*Dahh* Also, to clarify to those wondering why Slavic Nik is in my "How To Make Amazing _______" videos, it's for a few reasons. The first being that it actually makes the video memorable. It surprisingly will make all this somewhat important information stick because you'll have something unique to connect it to, which is the accent. More importantly, these are essentially 10 minute tutorial style videos that honestly... would be kinda boring if it was just me talking normally. It might look more professional in that style but these videos are meant to be fun and have terrible jokes in them in order to keep it from feeling like any other "how to" video.
Btw, i am a drummer, and the more i watch your videos, i can feel that i have more strength-of-opinion towards the guitarists i work with in the metal genre.
Seriously dude until i started watching more of this guys videos i just thought he naturally had that accent.... i remember watching one one day and he was talking without it and i genuinely thought i was going insane...i actually had to go back and find one with the accent to confirm that i didn't just lose my shit hahaha
He indeed said old school melodic metalcore, and yeah Killswitch is 20 years old now....were you calling Exodus “old school thrash metal” in 2000? I think most people were lol
That's a joke stolen from my best friend Denis actually. It's not his original humor at all. I also took this kid to his first show at the devil wears prada. But he forgets his bandmates, his friends who showed him EVERY BAND he now likes, and all else in the name of "fame". Way to rep Etobicoke and who got you here in the first place Nik Pop.
@@GRAG3R You sound jealous as fuck. Do you expect a personal shout out every video because you showed him some bands? Also, your friend Denis wasn't the first person to put on a fake accent. You seriously need to grow up. Seems pretty obvious why Nik left your sad ass behind.
I know you'll wanna slap me for saying this, but I still wanna see a shred war between you and your Slovakian alter ego. This was another amazing video man
This is my favorite series of yours. Could you do more episodes for each part of a song. Like metal verses, bridges, etc? Even ones for subsequent subgenres like progressive metal, metalcore or nu-metal would be really cool as well!
There's a great RUclips channel called ShadyCicada where he does fun "tutorials" on how to write songs from different genres, then plays a short song with those riffs and leads and stuff at the end. While he says it's a bit of fun and not to take it too seriously, it's helped a lot with my own writing.
I head a music expert once say “making music is like throwing shit at a wall to see what sticks. I just know what sticks better over the years” which means music theory isn’t necessary but definitely helpful and it’s the years of practice that pay off
You don't have any idea of how much these videos are helping my songwriting ! The 2 about the minor scale were game changers for me. Also, I didn't really understand what are the things we have access with the first level of your patreon ? Keep up with your amazing vids & songs man !
Yo Nik, great video as always my brother! I was thinking, you should totally reach out to Ruslan Malyshev. He is a Russian guitarist whose youtube channel is gold as much as yours, and is just now starting to get some attention. I really think you guys should collaborate, ya know, since you do the Russian thing. We'd all get a kick out of it. The more metal musicians we have working together on here the better fore sure!
Wow! Your presentation is not only fun - easy to understand - but brilliant! Truly you are the Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov of METAL MUSIC. Very few people have such a strong and clear grasp of anything where science and art have a matrimonial relationship - but your approach would impress Albert Einstein. Thank you for doing such a great job sharing your superior gifting with the world. I am certain your influence will change the course of musical history in many ways that will inspire many who would otherwise be bound in a prison of mediocrity. Thanks again!
Lol damn man! The stuff you come up with is so strong and suggestive I can practically hear the vocals. I'm not a singer but if I was I would know exactly how to sing to it! Not just this but most of the vids like this that you do! Super inspirational! Thnx for the tutorial!
Just in time, I've literally just been struggling with this. Trying to play something more interesting than straight 8th note power chords for a chorus. Good stuff my dude, keep it up.
Nik These are dank tips but an even more exciting thing to do is to start simple and each chorus add something new for that progressive emotional experience!
After watching this video 3 weeks ago I've been incorporating these techniques into my playing and song creation. It has totally changed my playing. I can't thank you enough Nik.
I love those videos. Simple, straight forward, easy to understand. A Slav hat and a bottle of vodka instead of water would spice up the slavic Nik Tutorials.
You can! Ive always dreamt of having a guitar. Once I got my first guitar, I practiced all day, everyday without even noticing. 2 years now and I have learned a whole ton of songs and even started making music
Hey Nik! It would be really cool if you made a video about how you generally mix guitars. Panning/amout of guitars/Plugins etc. I think you have alot of DAW-users amongst your subscribers, Cheers ;)
This is probably a really noob question, but I feel like I would really get more motivated if I had a cool drum track to try out chord progressions along with. Do you record the ones you use yourself, or is there any software or website that we could use? Thanks in advance :)
I'm not the biggest metalcore fan, but I love how unique it is compared to the other subgenres. They add technicality while still being passionate about the music. They sound great. Their sound is unique compared to the others. Etc.
Потому, что большинству англоговорящих доставляет такое произношение. Плюс этот лёгкий когнитивный диссонанс, когда мемный совковый акцент используют для пояснения серьёзных веще.
And if you want to make your chorus even better, write a really good song as a whole! You gotta get the people to listen long enough to hear the chorus, and if your lead up to the chorus is great then it will have an even bigger impact.
@@deniz1205 Everything is very important. I hear lots of songs now where the vocalist is singing these great melodies but the music is just slammin open note patterns or riffs. like thicken it up with just some simple chords that actually compliment the melody and to contrast the riffs in the rest of the song.
Hey Nik, which guitar do you prefer? This standard scale music man or your 7 string with 26.5"scale length? Is the baritone uncomfortable or harder to play some stuff?
I would also recommend having a "base melody" and then instead of having a simple chord progression shove some more chords in there in a way that works
*Dahh*
Also, to clarify to those wondering why Slavic Nik is in my "How To Make Amazing _______" videos, it's for a few reasons. The first being that it actually makes the video memorable. It surprisingly will make all this somewhat important information stick because you'll have something unique to connect it to, which is the accent. More importantly, these are essentially 10 minute tutorial style videos that honestly... would be kinda boring if it was just me talking normally. It might look more professional in that style but these videos are meant to be fun and have terrible jokes in them in order to keep it from feeling like any other "how to" video.
Nik Nocturnal, how about months turn to metal.
This right here is how you make hobby videos entertaining and memorable. Thanks for the detailed approach you have here mate.
Btw, i am a drummer, and the more i watch your videos, i can feel that i have more strength-of-opinion towards the guitarists i work with in the metal genre.
I am Polish so this accent feels like home.
Well I'm loving it, so keep going you beautiful slavvvvv
Ah, 8-5-0-3... The 0-3-5 of metalcore
Edit: Ah octave chords. The other 0-3-5 of metalcore
Don't forget 0-8-7!
^^
Was writing a song today and I almost fell into that trap without thinking about it...it’s such an easy filler riff lol
I'd think it would be 5-7-8 on the A (G) string with 0-s in between on the E (C) string
Ah yes 8-5-0-3. Makes me sleepwalk...
Slavik accent mode: ON ☑️
I love your videos, keep em up!
Nic stands for Nicolai
I think it's funny, but this time the video was actually pretty informative and it distracted me a little tbh.
Seriously dude until i started watching more of this guys videos i just thought he naturally had that accent.... i remember watching one one day and he was talking without it and i genuinely thought i was going insane...i actually had to go back and find one with the accent to confirm that i didn't just lose my shit hahaha
Thank you!
Max Epta Nikita akchually
“Old school metal bands like Killswitch Engage”. I feel old now.
He said old school melodic metalcore lol
We have to embrace it now :(
They're going on 20 years this year.
Now I feel old too.... 😂 🤘😎🤘
metalcore wouldnt necessarily say its old school per se but there is old school KSE. Haha, metal is confusering.
He indeed said old school melodic metalcore, and yeah Killswitch is 20 years old now....were you calling Exodus “old school thrash metal” in 2000? I think most people were lol
I like how you switch between heavy accent and almost none at all constantly lol.
I've been working on my english
That's a joke stolen from my best friend Denis actually. It's not his original humor at all. I also took this kid to his first show at the devil wears prada. But he forgets his bandmates, his friends who showed him EVERY BAND he now likes, and all else in the name of "fame". Way to rep Etobicoke and who got you here in the first place Nik Pop.
@@GRAG3R You sound jealous as fuck. Do you expect a personal shout out every video because you showed him some bands? Also, your friend Denis wasn't the first person to put on a fake accent. You seriously need to grow up. Seems pretty obvious why Nik left your sad ass behind.
@@GRAG3R Would have dropped you too my dude
G RAG3R shit with that attitude I’d leave you behind too
0:08 is the face of a man who knows he has mastered both memes and metal.
NightwingX012 he is a disciple of Rudy Ayoub now😂
;)
If he was from Oklahoma, we'd say ye has mastered meth.
The Return of Nik Blyaturnal
I think it's his actual accent.
@@kiethveseyofficial yea, your might be top of the class with that attitude
Watched the video without sound just to check for 8-5-0-3
I watched it without turning on my phone get on my level!
8-5-0-3 is ADTR in a nutshell
just 8-5-0 and you're golden
Lmao ofc!
I know you'll wanna slap me for saying this, but I still wanna see a shred war between you and your Slovakian alter ego. This was another amazing video man
Militant Me this would be an awesome video
Maybe one day, if Yury is up for the challenge
same
Nik Nocturnal who’s yury?
Nm I know what’s going to happen
Alternate title: Russian man teaches manliest music theory lesson ever
I think that would go to andriy valenskyo. (Or however you spell it idk)
@@Top10Dylan Andriy is Ukrainian
Dahh
@@Top10Dylan Andrey Vasilenko
I thought Nik was Serbian. Wotever, Slav is Slav
This is my favorite series of yours. Could you do more episodes for each part of a song. Like metal verses, bridges, etc? Even ones for subsequent subgenres like progressive metal, metalcore or nu-metal would be really cool as well!
There's a great RUclips channel called ShadyCicada where he does fun "tutorials" on how to write songs from different genres, then plays a short song with those riffs and leads and stuff at the end. While he says it's a bit of fun and not to take it too seriously, it's helped a lot with my own writing.
@@kungfuman82 Seconded! Love that channel!
He already made some
you might check out Mike Shinodas Streams if ur into Nu-metal song writing
5:58. *while she sleeps wants to know your location*
^^^
Sounded more like a wage war lead to me
(Khabib voice) SEND ME LOCATION
Got so distracted watching this I just stuck my hand in my drink thinking it was food
Xyton_Ghoul that’s hilarious
Now your talking
3:07 I thought you where about to sing vocals with your octave chord playing...I was indeed let down.
4:15 - 4:29
*Time stood still The way it did before It's like I'm sleepwalking*
I head a music expert once say “making music is like throwing shit at a wall to see what sticks. I just know what sticks better over the years” which means music theory isn’t necessary but definitely helpful and it’s the years of practice that pay off
13 years of learning to play guitar by myself and expand my capabilities, all wrapped up in a 13 minute beginner's tutorial...I'm done.
Lol same
Whenever I show anyone anything I say "I show you in context."
Please do
So this videos is about how to play sleep walking by bmth in different ways ???
pretty much. thought about it myself haha
In Soviet Russia, Chorus Writes you.
Yes
Da
@@kemal1910 провода
Yes comrade
Chorus writes us*
You don't have any idea of how much these videos are helping my songwriting ! The 2 about the minor scale were game changers for me. Also, I didn't really understand what are the things we have access with the first level of your patreon ? Keep up with your amazing vids & songs man !
10:43 Bring Me The Nocturnal
Sounds like sleepwalking
yup
Nice dude!
Can you please teach Fluff some music theory so we don't have to listen to his generic daddy riffs?
Shots fired!😮
UrbanGeeks who’s that ?
I get that when it comes to his RR stuff but the DU album was pretty good
Yo Nik, great video as always my brother! I was thinking, you should totally reach out to Ruslan Malyshev. He is a Russian guitarist whose youtube channel is gold as much as yours, and is just now starting to get some attention. I really think you guys should collaborate, ya know, since you do the Russian thing. We'd all get a kick out of it. The more metal musicians we have working together on here the better fore sure!
Wow! Your presentation is not only fun - easy to understand - but brilliant! Truly you are the Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov of METAL MUSIC. Very few people have such a strong and clear grasp of anything where science and art have a matrimonial relationship - but your approach would impress Albert Einstein. Thank you for doing such a great job sharing your superior gifting with the world. I am certain your influence will change the course of musical history in many ways that will inspire many who would otherwise be bound in a prison of mediocrity. Thanks again!
Just listen to As I Lay Dying
Oh and you sound like the guys from the movie Undisputed
Boyka?😂
@@lukewarm._.pudding9354 🤣
nice pic
You are seriously the most inspiring RUclips musician I've seen.
Lol damn man! The stuff you come up with is so strong and suggestive I can practically hear the vocals. I'm not a singer but if I was I would know exactly how to sing to it! Not just this but most of the vids like this that you do! Super inspirational! Thnx for the tutorial!
Just in time, I've literally just been struggling with this. Trying to play something more interesting than straight 8th note power chords for a chorus.
Good stuff my dude, keep it up.
Thank you!
@@NikNocturnal It would be pretty cool if you could do this with verses too if you're gonna continue the series.
Proud to say that Termina is in my Spotify playlist. Keep it up!
Thank you! :)
Nik These are dank tips but an even more exciting thing to do is to start simple and each chorus add something new for that progressive emotional experience!
Combined version, in my opinion, is perfect for last chorus or outro
Dude makes this shit so easy to understand.
That lead riff at 6:06 is amazing
After watching this video 3 weeks ago I've been incorporating these techniques into my playing and song creation. It has totally changed my playing. I can't thank you enough Nik.
dude this was so helpful, especially as I am a pop punk musician trying to add more depth into playing and recording
Awesome video Nik. Thanks for your help and inspiration. This should help spice up my songs and make them much more interesting.
6:52 sounds like Mark Holcomb from Periphery! Love your work Nik!!
Jonathan Lesher yeah mark has a video on youtube where he talkes about the exact same think
@@AlexKerski Link? I love Mark's riffs, I recently installed his Alpha & Omega Seymore Duncan pickups in my own axe, it shredz!
I love those videos. Simple, straight forward, easy to understand. A Slav hat and a bottle of vodka instead of water would spice up the slavic Nik Tutorials.
ahh yess finally...the content i've been waiting for
I show you in context :)
:D
I just bought my first 8 string.. can I be a djent god? XD just kidding I’ll never be that good
You can! Ive always dreamt of having a guitar. Once I got my first guitar, I practiced all day, everyday without even noticing. 2 years now and I have learned a whole ton of songs and even started making music
Also, use that “Sawano drop” to start a chorus. Makes shit absolutely bang!
all put together it sounds like the best Architects song i've ever heard, pretty awesome!
Not really their kind of style, but this is beautiful....
8:25 best description of ambience I've ever heard
Thank you
What a great instructional video! A lot of great tools for a guitar player to use. Inspires me to go play some new riffs.
Hey Nik! It would be really cool if you made a video about how you generally mix guitars. Panning/amout of guitars/Plugins etc. I think you have alot of DAW-users amongst your subscribers,
Cheers ;)
Thanks for these you shared Sir Nik. Greetings from Philippines
Thank YOU for watching!
Nik you should do a live stream and listen to bands we suggest 😁 would love to hear your opinion on smaller bands/local bands
This is so useful! Thanks a lot, Nick, you're amazing.
This is probably a really noob question, but I feel like I would really get more motivated if I had a cool drum track to try out chord progressions along with. Do you record the ones you use yourself, or is there any software or website that we could use?
Thanks in advance :)
Awesome video as always nik, I'll be incorporating these in my music 🎶😊🎶
dude, you should add something like "live examples" like providing cases where the particular feature is used
it will be much more informative
8:47 it feels like Adtr's homesick album was made inspired in this progression as well
Amazing video as always
7:38 Definitely using the "Hardcore Emotion Bringer" in my next song :D
Lucid. Great band choice
the turn chords into riffs make me feel like i was listening to Dance Gavin Dance v:
I love your accent Nik.
Bring Me The Choruses
damn man, 5:57 sounds like lead part Dawn Of Solace - Lead Wings
(since 0:54)
Your the fukkin Man nick, thank you for what you do brother
Please please please make this into a full song!
Void of Vision - Hole In Me
You know what to do Nik
Well done sooqablyat!
I'm not the biggest metalcore fan, but I love how unique it is compared to the other subgenres. They add technicality while still being passionate about the music. They sound great. Their sound is unique compared to the others. Etc.
Why do you keep using bad broken accent?? Otherwise video is great
Потому, что большинству англоговорящих доставляет такое произношение. Плюс этот лёгкий когнитивный диссонанс, когда мемный совковый акцент используют для пояснения серьёзных веще.
@@kemal1910 I had to translate that but yes. It's actually better, somehow the soviet accent makes it easier to ingest :D
I almost freaked out when I saw the piece of his jeans looked like large gaping crack on his majesty. lol
I thought you were a different person for a sec lol that accent throws me off hahaha
really easy to understanding for my english speak lvl, thanx
As video proceeds:
- i can do this
- easy
- hmm a bit harder
-ok ?
- WHAT
-NOPE
I don't know if his accent are intentional or not but I really like it
He mastered both Metal and Memes... He is basically invincible now...
Can somebody explain the connection between Nik and slavs?? Because i dont really follow whats hapening here
Still missing the old intro song :(
Same here
Not me. I was actually getting tired of it. This is nice and fresh.
Sorry! I love that intro but I had it for years and wanted to change it up a bit is all :)
@@NikNocturnal all good
And if you want to make your chorus even better, write a really good song as a whole! You gotta get the people to listen long enough to hear the chorus, and if your lead up to the chorus is great then it will have an even bigger impact.
Especially a greaf singer and above all else 'vocal melodies' in sync with rhythm and lead
@@deniz1205 Everything is very important. I hear lots of songs now where the vocalist is singing these great melodies but the music is just slammin open note patterns or riffs. like thicken it up with just some simple chords that actually compliment the melody and to contrast the riffs in the rest of the song.
Nice, thanks you brother 👍
Anyone here 2021 for Nik's russian accent? LIKE
killer vid bruh!
I often move my root notes around and change power chords into other intervals, so I have a full chord progression in just one spot on the neck
do some deathcore songwriting tutorials please
Thank you Vladinick for your vodkastic tips
Nice very helpful!
This sounds kinda like homesick era ADTR, which is a good thing!
7:25 looks like a Dreamshade chorus :D
chorus in Polaris - Consume is pretty nice
I started watching Nik with this series, then went to his other videos and thought his American accent was fake.
🤘 Nice thanks
Hey Nik, which guitar do you prefer? This standard scale music man or your 7 string with 26.5"scale length? Is the baritone uncomfortable or harder to play some stuff?
Batman by Powerglove probably has the best chorus I've ever heard.
wow you remember all of them
Mannn this is soooo good, This has helped me a lot! This made my chorus mor awsome!
That head nod 😂
How do u not have more subs i love your videos !!!!
Thank you!
Ahh eight five zero three. Classic 👌
^^
Great video.
This is quite literally just the chorus from Sleepwalking by BMTH
Now all we need is vocals on that lol
I would also recommend having a "base melody" and then instead of having a simple chord progression shove some more chords in there in a way that works
Combined song sounds like a "An endless sporadic", kek