GrandAce with curly hair and a beard standing outdoors in front of a large house, holding his hands together as in a prayer or greeting gesture. Photograph taken by Quincy Allfree.

Photo by: Quincy Allfree

the premise

GrandAce (aka Jody Jones II) is an Artist from Cincinnati/Dayton, Ohio. The aim throughout his work is to create worlds that would fit perfectly at home on Sega Dreamcast. Having a background in film, he is known for combining vivid imagery and expressive language to craft worlds that reflect his reality. Largely self-taught, he produces and engineers his own music drawing influence from a variety of genres from Jazz to House to create an ethereal groove.

Origin Story • Updates On Me! • Contact/Booking • Lyrics

Cover art for GrandAce's new EP "Household Betamax" featuring a betamax cassette player and plants

Self-assigned homework to simplify the complex. Household Betamax started as an attempt at leisure, but quickly transformed into a fully realized idea where the goal was only to “not overthink”.

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