The Players
Todd recruited a large number of North Carolina musicians who dedicated their talents and time to bring this to fruition. They are:
Todd Jones - Todd, Janet's older brother, wrote all the music, did all the programming (drum machine beats and synthesizer/keyboard work), plays at various times guitar, bass, percussion and sang backing vocals throughout the record.
Scott Warren - Scott, an amazing bassist, plays on the majority of the tracks. As a trained psychologist, he was particularly fascinated with Janet's insights and vocal work. He has played with Todd for years and is Todd's bandmate in The Blusterfields.
The Backing Vocalists - the lovely backing vocalists are: Emma Davis of the Goodloves, Kelly Fairman, Alison Jones of Sweet Jane, Rebecca Newton and Mary Rocap. Emma, Kelly, Rebecca and Mary sang as a group. Alison, Todd's wife was pulled into the project later. Todd did a little bit of falsetto singing here and there...
Dan Davis - Dan drummed on two of the tracks (not surprisingly, two of the "hot singles"). He teaches jazz at local universities and leads his own jazz trio, The Dan Davis Group. The DDG has been named the Triangle's best local band of 2025 by the Indy Week newspaper. He's a beast.
Jason Jones - Jason, Janet's younger-of-her-two brothers, provided the drumming for P-A-R-T-Y and helped prompt Jan for many of the pieces. He spent his early years playing drums in NJ and NYC, before settling in NC.
Jackson McGee - Stalwart of the Cleveland rock scene, Jackson has played with the Wild Giraffes, Savoy Brown and was a founding member of The Blusterfields with Todd. He was down in NC long enough that Todd was able to cajole him into the studio.
Chris Russell - Chris is an all around percussion guru. He has a music degree from WVU and played for years in The Argument, a power pop band out of West Virginia. He leads drum corps and is Todd's bandmate in The Blusterfields.
Danny Gotham - is a multi-talented player of all things with strings and frets. He graced the Chillin' track with a super tasty solo, complete with interplay with his buddy, Scott Warren.
Robert Bittle (RIP) - was Todd's friend/songwriting rival/bandmate from their band, X-teens. Born and raised in Durham, like Todd (and somewhat like Janet and Jason), he was a guitarist's guitarist. This was one of the last tracks he played on with Todd until a degenerative disease took his life in 2026.
Bill Newton - Bill plays a mean mouth harp on P-A-R-T-Y and also plays baritone sax and probably lots of other instruments. He's played with the Indigo Girls and is a fixture with the Duke Street Dawgs.
Production Assistance
Todd recorded the bulk of the project in his studio, "HUGE Sound Generation and Capture Facility" and on his Studio-in-a-laptop-bag, but had significant assistance from others, including:
Paul Cooper - who helped Todd engineer critical passages of the tracks. He also took the album cover photo and several of the shots on this website.
Mike Nicholson - Tracked and engineered the drums on "Fantasy and Reality" at Hondo Creek Recording Studios in Pittsboro. He also mastered the entire record and provided lots of informal and formal audio advice to Todd.
Legal
Alison Jones appears courtesy of Sweet Jane
Scott Warren, Mike Nicholson, Jackson McGee & Chris Russell appear courtesy of The Blusterfields
Dan Davis appears courtesy of the Dan Davis Group
Emma Davis appears courtesy of the Goodloves