Jon Makes Beats Update (Patreon)

Hey, everyone.

First off, thank you for all your kind words, concern and support regarding the recent events. We're now back in our home safely. The fires seem to have mostly calmed down at this point. I've also recovered fully from Covid, which I'm grateful for.

As some of you may have noticed, we're back. Both Tuesday and Wednesday this week were used for filming full episodes that'll be edited and uploaded on the channel soon enough. I'll feel so much better once we're back on track in terms of our uploading schedule.

A personal note:

My instinct right now is to put myself completely into my work: to do my best to overcome this feeling that I need to make up for lost time or render recent events irrelevant with sheer career progress. This is pretty common for me. I think something that I tend to do when I'm processing life is overwork. It's a good thing I don't see a lot of what I do as work but the other side of that coin creates a situation where overworking can creep up on me without warning.

Historically, I've been unable to notice when I'm replacing mental health hygiene with hyper focus on tasks that make me feel like I'm making progress in life. The fact that I'm noticing it right now before I get too far in is new. I'm going to do my best to maintain a healthy work/life balance as the year goes on, especially as I process all the things that have happened this month over the next several weeks.

I do feel really good about what making these episodes means to me and the place it has in my life, and am looking forward to everything we'll be doing in 2025. I have to remind myself the thing that will ensure consistency and longevity in what I do is checking in on myself and taking care of myself, so that's going to be my main priority. I find when I do that the music follows pretty naturally.

Thanks again for being patient with me and I'm really looking forward to all the exciting things we'll be doing together this year. The track above was made in 2024 on a stream that didn't archive properly so here it is. Uploads will be more frequent.

Jon