In the thirty-ish years I’ve been producing my own beats, I’ve made a lot of beginnings that have remained in search of their destinations. These beats span from the whole history of my creative life basically, and I’d be pulling your leg if I pretended I don’t still have high hopes for every single one of them to become a dope song that stands alone or as part of a project.
I’m tired of just keeping them hidden away on old crumbling hard drives and listening to them myself every 22 months when I need to feel bad about something. So they’re going to live here for potential collaborators to peruse. Some of them I’d rather barf than part with, but some of them could use fresh blood. Or I might just snap out of it and finish them all myself. We’ll see!
Oh just a word to the wise – I make beats that I’m proud of, I might even say I can produce records, but I am NOT capable of mixing audio worth a damn and these works in progress reflect that. Listen on headphones with a generous spirit and the bass too high.
The Hiatus
2016-2025
no new beats were made by Jesse D from the years of 2016 to 2026
The FL Studio Years
2015
2014
2013
2012
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
“BNA” you could argue this is more of a remix than a beat but I would argue: shut up – 85 BPM“jesse is me” i made this in Cool Edit Pro at Timbuktu’s house on a sleepover – 113 BPM
2004
“Awwwwwww” i swear i didn’t realize i was sampling a hit until i heard it in the grocery store years later – 84 BPM“Nadia” this sample I did know was a TV theme but did not care – 76.5 BPM for some reason“odd cymbals” i made this for a posse cut some friends were doing but they didn’t use it – 104 BPM“possible fast fast” 127 BPM
2003
“guitorgan” made this with Apt when he was 9 years old in Halifax – 82 BPM“indiana” – made this with a tape from the Dartmouth library in 1997 then remade it as an adult – 99 BPM“PSME” – main sample’s from an anime on VHS so the law can’t touch me – 85 BPM“slow sad scary” – i think i mostly made this with my parents’ records in high school, then remade it – 94 BPM (6/8)
The Impulse Tracker Years
2002
“SPOOKY SPOOKY SPOOKY” – 74 BPM“CHURCH” – 60.5 BPM“MYDRUMS” i sampled my own drums and programmed the hits in Impulse Tracker – 80.5 BPM“THE FASTEST EVER” no power in the universe can stop me – 135 BPM“WHAT TRASH” – 111 BPM
2001
“CASBAH” – 140 BPM but you’d probably rap in half time?“MIND EXPERIMENT” – 71.5 BPM“ORG2” you may recognize this as the SuzyQ Doughnuts phone system hold music – 77.5 BPM“FREAK OF LIFE” – 77 BPM“SLEEPDRUM” – 103 BPM“EXCITE” – this was the hardest break i’d ever found in my life to that point and the sample is good but i need to make it over from scratch because it sounds like it’s buried in mud in hell – 115.5 BPM“PROMENADE” – the arrangement is bad but the bones are good; this was the first beat I ever made that I kinda felt was TOO good for me to rap on yet – 86 BPM
