Christmas Future

Musicians

Jody Whitesides – Drum Programming
Jody Whitesides – Vocals/Guitars/Bass/Synths
Ben Carey – Guitar Solo (4)
Dannielle Gaha – BG Vocals (8, 10)

Credits

Writer (1): Jody Whitesides
Writers (2): Kerry Getz, Stuart Pearson
Writers (3): Jody Whitesides, Johnny Elkins
Writer (4): Jody Whitesides
Writer (5): Harold Payne
Writer (6, 7, 8, 9, 10): Jody Whitesides
Publisher (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10): Too Much Music
Publishers (2): Dick and Jane Music, Margie & Art Publishing
Publisher (3): Johnny Elkins Music
Publisher (5): Harold Payne Music
Producer: Jody Whitesides
Mixer: Jody Whitesides
Mastering: Jody Whitesides

Notes

Cover Illustration: Kim Whitesides
Editing: John Michael Kane

Christmas Brought Me You:

Meaning: What happens when the holiday brings the love of your life.
Trivia bit #1: Written in summer.
Trivia bit #2: Took a while to learn to sing and play the guitar at the same time.

Yuletide Romeo:

Meaning: Missing a special someone during the holidays.
Trivia bit #1: Loved hearing my friends play their song so I wanted to cover it.
Trivia bit #2: The line about stars winking at me is great.

Hey Today Is Christmas Day:

Meaning: A wistful look at being peaceful during the holiday.
Trivia bit #1: First of two christmas songs I’ve written with Johnny.
Trivia bit #2: Never performed this song live.

I Saw Santa Surfing:

Meaning: Exposes Santa for what he does in his vacation time.
Trivia bit #1: Guitar solo is performed by Lifehouse guitarist Ben Carey.
Trivia bit #2: Was the first song I’ve written where I invited another guitar player to solo on.

Christmas At The Isthmas:

Meaning: Spending the holiday in a part of the world where there is no snow.
Trivia bit #1: I did a cover of this because I spent a christmas in Mexico without snow.
Trivia bit #2: I’ve never been stung by mosquitos in winter.

Christmas To Unwind:

Meaning: Spending a little downtime with that special someone.
Trivia bit #1: Makes me think of my University graduation movie project.
Trivia bit #2: The simple nature of the guitar part is actually quite hard.

Scrooge Comes Around:

Meaning: Instrumental version of the famous tale.
Trivia bit #1: Lots of sampled sounds in this.
Trivia bit #2: Last song to be recorded for all 30 tracks in this release.

When Christmas Lights Up:

Meaning: Enjoying moments of childhood during the holidays.
Trivia bit #1: I’ve never eaten a roasted chestnut.
Trivia bit #2: I did grow up in New York at a young age.

Sharing For Christmas:

Meaning: Overload of stress when attempting to be a “good” consumer at Christmas.
Trivia bit #1: I never shop for things way ahead of time.
Trivia bit #2: I’ve yet to be married for a holiday.

We’d Like To Wish You:

Meaning: A mixture of things that all describe Christmas.
Trivia bit #1: Written years before I thought of doing the 3 CD set.
Trivia bit #2: Vast majority of the recording is from the demo I originally did.