LMAO IM SO HAPPY I MADE IT IN THE VIDEO. "NEEDS KICK" 😂 FIRST STREAM OF YOURS I EVER JOINED. KEEP DOING YOUR THING MAN WE NEED MORE PERSONALITIES LIKE YOU IN THE PRODUCER COMMUNITY ❤️🙏
@@jonmakesbeats how would you compare the workflow on something like this versus a purely DAW-based setup/no hardware? im looking into getting my first real piece of gear and its def a rabbit hole of options lol
Man, you have no idea what these videos mean to someone like me, who gave up making beats a year ago cause I was just so demotivated. This is gold man, thanks.
Man that was so fire, been listening to your music since Rap Album 2 and honestly still shed some tears from some of those cuts on there. It brought me solace during a difficult period of my life. Thanks for the dope music,and keep inspiring others! Peace ✌️
So glad you’re still active dude I listened to the RAP albums all through high school. Just subscribed, hope you’re still rapping big dawg. You are an incredible lyricist.
This was real life wholesome. I really appreciate your open & honest talk. Much relatable. Plus you were lights out on the Elektron! Bless for the video.
I have no idea about the kind of music you make, and am super confused by samplers and or anything elektron, but I sure enjoy how much you seem to enjoy what you're doing. My zen zone is sitting and patching sounds for a couple hours. Couldn't care less if I end up with a listenable song. It's an enjoyable, meditative activity on its own. Wish for everyone to find that place in their own way.
I used to do everything from scratch, even synthesized my own kicks and percussion. Painful. But I also play guitar and bass. One day I realized using a guitar is like using a preset. Theres tons you can do with it and you can make it completely different with just a little tweak of the 'preset'
tweak a preset, turn in some effects... sometimes it is fun to make a sound from scratch and get some inspiration, but it is definitely not the most important thing in the world:)
Love the philosophy here, music and art really is a journey of self discovery . I’ve gotten lost in the synth-make-my-own-waves and I agree it’s a distraction from the music, but also served me to better understand what different presets are and what nobs to tweak if I want to change them a bit. Agree that having fun with it is the best no matter what, when it starts to feel like work then I’ve lost the whole reason why I started
yooo! i just realised this is the same Jon that did Passing Fancies all those years ago... that might be one of the best beats ever.. glad to see you still up! peace
This is my favorite JMB on TH-cam. I can say that with no hesitation. This is one of those twitch VODs I have permanently queued up on my phone until the day it gets taken down. Blessed to have it here! Great job, Jon.
First I discovered your Bladerunner beat video about a year ago, watched it, forget it and continued with my life then a couple month ago I discovered this rapper Jonwayne and absolutlely loved him, I went for searching more of his stuff on youtube and what a surprise ! I never missed a video since much love from sibirea
I was late to your music (found it a few years ago) and found myself wishing you would release new stuff. Seeing you on youtube now making beats and giving us creative philosophy is the fucking GREATEST. Thank you brother 🙏🏽
2:46 preach my dude. I went through a long period where it felt mechanical and boring and I recently just hit that point where I’m doing it again because I love it and I’m making the best music I ever have
I've only been doing beat making for about a year, and it's so nice to have presets cause I can put my focus on other things instead of trying to make the perfect sound for an hour. I usually only need a few minutes to find a few presets I like and I'm done, then it's onto everything else.
“When a soldier ends his life with his own gun, beef is trying to figure out what to tell his son”. Those lines hit way harder over your beat than they ever did in the original. As other commenters have said, your beat really brings out the sadness, desperation, and depth in these bars. Amazing stuff man keep it up.
i make music myself for over 15 years or so and i love your style. reminds me of wutangvibes and mobb deep from the 90s. feels so organic and alive. great stuff
If I had known you were doing this on TH-cam. Your my producer of choice because your flows are sick beats are ridiculous. Jonwayne learned from the greatest so to me he is the greatest. Gotta bump Passing Fancies it’s unreal!
I randomly got this recommended to me and I have NO clue what i’m looking at but I love it. As an instrumentalist you brought in some truly interesting dynamics there though I have no idea how your tools got you there lol. Keep up the great work!
You know on Elektron machine I think the presets are really really well done, they teach you a ton about the machine and how to utilise it to its full potential, most of the time i’m exploring a sound gets me like “what ? How do they do that?” Even the demo track are nice to listen to just to understand how deep you can go with the sequencer So yeah, use presets !
Beatmaking at its finest right here! I learn something every episode. Jon the the way you sculpt is like no other and thats the truth ruth. I keep my fingers crossed for just one more Polyend tracker video. I know you are months deep in episodes but when you get a chance do a brother a solid haha.
Really needed to see this today. Thank you! I remember when my friend showed me your beats in 2011, happy to see you still going and very thankful for the wisdom in your videos 🙌
Definitely more of a "synth guy" myself, but completely valid take for presets- whatever gets you back to the music the quickest. For my personal workflow I just found it to be the opposite case- I was spending too much time scrolling through libraries and presets was taking longer than just hooking it up myself. Thanks for these videos, they've inspired me to get back to into it
Another amazing video! Any plans to lay some vocals down on one of these tracks during a stream? I know that's a whole other workflow, but, I'd love to see that process, and I'm sure I'm not the only one!
2:20 ive been telling my protege' this lolz. He's like 26. Im 34. And starting to get giddy and laugh when making my beats and songs again. its such a crazy feeling. I love it, dude. Stay dope!
My heavens that remix :O Oh man you need to do a full release of that track, I would pay for it. So happy I found your channel and that you are being active doing beats. Blessings brother.
Great advice, I am way to hard on myself and I only ever finished a song twice out of the years I spent playing instruments or noodling with electronic gear.
I just went to listen to Mos Def Beef after I haven't heard it in a long time, and I must say, the vocal sounds better with this instrumental than the original....Well done!!!
Loved your music for a long time, saw you live at Dour festival a couple years ago in Belgium when I first heard you. Recently discovered these videos you are making and i really love them. I like to make music myself, have an octatrack and some other elektron hardware. I know it takes a lot of time and work to collect good samples. Sadly I'm lacking that time. I was wondering if by any chance you were willing to share something in the form of a sample library containing some or more of the samples like the ones you are using in these videos? Of course I would pay for it, in the form of Patreon sub or a one time purchase, anything really :)
I typically spend a few hours a week at least looking for samples for my own productions. Its definitely a part time job. I dont have the time to find them for others but places like Tracklib and Splice are great places to start. If youd like some unreleased music or full beatmaking session videos the Patreon is a great place for that but I dont think I'll be offering sample pools in the near future. Thanks for the interest
My involuntary piano song is the same one as yours lol. Or through the fire and flames by Dragonforce because I stubbornly taught myself the intro in high school and it's etched into my brain now. Dope video, glad to see you're still doing your thing! Been a fan for a few years now, you have a great ear for samples.
I've made music for 10+ years and have really struggled with your bit about going BACK. It really is harder. It's lead me to months without touching music from frustration
Yo the part between 2:20 and 3:02 about how you need to get back to yourself was so enlightening to hear. 🙏🏽
It's a hard earned lesson for sure
No kidding, thought I was the only one dealing with that internal “struggle”. My mans dropping the wisdom for free, earned my sub
1000%
Couldn’t agree more very true 2:27
That is exactly what I’m going through.
This track desperately needs a release. Amazing how you managed to draw the sadness out of those Mos Def bars.
LMAO IM SO HAPPY I MADE IT IN THE VIDEO. "NEEDS KICK" 😂 FIRST STREAM OF YOURS I EVER JOINED. KEEP DOING YOUR THING MAN WE NEED MORE PERSONALITIES LIKE YOU IN THE PRODUCER COMMUNITY ❤️🙏
Navy Blue probably saw that and was like, "Who's kick?"
You were a part of history
Nah man beat’s done
Nah. No kick. No kick is the future. Just snare into snare
Lmaooooo
something about that specific chord progression under mos's bars on that beef joint giving me the spine tingles. real spit
I didnt plan on it working so well but I felt it too soon as I synced it
Yeah it's really great! I love it too
real ones know this shit hit deep right in the soul
New age Bob Ross John painting with Elektron. Making little happy beats.
“Nah.
Beats done.”
Definitely happy little kicks
There's barz in here, I swear
i'm so happy that you're back in this space and we get to see your creative process again
Also the snare choice here is so punchy and airy i love it
Honestly same
When are we getting the beat tape?
what does space mean anymore
rose in the wild
I'm mostly a DAW/plugin guy but damn, it's interesting watching you work and hearing what you do with that Octatrack. Sounds great.
The OT is just a good visual tool for showcasing basic concepts as well. Easy to see screen and the step sequencer are good for youtube
@@jonmakesbeats how would you compare the workflow on something like this versus a purely DAW-based setup/no hardware? im looking into getting my first real piece of gear and its def a rabbit hole of options lol
@@Asimo9819 100% get a daw based setup, it doesnt stop u from doing other stuff than beats and gives u more freedom
@@Asimo9819try koala sampler and see if you like this type of producing.
Man, you have no idea what these videos mean to someone like me, who gave up making beats a year ago cause I was just so demotivated. This is gold man, thanks.
I'm glad these videos are helping you get in a creative head space again
Man that was so fire, been listening to your music since Rap Album 2 and honestly still shed some tears from some of those cuts on there. It brought me solace during a difficult period of my life. Thanks for the dope music,and keep inspiring others! Peace ✌️
Super grateful my music was able to help you in a hard time. Thanks for watching.
So glad you’re still active dude I listened to the RAP albums all through high school. Just subscribed, hope you’re still rapping big dawg. You are an incredible lyricist.
Yeah still rapping. The Patreon has a couple rap songs and a couple rap sessions where I'm recording new stuff.
Just discovered this channel. This is exactly the kind of content I cannot get enough of.
That's great to hear, Kade because we're working on more of it
This was real life wholesome. I really appreciate your open & honest talk. Much relatable. Plus you were lights out on the Elektron! Bless for the video.
That's always the vibe, keeping creativity lighthearted and free. Thanks for watching
I have no idea about the kind of music you make, and am super confused by samplers and or anything elektron, but I sure enjoy how much you seem to enjoy what you're doing. My zen zone is sitting and patching sounds for a couple hours. Couldn't care less if I end up with a listenable song. It's an enjoyable, meditative activity on its own. Wish for everyone to find that place in their own way.
We need people like you to create the awesome presets for people like Jon to create awesome music. Symbiosis!
Man, good stuff. Useful thoughts. That "needs kick" moment was hilarious. Thanks for this.
I used to do everything from scratch, even synthesized my own kicks and percussion. Painful. But I also play guitar and bass. One day I realized using a guitar is like using a preset. Theres tons you can do with it and you can make it completely different with just a little tweak of the 'preset'
tweak a preset, turn in some effects... sometimes it is fun to make a sound from scratch and get some inspiration, but it is definitely not the most important thing in the world:)
Just found this channel and my face lit up!! "These words are everything" was a literal lifesaver man. Keep doing your thing, much love
Much love I appreciate the kind words
Love the philosophy here, music and art really is a journey of self discovery . I’ve gotten lost in the synth-make-my-own-waves and I agree it’s a distraction from the music, but also served me to better understand what different presets are and what nobs to tweak if I want to change them a bit.
Agree that having fun with it is the best no matter what, when it starts to feel like work then I’ve lost the whole reason why I started
So chill! Also loved the insight about one's continuous search for a true self. Sending my best from Brazil ✌
Knowing yourself is important
I loved the mos def verse, went out of my way to check him out. I love you respecting other people's work, it makes you such good artist
This guy is slowly becoming one of my favorite producers, really chill personality
yooo! i just realised this is the same Jon that did Passing Fancies all those years ago... that might be one of the best beats ever.. glad to see you still up! peace
This is my favorite JMB on TH-cam. I can say that with no hesitation. This is one of those twitch VODs I have permanently queued up on my phone until the day it gets taken down. Blessed to have it here! Great job, Jon.
Nelson you're the man
This was so much fun to watch Jon - and a beautiful result too. Really nice to discover your channel.
Love what you do. Simply the most authentic maker with great dose of honesty and gag.
First I discovered your Bladerunner beat video about a year ago, watched it, forget it and continued with my life
then a couple month ago I discovered this rapper Jonwayne and absolutlely loved him, I went for searching more of his stuff on youtube and what a surprise ! I never missed a video since
much love from sibirea
that's a great way to find the channel again hahah
oh it was just 4 months ago, fells like eternity
I've been a fan of yours for a long time but this is my first time landing on your YT channel. The way you talk about making beats is very inspiring
Loved the Shimmy Shimmy Ya cameo
I think that's a universal opinion anytime Shimmy Shimmy Ya shows up anywhere
@@jonmakesbeats truth
“It’s way harder to go back, they don’t tell you that” - this segment hit so hard
I was late to your music (found it a few years ago) and found myself wishing you would release new stuff. Seeing you on youtube now making beats and giving us creative philosophy is the fucking GREATEST. Thank you brother 🙏🏽
That beat is probably the cleanest one I have ever heard
Christ that preset talk... so good my man. thank you for sharing that.
I was thinking along the same lines just a few days ago.
This was SO good and I feel validated, re: comments about workflow and finding yourself.
That's great to hear. Music is a personal process and the "personal" part cant be overlooked
2:46 preach my dude. I went through a long period where it felt mechanical and boring and I recently just hit that point where I’m doing it again because I love it and I’m making the best music I ever have
I've only been doing beat making for about a year, and it's so nice to have presets cause I can put my focus on other things instead of trying to make the perfect sound for an hour. I usually only need a few minutes to find a few presets I like and I'm done, then it's onto everything else.
WHOOOOOO FLYING BRO! The way you let the sample speak >>>
I do my best to just get out of the way
I’m so happy I found you on TH-cam ❤ been following you since BOWSER. Keep up the amazing music much respect
i loveeeee that snare! you been killin it man
Great vid Jon! Love all your work throughout the years, thanks for giving us a peek into your production process
Thanks for checking it out
So happy to come across this
Glad you came across it. Thanks for checking it out
“When a soldier ends his life with his own gun, beef is trying to figure out what to tell his son”. Those lines hit way harder over your beat than they ever did in the original. As other commenters have said, your beat really brings out the sadness, desperation, and depth in these bars. Amazing stuff man keep it up.
i make music myself for over 15 years or so and i love your style. reminds me of wutangvibes and mobb deep from the 90s. feels so organic and alive. great stuff
If I had known you were doing this on TH-cam. Your my producer of choice because your flows are sick beats are ridiculous. Jonwayne learned from the greatest so to me he is the greatest. Gotta bump Passing Fancies it’s unreal!
I randomly got this recommended to me and I have NO clue what i’m looking at but I love it. As an instrumentalist you brought in some truly interesting dynamics there though I have no idea how your tools got you there lol. Keep up the great work!
I identify with these sentiments whole heartedly... sweet beat too!
i love these videos damn
I'm glad because I love making them
Been waiting on this after seeing a snippet on twitter, another banger!
much love Pissed Off Panda
i always look forward to these
Same
You know on Elektron machine I think the presets are really really well done, they teach you a ton about the machine and how to utilise it to its full potential, most of the time i’m exploring a sound gets me like “what ? How do they do that?”
Even the demo track are nice to listen to just to understand how deep you can go with the sequencer
So yeah, use presets !
Presets should be viewed as different instruments, honestly. I agree with your thoughts.
Casually dropping gems of info like it’s nothing haha super interesting man, I’ve felt the preset shame before myself but you’re right, it’s stupid😤
Never understood it.
another stunning breakdown 🙌
thanks again for being here.
Beatmaking at its finest right here! I learn something every episode. Jon the the way you sculpt is like no other and thats the truth ruth. I keep my fingers crossed for just one more Polyend tracker video. I know you are months deep in episodes but when you get a chance do a brother a solid haha.
Thanks for the words. Recognize your name from the Patreon. I'll try to pull the Tracker out again for the channel when I get a chance!
@@jonmakesbeats You are the man! Seriously, you inspire so many of us! Thank you for that.
Saw the title and thought this was a making of your "That's OK" beat at first... haha, regardless; amazing process and result as always!
Uh oh....yeah I can see how you would think that.
That Paul Davis groove is dope AF 🔥
Really needed to see this today. Thank you! I remember when my friend showed me your beats in 2011, happy to see you still going and very thankful for the wisdom in your videos 🙌
Definitely more of a "synth guy" myself, but completely valid take for presets- whatever gets you back to the music the quickest. For my personal workflow I just found it to be the opposite case- I was spending too much time scrolling through libraries and presets was taking longer than just hooking it up myself.
Thanks for these videos, they've inspired me to get back to into it
I’ve watched two vids and I love this guy already.
The process of beat making has been getting me back towards a lot of my creative outputs.
That's great to hear
The way it all came together had me in awe.
Another amazing video! Any plans to lay some vocals down on one of these tracks during a stream? I know that's a whole other workflow, but, I'd love to see that process, and I'm sure I'm not the only one!
I have done streams before recording raps but not right for the channel. They're available on the Patreon.
U raw as hell appreciate you mixing one of my joints
That Mos bit was crazy.
Shit gave me chills 🔥🙏💎
2:20 ive been telling my protege' this lolz. He's like 26. Im 34. And starting to get giddy and laugh when making my beats and songs again. its such a crazy feeling. I love it, dude. Stay dope!
cheeers
As soon as I heard you play that one note at 1:20, I knew Shimmy Shimmy Ya was coming . 😭😭😭 Love your work dude.
Bro, you are the epitome of what hip hop used to be. That was beautiful.
this one was fantastic man.
Thank you Jacob
wo-w i saw your quote about finding yourself again on twitter the other day now i play this video randomly and its here haha
Sounds like the clip about finding yourself found you lol
@@jonmakesbeats it knew i needed it
Thanks so much for this. Heard your music years ago. Glad to stumble across you on TH-cam.
Ah man you make the dopest beat and then sample my two fave artists! You got a new fan and sub!
Crazy by large amounts
🔥🔥🔥
My heavens that remix :O Oh man you need to do a full release of that track, I would pay for it. So happy I found your channel and that you are being active doing beats. Blessings brother.
3:04 this sample was used in a Dutch rap song: Yes-R - Mijn Pad
Dude, i couldn’t remember where i knew this sample from. Thanks!
Beat is crazy bro
This channel is the next best thing to Rap Album 3 :)
Glad you think so!
Great advice, I am way to hard on myself and I only ever finished a song twice out of the years I spent playing instruments or noodling with electronic gear.
Oh wow didn't know you had a YT, just wanted to thank you for your work it got me through some hard times
Glad you found it and I'm honored my music was able to help during that time
This beat! Oh my days!🔥🔥🔥
Bro you're the best we love you :)
You spoke out of my heart, before I even knew it was inside my heart. Thank you.
😂 🌽 🏀 TH-cam comments kill me 😂
I just went to listen to Mos Def Beef after I haven't heard it in a long time, and I must say, the vocal sounds better with this instrumental than the original....Well done!!!
release this dude ! banger !
man im so glad i followed/subbed your music is amazing
Glad you did too. See you around the TH-cams
you working out the Elektron Octatrack niceleeeeeeee
Such a treat watching you make music, really well done on the editing flow too, feels like butter :)
this was so dope
Wow this is my new favorite channel
jon dropping knowledge on this one
Badass man, I almost thought that rap sample was One Be Lo, he’s a good artist for similar old rap vibes
Loved your music for a long time, saw you live at Dour festival a couple years ago in Belgium when I first heard you. Recently discovered these videos you are making and i really love them. I like to make music myself, have an octatrack and some other elektron hardware. I know it takes a lot of time and work to collect good samples. Sadly I'm lacking that time. I was wondering if by any chance you were willing to share something in the form of a sample library containing some or more of the samples like the ones you are using in these videos? Of course I would pay for it, in the form of Patreon sub or a one time purchase, anything really :)
Splice, tracklib, loop cloud
I typically spend a few hours a week at least looking for samples for my own productions. Its definitely a part time job. I dont have the time to find them for others but places like Tracklib and Splice are great places to start. If youd like some unreleased music or full beatmaking session videos the Patreon is a great place for that but I dont think I'll be offering sample pools in the near future. Thanks for the interest
My involuntary piano song is the same one as yours lol. Or through the fire and flames by Dragonforce because I stubbornly taught myself the intro in high school and it's etched into my brain now. Dope video, glad to see you're still doing your thing! Been a fan for a few years now, you have a great ear for samples.
I love you, thank you
that sample is fantastic
Absolutely
@@jonmakesbeats What is that?... I know that song but cant think of it.
@@ThePhilbox I Go Crazy by Paul Davis
Omega Skills . So inspirational.
bro this one is so damn beautfiul have watched this 4 times today already lmao love
preset diggin is fr some of the most fun of makin a beat
That sample is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 my man
good to see you mr wayne
I've made music for 10+ years and have really struggled with your bit about going BACK. It really is harder. It's lead me to months without touching music from frustration
You're an absolute beast!
dude you are such an inspiration to me really! love the stuff you do :)
I hope at some point I can get to the point of production you are
Nice to see some good ol sequencing every once in a while.