. Plus on specific pages, I’m focusing more on that content rather than a kitchen sink of everything.

    Another recent update is the addition of limited liner notes on my lyric pages. Some more surprises are in store so bookmark me and come on back soon. Better yet, sign up to get on my email list and get a strong heads up as to when I have anything new and fun to write up about, especially the music!

    Take a poke around, enjoy my redesigning the look and feel of the site. Tell a friend and share.

    Thanks,
    – Jody

  • Sunday Morning, Maroon 5, and a Love I’ll Never Forget

    Sunday Morning, Maroon 5, and a Love I’ll Never Forget

    I remember that when I purchased the “Songs About Jane” CD by Maroon 5, it was the first CD I had bought in a few months. Mostly because I wasn’t finding a whole lot of good music at that time. In walks Maroon 5 and I latched on to this CD in a big way. One of my favorite songs from the disc is Sunday Morning. The girl I was dating at the time loved to hear me sing this song when it played. I really dig the melody of the tune and the pictures it creates in the mind of lazing around on a Sunday.

     

    Yeah…
    Sunday morning rain is falling
    Steal some covers, share some skin
    Clouds are shrouding us in moments unforgettable
    You twist to fit the mold that I am in
    But things just get so crazy, living life gets hard to do
    And I would gladly hit the road, get up, and go if I knew
    That someday it would lead me back to you
    That someday it would lead me back to you

    That may be all I need
    In darkness, she is all I see
    Come and rest your bones with me
    Driving slow on Sunday morning
    And I never want to leave

    Fingers trace your every outline, oh yeah
    Paint a picture with my hands
    And back and forth we sway like branches in a storm
    Change the weather, still together when it ends

    That may be all I need
    In darkness, she is all I see
    Come and rest your bones with me
    Driving slow on Sunday morning
    And I never want to leave
    Yeah!

    Oh yeah, but things just get so crazy, living life gets hard to do
    Sunday morning rain is falling, and I’m calling out to you
    Singing, someday it’ll bring me back to you, yeah
    Find a way to bring myself back home to you

    You may not know
    That may be all I need
    In darkness, she is all I see
    Come and rest your bones with me
    Driving slow on Sunday morning, driving slow
    Oh yeah yeah, oh yeah yeah, oh yeah yeah…
    I’m a flower in your hair, I’m a flower in your hair
    Oh yeah yeah, oh yeah yeah, oh yeah…

    Get back here
    Get back here, yeah…