A Personal Thank You (Patreon)

Happy Holidays from JMB!

Usually at around this time each year it's natural for us to reflect on what happened in the last 365 days. Honestly I haven't done much reflection lately because I've been too busy stepping on the gas. And I don't mean that in a bragging way, because grinding without reflection isn't a healthy thing to do, either.

Sitting back and seeing how this project has grown over the last year has been a little overwhelming, to be honest. The amount of growth the channel has recieved, the opportunities I've been given as a result and, most importantly, the community that has found me and propped me up through each week has been amazing to experience as someone who's been in the game for as long as I have. This last year has reinstated my faith in the role art can have in our modern lives. Seeing so many aspects of the music industry continue to crumble before our very eyes i believe that musicians need to (now more than ever) be searching and inventing new ways to get our work and our message across to people.

My vision was this. The YouTube channel and the Patreon. And when we launched the Patreon a couple years ago it was really tough to gather any sort of momentum. And that makes sens when the ask is to buy into a perpetual relationship between creator and appreciator. I couldn't expect to throw up 5 songs and have that sell the whole experience. It was with continual dedication and consistency that, every week, I do my best to prove to each and every one of you that this is something worth being a part of. And to see so many of you respond in kind is the type of satisfaction you only ever read about. I'm beyond grateful to have this as a source of joy and inspiration in my life and the people I've met with this specific project have made my days so much easier.

I want to take this post to thank each and every one of you for making this happen. I show up every week to build this but it would be a wasteland if it wasn't for you all. You are what make this a place worth being in. All I can do is say thank you and continue to maintain and push forward the idea.

Here's the track from the new video. As a thank you, I'm making this free and available to any and everyone. I'm going to take the rest of the year off (11 days) to be with my friends and family and I'll be back afterward to kick off the 3rd full year of Jon Makes beats with a bang. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Jon

YouTube: https://youtu.be/PnsDc9j_JfU?si=06m9jmqwCYbt9mCW

Full Session: https://youtube.com/live/1BaaP6dDcT8?feature=share