Jody Whitesides

Category: Special Wishes

  • Organic Homemade Pizza And A Song

    Organic Homemade Pizza And A Song

    Organic Homemade Pizza

    Besides being known for music, I’m also considered amongst friends to be a foodie. Mostly because I cook awesome meals. One of my favorite things to make is pizza. Could be because I worked a bunch of years in a semi-famous pizza joint while growing up. Nowadays I’m prone to making organic homemade pizza before I call for delivery.

    In the video below, I show a method to making of my infamous organic homemade pizza.  Plus I share a song called Clouds by Zach Sobiech.

    Zach Sobiech Clouds

    If you’re not aware, Zach is a young man who was diagnosed with a type of cancer. Sure a lot of people are having issues with cancer these days, however Zach has written a touching song about it called Clouds. The song gained a bit of notoriety online and went viral. His friends contacted other famous people and put together a touching video for Zach and that’s what prompted me to spend a little time learning the song.

    If you’re coming here from YouTube looking for the recipe for the dough and the sauce, you’re in luck, it’s here:

    Organic Homemade Pizza

    Dough:

    1 ⅓ cups of warm water
    2 tblsp organic sugar
    2 ¼ tsp of organic yeast
    1 ¼ tsp of Real Salt (by Redmond)
    2 tblsp olive oil
    3 ½ cups of organic flour

    Watch the video for the directions on it.

    Sauce:

    1 – 6 ounce can of organic tomato paste
    6 ounces of filter water
    2 ½ tsp of organic sugar
    1 ½ tsp of Real Salt
    2 to 3 cloves of fresh crushed garlic
    add some fresh dried thyme, basil, and oregano

    Watch the video for blending it.

    That’s all there is to it. Pick your own toppings and above all else, don’t forget to use a pizza stone in your oven! Enjoy the organic homemade pizza and the song Clouds re-imagined by myself and Dave originally by Zach Sobiech.

    – Jody

  • Deep Relaxing Music

    Deep Relaxing Music

    In the past year I’ve been approached by other artists to start producing them. Obviously it’s rather flattering to have other musicians come to you and ask you for your abilities to help them with their career. One such artist is Calysto Bourne. Calysto creates deep relaxing music. The kind of stuff that is used for getting centered and relaxed.

    I have now produced three CDs for this budding master of the relaxation and chant genre. The first was a combo that contained 7 different popular chants in 7 different keys. Pretty unique idea I thought. It’s on iTunes and Amazon.

    Then came a slightly more ambitious project called Deep Om Tara… Which was a lengthy 1 hour track. The idea behind it was to create a way to escape the outside world, find some inner peace and calm and relax. I think I helped him achieve that goal. Like the first release, that is also available on iTunes and Amazon.

    Our 3rd adventure into the studio has yielded yet another 1 hour deep meditation track. This time around it’s Deep Meditation Medicine Buddha mantra. Like the Om Tara it’s a 1 hour track that is designed to wisk you away to your inner peaceful self. There are key changes and tempo changes to facilitate getting into an even deeper state of relaxation. This release is now out and available on iTunes and Amazon and your other favorite digital stores.

    Thus if you need some real time away from the world, I can strongly recommend all of Calysto’s releases. Of course I’m biased as I produced them, but hey, I wouldn’t be telling you to get it if I didn’t like it myself. Calysto really knows how to create some great deep relaxing music and I’m happy I had a hand in bringing it to the world.

    Stay tuned… another announcement of a side project I’ve recently started is coming.

    — Jody

  • Help Me Find Angel Investors

    Help Me Find Angel Investors

    As I’m closing in on the songs that will wind up on the next release, I’m looking into other aspects of things that need to be brought into order. I put out calls to the musicians that I will be hiring to record the other instruments. I’m planning on going as live in the studio as I can for this next excursion into recording. I’ve talked the drummer. I’ve talked to the bassist. I’ve talked to the 2nd guitarist. I’m still putting out feelers for backing vocals. Beyond the studio I’ve been revamping my business plan into a shiny new PDF file. This is the point where I say: help me find angel investors.

    Actually the reality is, I’m looking for investors in general, Angel or otherwise.

    Do you know of such people? Would you be willing to link up a musician who has all the pieces of the puzzle to make things happen? I’ve got the proper connections to make a go of taking my act on the road and being successful with it. The only missing element is the money to make it happen. Being so inclined to make that link, I’m more than happy to sign an NDA. I’m also inclined to have you point them to the following special page: On Records Investor Proposal.

    It’s not for the faint of heart. So please only do so if you’re serious.

    For you, the helpful fan and music buff who wants to see a musician make it to the top without a label and with your help, I’ll make it worth your while. Details only given to those who are absolutely serious about this. It’s not a joke. Please contact me and lets get the ball rolling. Be a part of the magic and watch what happens!

    For everyone else interested helping out. There is going to be a kickstarter campaign coming for helping to raise the money for the recording part of it. At this point, I’m looking at raising nearly $15,000 to cover recording costs, in about 4 chunks. Videos and details will be coming very soon.

    So not only am I asking you to help me find angel investors, I’m also asking for you to be one as well.

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