John Michael Howell builds a pop backing band in Minecraft

His July Short turns note blocks and redstone into a complete arrangement, then puts his voice over the top.

Channel: JohnMichaelHowell Story of October 24, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video is running at 108,653 views a day, 5 times its usual pace (21,529).

Making Music In Minecraft

Hay bales, pistons and redstone are John Michael Howell's studio equipment here. In "Making Music In Minecraft," he builds a backing track inside the game, testing each layer before stepping up to the microphone.

The July Short is getting a fresh burst of attention, adding roughly 109,000 views in a day, five times its usual daily pace. That lift comes while viewing across his channel is close to its normal level: this particular Minecraft session is having an unusually busy day.

Howell starts with a high-pitched melody, then adds a lower line with a delayed response. He sketches the percussion with his voice before constructing its in-game counterpart. Finally, there's one gap left. "That's perfect. Now we just need the bass, and I think we're done," he says.

The finished arrangement begins at 00:44, when the building demonstration becomes a vocal performance about a warrior fighting for love. The contrast is the hook: blocky machinery underneath an earnest pop vocal.

Viewers turn that combination into a running joke about naming Minecraft as your instrument. Others focus on the redstone circuitry, saying the build makes them want to learn it themselves. It's familiar territory for Howell, whose most-watched Short is another Minecraft music-making session from 2024.

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The numbers

The July Short's daily viewing has accelerated much more sharply than viewing across Howell's channel.

views per day, this video

typical day

21,529

now

108,653

subscribers

1,940,000

▲ 20,000 in the last 7 days

total views

753,957,767

views per day

1,358,304

typical day: 1,326,394

the video

views

1,149,241

likes

50,646

comments

1,461

days online

93

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Hayley Kiyoko

2,400,000

doddleoddle

1,960,000

JohnMichaelHowell

1,940,000

RAYE

1,930,000

MALINDA

1,770,000

ParryGripp

1,670,000

As of October 24, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.