Jon Makes Beats

Going Hard in the Mario Paint

Hey everyone,

Very excited to bring you this new episode of Jon Makes Beats. Making videos for YouTube has been a crazy experience and it's basically just been week after week of making mistakes and learning from them, applying them, making more mistakes....the cycle never stops. However, I feel like this video is closer to the vision that I think I've ever gotten before.

Please enjoy. Again, I've got something special coming next month for members, so please be on the lookout for...

Making a Banger on the HYDRASYNTH

Hey everyone,

Here's the second member-exclusive video! Been meaning to bring the Hydrasynth onto the program for a while and I'm happy with what I was able to get out of it.

Currently working on something special this month on the side of everything else so be on the lookout for something cool next month.

Jon

Video: https://youtu.be/2U8Fx3KltLc

Original Session: 2025-09-10 15:58:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Sampling the Playstation® DAW

Hey everyone,

This episode was super fun to do and I hope you get as much a kick out of watching it. As always, below are the video and the original session (which was over 4 hours!).

Jon

YouTube: https://youtu.be/llGevUE72cY

Original Session: https://www.youtube.com/live/phDX3xgDOUk?si=2GZGAjQKX2__Y6sN 2025-09-03 16:33:25 +0000 UTC View Post

The 2023 Dual Octatrack 3 Hour Beat Set

SKIP TO 30:00 FOR THE START OF THE SET

Here's the story behind this one:

I had told everyone that I was going to stream a DJ set using two Octatracks and a mixer. I used that week to build a set, order it, prepare proper transitions. The night before the stream was scheduled I electrocuted myself while working on a microphone. The nature of electrocution, even if mild, is dangerous, especially when it comes to your heart. If you get shocked, all it takes is something small ...

RE: Member's Only Videos and YouTube Memberships

TLDR: The video above will explain the basics and my reasoning, but if you're looking for more or maybe you're more of a reader, I've written this message for all of you:

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Sometimes, I have a difficult time looking back at the start of all this in order to put this journey into perspective. Not because it's emotional for me or anything, but it can sometimes actually be very hard for me to not see the forest for the trees. I'm too close to the inner-workings and day-to-da...

Like No One Is Watching (Members 001) Beat

Like No One Is Watching (Members 001)

Hey there,

Here's the first members only video. Hope you enjoy!

Live session: https://youtube.com/live/-sAGC1hhFG4?feature=share

Jon

BEHIND THE SCENES OF JMB

Hey everyone,

Thanks for being on this crazy journey with me for however long you have been. I get a lot of questions about what the setup that isn’t on camera looks like and I haven’t really said much because, well, I’m still figuring things out. But then I had to think about how even though I’m still learning I have definitely learned a lot already and maybe some of this will be helpful to some of you. So here it is. I did no prep or cleanup before taking these shots. This ...

Sampling PaRappa the Rapper

Hey everyone,

It's time for another one of these. I think you'll notice something new with this one: lighting! Yeah, I have always struggled with lighting my space and after the last video I decided enough was enough and to go ahead and just hunker down and get it right. I added a few more lights to the set to fill in the background and also adapted the lights I already had to be less directional so they could fill in the rest of the space, not just me. It took a while and I'm hopin...

Donkey Kong Country!

Hey everyone,

new video on the channel sampling one of my favorite games. Here it is in all its...glory? As always, you can find this as well on the Living Beat Tape, found on the Discord.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/W9oA9i1PjIU

Live: https://youtube.com/live/Y_knRcqJoxI?feature=share

Sandwich Making Music

YouTube: https://youtu.be/bw_l9pCLXH8

Live: https://youtube.com/live/gVVKoOZ627o?feature=share

Nintendo Switch 2 has no Menu Music...so I made some

Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/hL0QyDOKvw4?feature=share

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2UEeuhPfng

What the hell is this lol

Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/E7bPqXveeUg?feature=share

Video: https://youtu.be/6vvqjy7u7OA?si=JAE6ZU_TPQZohRxm

7000 Ways to Live

This one didn't make it into an episode but here's the livestream!

LIvestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/0pFnARLw4DE?si=7IvA8zzhukZ5_wz9

Jon

If you Click this I will Make Something

Hey there,

Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/sXX15Hre10o?si=87cUaUP9-gfEeTWk

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/gFnEyeoxVGo?si=IZNkRRx2sz...

Call Waiting

Didn't make this one on stream!

RS7000 only

Jon

Sampling Final Fantasy 7

Hey there,

Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/4nIgsGBhWF4?si=mko3wftZcC_g3Vp1

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/c5xK3FcsyOE?si=jXVA8eggIZ...

Sampling Ape Escape

Hey there,

Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/d-BS2Q7-3PQ?si=3QZnBL1_Jj8ujtCI

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/bLtVirvnkP0?si=TetjyfKgBH...

Sampling Resident Evil

Hey there,

Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/5BsdGZGLbvo?si=p6uD6iEp3WnIJ97F

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/6uZfLtOUVqo?si=MPg2c_xjrs...

Sampling Metal Gear Solid

Hey there,

Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/adsHEwcAn2k?si=2IK8kLjYqcOrinO2

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/wmHHqhoMvXo?si=bXzKfhoWLH...

Sampling my Playstation

Hey there,

Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/5OMSACoH5QM?si=LwFK1VoqGIsuN6QL

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/TQAi_ZFFqtQ?si=4Vea23ny...

You Won't Need ANYTHING Else.

Hey there,

Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/aUtsAvRUxGc?si=EQ6XMEoo9mFwGWGx

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/rZkf8PVcmpw?si=MsKI_4bTpu...

This Synth is Good for Beats

Hey there,

Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rMYwjs_HbY&list=PLjRiQ9gZ_DidJWElVrvZAS2BXO2Zd32Gl&index=16

YouTube video: 2025-06-10 18:30:27 +0000 UTC View Post

How to Enjoy your JMB Membership (ALL THE LINKS)

Hey, everyone.  Welcome to the Jon Makes Beats Patreon.  In this post, I'll be sharing with you the best way to get access to everything your membership has to offer.

1. GET THE MUSIC

As some of you have noticed, I have stopped uploading individual tracks on this page. The main reason is this website is NOT designed well for music, more so podcasting episodes. When you play a song and cease playback, it will not reset to the beginning of the song the next time you hit pl...

Introducing 2nd Channel: Jon Talks Beats

Hey everyone,

NEW CHANNEL ALERT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nRfAWtPz04&feature=youtu.be

Here's the first upload explaining my decision to make a 2nd channel. I hope to see you there.

Jon

Six Pack

Hey everyone,

Happy Easter if you celebrate that sort of thing. As you may have noticed I've stopped making individual posts on Patreon for each video/song. Those who have joined the Discord have been privy to The Living Beat Tape in its entirety and the link gets updated every time there's something new..

So for those who don't want to join the Discord, I'll be linking it here as well as offering the last six tracks as a .zip for those who don't want to do that for some reason....

JMB and the Case of the Ghostly Compressor

Story time:

Here is a picture of a compressor I've owned since 2012. It's called a UBK Fatso and it is a part of the standard lineup at Empirical Labs (also the makers of the famous Distressor compressor), but It has a much more interesting origin story.

A man named Greg Scott, who's also on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@TheHouseofKushTV started the audio company UBK, now known as Hou...

Introducing: JMB Selects

Hey there,

Let's talk about the elephant in the room: The Living Beat Tape is getting too big.

That wasn't the case when it started. In fact, when I opened this Patreon there was only one track. But now there's over 125 tracks. That's too much music to be digestible for anyone.

So here's the answer. JMB Selects: https://samply.app/p/RgygQctcLnwiqmYSFkPq

This is the first one. I have ...

Public Livestream tomorrow! and other stuff

Hey everyone,

A couple changes are coming to the Patreon/Discord that we should cover before the main event.

First, I've historically waited until the publishing of videos on the channel to share the song that was made during the video. The original idea for this was to make it so that when you were a Patreon member, you'd be alerted to when the videos went live but I don't think that anyone here uses the Patreon posts to be notified of the YouTube channel uploads (please correct ...

SP-404 MK2 Man Makes a Comeback

Hey everyone,

It's been a while but the SP-404 is back on the channel!

I wanted to explore the way I tend to use this machine because I don't always see this method around on the internet. Hopefully it helps some you get your head around actually making tracks on the sampler because while it can be difficult to get used to ( interface wise), it's still a very capable and powerful machine.

As always, track up top, video and stream below. Thank you so much for your support...