As a teenager, Jon Carin started his professional musical career with the band Industry as their lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter.

[citation needed] On August 16, 1998, he produced and played keyboards and drums for Pete Townshend for a concert to raise money for the Maryville Academy.

[citation needed] He performed keyboards, Lap Steel guitar & vocals with Pink Floyd at their reunion with Roger Waters on July 2, 2005, for Live 8 at Hyde Park.

[11] Carin has worked with such organizations as Amnesty International and Greenpeace for fundraising events, playing with Seal, Elvis Costello, the Chieftains, Spinal Tap, and many others.

[citation needed] In 2006, Carin worked on the self-titled solo album by The Psychedelic Furs' frontman Richard Butler.

Two months later, Carin performed on keyboards, guitar and lead vocals with Roger Waters at the Live Earth event on July 7, 2007, at Giants Stadium in New Jersey.

[citation needed] Carin performed with Roger Waters and Eddie Vedder for the "12/12/12" Hurricane Sandy benefit concert.

[citation needed] Carin performed with Roger Waters tour "The Wall 2010–2013 Live" on keyboards, guitars, lap steel, and programming.

[citation needed] In 2014, Carin performed in Kate Bush's Before the Dawn concert series at Hammersmith Apollo, her first live shows in 35 years.

[citation needed] In Autumn 2016, he performed with Roger Waters on a short tour of Mexico, then at Desert Trip in Coachella.