Tag: Jody Whitesides

  • Power Personality Is Here: The Harder, Sharper Rock Song You Need Right Now

    Power Personality Is Here: The Harder, Sharper Rock Song You Need Right Now

    Some weeks feel like movement.

    Not busy. Not chaotic. Just forward.

    This was one of those weeks.

    There’s something powerful about sitting at a table with other creatives, musicians, filmmakers, people who build things out of thin air, and realizing you’re not alone in caring this much. No blank stares. No polite nods. Just honest conversations about what’s working, what isn’t, and where the edge is moving next.

    That matters.

    Because when artists push each other, the work gets sharper. And when the work gets sharper, you feel it.

    We talked about the new visuals that have been shaping this era, the cover art Ken Bailey helped bring to life for the current releases, including this week’s single, Power Personality. It’s not decoration. It’s identity. It’s the atmosphere you step into before the first note hits.

    The next evolution is motion. Animation. Giving those covers breath. Making them feel alive in the same way the songs are alive.

    Why?

    Because music isn’t just something you hear anymore. It’s something you experience across screens, rooms, stages, headphones. The more cohesive that world becomes, the deeper you can step into it. I’m lining up the right people to help bring that next layer to life.

    While that’s unfolding, the music keeps moving.

    There’s a new single every week. That cadence isn’t accidental. It’s discipline. It’s a commitment to giving you something consistent to plug into, especially if you’re the kind of person who builds their weeks around the songs that soundtrack them.

    Power Personality Cover Art

    This week, it’s Power Personality.

    If you’ve ever felt underestimated.
    If you’ve ever walked into a room and known you were stronger than they thought.
    If you’ve ever decided to stop shrinking yourself to make other people comfortable.

    This one’s yours.

    It’s tighter. It hits harder. It has more space inside it. Not noise, space. The kind that lets the chorus land and stick. The kind that makes you turn the volume up just a little more than you planned.

    It’s not about flexing. It’s about stepping into your own gravity.

    The E.nergy A.udio R.evolution re-release isn’t nostalgia. It’s reclamation. Songs that meant something then, rebuilt to mean something now. Sharper edges. Clearer intent. No apology.

    And it’s not just the songs that are expanding.

    The store is growing too. New pieces tied to each release, ways for you to carry the music beyond your headphones. Shirts. Prints. Physical reminders of the songs that marked a season for you.

    The web store is branching out into new spaces, Facebook, Instagram, Google, so wherever you are, it’s easier to connect. Slow processes, sure. But once they’re live, the access widens. And that matters when you’re building something direct, something independent, something that belongs to the artist and the fans, not a middleman.

    There’s another piece quietly taking shape as well.

    A book.

    Autobiographical. Honest. Unfiltered.

    Not a highlight reel. Not a mythology.

    Just the real story of how the songs came to be, what they cost, what they carried, and what they survived.

    It would be easier to hand it off to someone else. To let a ghostwriter polish it. But then it wouldn’t be mine. And if you’ve been here long enough, you know I don’t do borrowed voices.

    When that book lands, it won’t be for musicians.

    It’ll be for you, the person who found one line in a song and felt understood. The person who built a memory around a chorus. The person who needed a soundtrack for the fight, the drive, the breakup, the comeback.

    That’s who this is for.

    If you’ve made it this far, you’re already part of it.

    Power Personality drops this week. When it does, don’t just stream it quietly in the background.

    Play it loud.
    Let it rattle the room.
    Let it remind you who you are.

    And if you want to stay ahead of every release, every new chapter, every shift in this evolving world, join the mailing list. That’s where the real connection lives. No algorithms. No noise.

    Just the music.
    And the people who feel it.

  • Time Machine: When Regret Becomes Reflection in a Rock Song

    Time Machine: When Regret Becomes Reflection in a Rock Song

    Some songs are escape hatches.

    When the world feels like it’s spinning too fast, when the noise gets too loud, when you need to step outside of right now and imagine what could have been, that’s when a song like Time Machine matters.

    We’re living in strange times. Leadership that feels reckless. Technology that’s rewriting the rules faster than we can process them. A sense that the ground beneath us keeps shifting, and not in a good way.

    I’m not here to preach politics or tell you how to feel about any of it. But I am here to tell you this: music has always been the place where we process what we can’t control. Where we ask the questions that don’t have easy answers. Where we imagine alternate timelines, different choices, roads not taken.

    Time Machine is that kind of song.

    It’s not about literal time travel. It’s about the universal human impulse to look back and wonder: What if I could change one thing? What if I had a chance to rewrite a moment, a decision, a turning point?

    We’ve all been there. Late at night, replaying conversations in our heads. Imagining different outcomes. Not out of regret, necessarily, but out of curiosity. Out of the need to make sense of how we got here.

    This song sits in that space. It doesn’t offer answers. It offers company.

    Musically, it’s built to pull you in. The kind of track that doesn’t just play in the background, it wraps around you. There’s weight to it. Atmosphere. A sense of longing that doesn’t tip into sentimentality.

    The vocal approach is restrained, almost conversational, like you’re overhearing someone’s private thoughts. That was intentional. This isn’t a performance, it’s a confession.

    Time Machine Cover tn

    When I first wrote this song, I had a wild notion that Tori Amos might sing on it someday. Not because it’s her usual territory, but because her voice has that rare ability to make vulnerability feel powerful. Who knows, maybe that collaboration happens someday. For now, this version stands on its own.

    And it’s been worth the wait.

    Here’s the thing about creative work: the good stuff takes iteration. You push. You refine. You strip away what doesn’t serve the song until all that’s left is what needs to be there.

    That process isn’t always visible to listeners, and it shouldn’t be. What matters is the end result, the moment when you press play and feel something shift.

    The animated cover for this release went through that same process. My collaborator Ken Bailey and I pushed through countless versions to get it right. Not because we’re perfectionists for the sake of it, but because the visual had to match the feeling of the song. When it finally clicked, we knew.

    That’s the standard. That’s the work.

    And that’s what you’re getting when you listen to Time Machine, not a rough draft, not a compromise, but the version that earned its place in your ears.

    This song is for anyone who’s ever looked back and wondered. For anyone who’s felt the pull of what if. For anyone who needs a few minutes outside the chaos of right now.

    It’s not an escape from reality. It’s a way to sit with it. To process it. To remind yourself that even in uncertain times, there’s still room for reflection, for imagination, for music that meets you where you are.

    So here’s the invitation: give it a listen. Let it sit with you. See where it takes you.

    And if you want to stay connected to releases like this, not just the songs, but the stories and the why behind them, join the Jody Army list. No spam. Just the signal.

    More to come.

  • Musical Chairs

    Musical Chairs

    Another week another release. This time it’s the version of Do You Want to Play for the New Orleans Pelicans. Hopefully they’re not getting hit too hard with the storm blowing through the Midwest of the U.S.

    Crazy week of things. Quite a few things are about to take shape behind the scenes for the dot com. One of the biggest involves a credit card sized computer, or rather computers. No, it isn’t going to be an AI thing.

    While not quite ready to out exactly what is going on, I can say it should lead to an improvement. In a way it’s a switch to a new chair in the circle of my music. Everything has been circling around and around and it’s about to sit down to see what gets excluded, or possibly included going forward.

    Musically speaking, I did do a little ditty for a possible commercial along with all this that is being released every week. Awaiting with bated breath to hear if it gets chosen. Despite being biased, I think I nailed the brief and what was asked for. Though nailing it doesn’t always lead to getting the gig.

    Beyond music, I’ve stepped into another higher level in something sporty. For those who follow me on social media, you might notice what that sport is. Let’s just say, I’m working on taking it pro.

    Next week should see me starting to knock out some more 360RA mixes for some music that will be released later this year. If you haven’t had a chance to experience it, it’s very similar to Dolby Atmos and I’m that much of a music nerd that I want to release as much of the music I have in both immersive formats.

    Pardon my dust while I work on getting next week’s release out the door, cause this week’s is out!