http://www.facebook.com/JodyWatleyOfficial  http://www.jodywatley.net Grammy Award Winning Artist. Songwriter. Producer. Founder of Avitone Recordings.


Jody Watley, singer/songwriter/producer/businesswoman and Best New Artist Grammy winner is one of the architects of 21st century pop. From her groundbreaking marriage of rap & R&B (1987’s “Friends,” a collaboration with hip-hop legends Eric B. & Rakim) to her vision-forward marriage of high fashion, street fashion and music in the ‘80s (long before it became the norm), to her fusion of jazz and underground club culture with keen pop instincts, and the ease with which she crossed and still crosses genre, Jody Watley forged the template that is now everybody’s playbook.
 Watley's entire career is about looking forward, drawing inspiration from personal heroes and iconoclasts who were and are always ten steps ahead of the pack.  The Chicago native’s eclectic, hits-filled repertoire – R&B, hip-hop, House, jazz, pop, drum & bass, ambient, spoken-word, disco, soul – spans decades and is built on a positive vision and a strong taste for artistic and aesthetic risk. 

After breaking from the majors and starting her own label Avitone Recordings in 1995, Ms. Watley began collaborating with a Who’s Who of visionary producers and remixers, many of whom were longtime fans and jumped at the chance to work with her: 4 Hero, King Britt, Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez & Little Louie Vega, Mark de Clive Lowe, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Ron Trent, Moto Blanco, and Alex Di Ciò. Thanks to her non-stop touring, her global fan base remains as fervent as ever and they’ve made chart and club hits of Ms. Watley’s indie albums – Affection (1995), Flower (1998), The Saturday Night Experience (1999), Midnight Lounge (2001), and The Makeover (2006) – and her 2014 EP Paradise.

For the past five years the ever multi-tasking Jody Watley has focused on both her thriving solo career and the group project “Jody Watley & SRL.” Much like Prince had The Revolution, NPG, and Third Eye Girl (among many other projects and aliases) as extensions or branches of his music and creativity, Jody Watley & SRL allows Watley another outlet for her artistic expression. SRL members Rosero McCoy and Nate Allen Smith – gifted singers, dancers, and choreographers in their own right – bring their own cool style and vibe to Watley’s trademark high-energy, all-love live performances, and the trio’s critically acclaimed concerts draw SRO crowds around the world. With musical influences that include Kaytranada, Anderson Paak, and Little Dragon, they’ve released several chart-topping hit singles in Europe, including the Alex Di Ciò remixes of “The Mood" and "The Passion." Their forthcoming album will be a seamless mix of dance grooves, funky beats, deep House, Contemporary R&B, and chilled out soul accented with guitar flourishes.

Jody Watley is ranked as one of the Top 60 female artists of all time and one of the greatest dance club artists of all time by Billboard Magazine. 
Ernest Hardy.

Music im Herzen …. Zuversicht, Menschlichkeit & Liebe 🙌🏽 im Gepäck 🧳

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Venesa Taylor is me. I changed the spelling of my name lately. The Album I am releasing right now is called “Reachin For The Stars” so far the songs on it are: “Reachin For The Stars”, “Dsensitized”, “Tabby bot bot bot bot”, Jesus Bought A Brand New Car”, “Astral Projection”, “Sage Me”, “& “Black Widow Betrayed Me”. I plan on adding a few more songs to the album, but I’m really surprised that this newest Album cover with the songs are not here. It’s probably the only place where you can’t find my releases that are out right now. However, you can hear some of my releases going to “Venesasprivates” here. You can find that Album  on every channels. Just Google “Reachin For The Stars” Venesa Taylor (not here on SoundCloud)… but Apple Music, Amazon, YouTube, ITunes, Spotify,etc)…
    Known for playing the lead character “Kara” in the alien movie called "Femalien" in midn 90’s & being a pin-up girl for Playboy newsstand specials, low rider & Easy Rider , Femme Fatales cover & the cover of College Girls in '96. 
  1999 I produced and starred in my own rock musical called "A Naked Girl". It was a million dollar production that featured at the “El Rey Theatre” for a 7 week run. 
  In the year of 2000, I received the award for "Cabaret Performer of the Year at The Los Angeles Music Awards.
 These days I’ve been releasing music videos & music video demos that you can check out on my YouTube channel: https://m.youtube.com/user/venesasprivates
    I also have been having a great time playing on Tik Tok so come over there to see my crazy videos. Some serious, some not so serious.Instead of writing new music right now, I’m focusing more on releasing the good mixes to the general public. It’s been going well.
 I performed this past year in the High Roller Dance Squad for the Las Vegas Aces that ended a few months ago when the Aces won the world championship. Being a part of that really helped catapult my new releases for my “Reachin For Stars” AlbumThat song alone right now has over 15000 plays! So “Reachin For The Stars” has taken off! It’s an exciting time!  
    In 2006 I Headlined on the Las Vegas strip and sang 2 of my originals in a show called "Headlights & Tailpipes"(The show that gets your motor running). A record deal falling through, to my song “Reachin For The Stars”, & moved out of Malibu to Las Vegas, “Reachin For The Stars” was the music I wrote my 1st year living in the desert. I miss the ocean. Several surgeries after move led to an addiction to pain pills. I’m an addict. No shame in my game. I’ve write music about it. 
   I am single. Got engaged to a man who was leading a double or triple life & am now back at it again doing my thing as the 7 year relationship ended. It was a tumultuous time w/ this last boyfriend, but he just kept  many secrets from me & i couldn’t move forward in the relationship because it had no foundation. We parted amicably & I will always remember the laughter we shared. I never laughed so hard with anyone before. He was alot of fun. But the passion we had over the years grew into jealousy & the honeymoon was over before we made it to the altar.
 I make Jewelry for fun. Which you can purchase in my Poshmark closet. https://poshmark.com/closet/. Also I will be releasing my yearly calendar for 2023 called “LOP” (Lots of Pussy). Chloey cat my Valentine Kitty passed away last February on St. Patrick’s day. Also Included in this update are some links where you can find my newest releases from Album that’s almost complete! Soundcloud here really jacked my song list up. There’s songs missing… (probably because I didn’t log on for a good amount of time). I would suggest googling “Reachin For The Stars” on your mobile device. It’s downtempo electronica. The album I plan to release next is going to be my addiction Album. (title be disclosed at a later date)
I take some kickass anti-aging products & the best Immune supplement I’ve ever had. Check out my personal anti-aging products: 
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My Dad was a Jazz Musician so I grew up with an ear and deep appreciation for good music.
Hope you enjoy my selections as much as I do! Thanks to all the artists through the years who have painted the memories of my life!

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