The Legendary Violinist Who Hasn't Practiced in Years (ft. Nikocado Avocado plays Classical Music)
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- How can you better improve your skills at an instrument? Wether you are learning to read music sheet, understand classical music, musical theory, learning Jazz, piano, guitar, bass? This is the story of the legendary violinist who hasn't practiced in years. Money can't buy musical success, practicing does. Nikocado Avocado started playing the violin many years ago. Ever since his fame on CZcams began, he began making much more money with his videos and began losing interest in his music life. If you're a fan of classical music, then you'll love this video.vIt's amazing to hear his motivational story and to see how well he's still playing after all these years!
0:00 What will happen if you stop practicing the violin?
0:45 Examining Nikocado Avocado's Violin Skills
0:56 What is Mukbang?
1:09 Nick has a crush on Hilary Hahn?!
1:18 Nikocado's experience as a violinist
1:24 Went to Juilliard!
1:35 Avocado calls himself a pro...
1:47 I want him as my violin teacher
2:05 Has Nikocado QUIT the violin?
2:24 Avocado Plays Sibelius Concerto
3:00 Juicy Vibrato
3:35 Such Romantic Shifts
3:50 Bro thinks he's Paganini
4:20 Perfect Bow Hold?
4:35 Granny's Unlucky Day
4:52 The secret to being good at anything
5:42 How he sounds like now.
6:02 The Fall of Troy
6:44 Does he actually sound bad?
7:27 Squid Game on violin?
8:11 Avocado has perfect Staccato
8:37 Staccato tutorial you didn't ask for
9:44 the last shred of this man's sanity
10:35 Can you re-learn an instrument?
11:22 Dark Web Found Footage
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The thing is he’s still *really* good at violin. Unfortunately, the professional violin scene really doesn’t pay nearly as well as CZcams. There are probably even fewer success stories in the classical world than the CZcams world, and success pays much less.
It may pay less, but what is money compared to health and a longer, more fulfilling life?
Money corrupts, you can see that here.
@@ankavoskuilen1725money itself is neutral and does not corrupt on its own. Some people are corruptable or corrupted if they let money corrupt them. Also people do mistakes. If a person is talented it doesn't mean he's perfect and safe from it. Often, it's the opposite - bright and talented people can get more naive than regular people and let bad things happen to them. And it's not money to blame. It's either their own infantility and mistakes or bad people who manipulated them for money. Money etiquette and discipline is a skill on its own to learn, it does not come with violin or anything else automatically. Same is true for reading people. All of that requires practice on its own.
The shear number of virtuosos around today is astounding. And the compensation for the shear amount of work it takes to be a decent violinist is not great. I see why people get discouraged.
Twoset violin
The only way to really make it big in the classical music world is to win a major international competion (exceptions that come to mind Yuja Wang and Lang Lang) Preferably more than one. Talent alone is not enough. It requires a certain mental drive and passion to make it as a proffessional artist.
He could have been Staccato Avocado😢
YESSS OMGG
Nikocado Staccato?
@@dennisddt1146 maybe
nikocado pizzicato
LMAO
This is so so fucking sad it breaks my heart!! Image the alternate universe where he stayed as a violin youtuber...healthy, playing with twoset. Ugggh JULLIARD WHY
if i dont get into julliard, I'll just say i didn't want to go so I don't end up like him
He wasn't healty. He had ED
@vickjill6158 I didn't say he was I said he could be
What is ED???
@@annav2722 meet my friend, google 😁
Fun fact you should know: Nikocado was ALL OVER the Menuhin Violin Competition's live stream video a few years ago. Everybody was freaking out seeing his account keep popping up. You might find a copy of it. He was VERY critical of many of the participants and harshly commenting on some of their playing skills. I remember he called some people boring and sloppy or something like that. He also kept predicting over and over that Maria Dueñas would win, and then she ACTUALLY ended up winning. I think he's very involved more-so than people realize.
holy crap I remember that live stream hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣 he was brutal hahaha idk if it's still online but I do recall him comment under all the Maria videos on Menuhin's yt channel
what?? do you have a link or video title??
Wuaw 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
I can't find it. Please tell me the specific year bc search system is being a ho ho hi
send link
*For anybody reading this, you NEED to search "Nikocado Plays Pirates of the Caribbean" - it gave me goosebumps.... His sense of musicality is top notch. He can take the simplest tunes and make them sound out of this world - which is a sign of a very advanced musician.*
Have you seen him play Britney Spears oops I did it again? He made it into a symphony, it was jaw dropping 😮😮😮
I was looking at his resume and was absolutely blown away at his list of achievements and experiences as a violinist.
He obviously had what it takes to be a professional violinist, but the main problem was where he was based (NYC) he was a small fish in a big pond where who you know matters more than your skills and talent.
He has a long history of mental disorders including ED’s, anxiety and perfectionism which aren’t uncommon amongst classical musicians. He was reportedly an attention addict since childhood and thought becoming a Broadway violinist with his skills would be a good path to fame. Unfortunately making it big in the classical music these days is the equivalent of winning the lottery.
He obviously never got the big career break that he craved and figured he could get even more money and fame from gaining lots of weight and being an internet mukbanger instead.
Do you know where I could find this resume you mention
Erectile dysfunction?
@@aaronliu5560eating disorder
He's a byproduct of capitalism. Talent like that, he should have been noticed. Not eating Mayonnaise out of a jar, and monster piles of snap peas.
@@BKNeifert there are two Russian celebs, the same as him. Abandoning academical music for fame and money.
Anastasia Volochkova, ex ballerina to gold-digger and socialite. And Nikolay Baskov, abandoned opera for (very tasteless) pop singing.
Both shifted their careers in the late 90s facing wild capitalism.
I took 17 years off, so he definitely can still play after 8 years. Granted I never was at his level. But all is not lost. He definitely could get all his skills and more back if he wanted. Something tells me him abandoning violin was an act of rebellion and trying to own his individuality. Lots of issues to deal with… Mental health is more important than violin skills, but if he’s playing in his room surrounded by McDonalds, maybe he needs the violin to reclaim his mental health.
According to @sacrilegiousboi978 , "He was reportedly an attention addict since childhood and thought becoming a Broadway violinist with his skills would be a good path to fame. Unfortunately making it big in the classical music these days is the equivalent of winning the lottery. He obviously never got the big career break that he craved and figured he could get even more money and fame from gaining lots of weight and being an internet mukbanger instead."
I think this explanation makes more sense. Along with his struggles with veganism and food, and his EDs, it makes sense why he goes down such a path. It's so sad to see him seeking attention in such an unhealthy way after he couldn't get attention with the violin. Hopefully he realizes he will gain popularity by making positive change and goes down that route. After all, being a violin youtuber with the amount of fame he has right now isn't far fetched.
I don't think it was a mental health decision, I think it was a logical financial decision.
I agree somewhat with your statement about using the violin to reclaim his mental health. As a saxophonist, I love coming home after a long, stressful day and just laying it out on my horn for an hour or so. The ability to make music is so freeing.
Yeah, I barely know Nikocado (only watched a sunnyv2 video on him), purely with what I know from there, it's quite obvious he's being dramatically bad on purpose. It gives him more content right now and later he can complain about how much he hates x,y,z and he'll turn that into content as well. (Not me pausing the video right before ViolinMechanic says pretty much the exact same thing)
@@nickbarrow2805100%! I was a music major in college, then stopped playing because life + work was “more important”. Then I learned the significance of taking just 30 minutes a day to play some long tones before or after a long hard day. It’s mentally soothing.
This is kinda a sad reflection of the world we live in to be honest..
He looks like he’d do better as a sumo wrestler.
It's all in perspective
Violinist here. I've been playing violin for 14 years and I still can't draw sound like that. 😭His intonation is nearly perfect. He's definitely more professional sounding than me. And then he throws it all away for food????? 😥 Life isn't fair.
It must be frustrating, but this happens in all realms of life. There is aviolinist who is missing an arm, the bowing arm, and uses a device attached to her shoulder in order to play. Her name is Manani ito. You see that and it truly humbles you because she can still play well. Some people have gifts and don't cherish it, and some people are born with disabilities but still do not allow it to stop them. Life is truly unfair, we have to embrace that.
As for this clown who does mukbang, he should look in the mirror because some people are starving in some parts of the world, they struggle to find food and meanwhile this dude is out here abusing food, it's a huge disrespect to those who are suffering without food. He can still rehabilitate himself and seek a healthy lifestyle and embrace his art of playing once again, this is possible but that is up to him to decide.
git gud
@@ongogablogian1876 🥶🥶🥶
He can’t even play badly😂 he intentionally make it sound bad but the intonations are still good🥲
@@hopesonmakokha5217people will stop starving only when the infrastructure is made in those countries by someone who cares about their people expecting people to stop gorging and countries with no real government or corrupt government surviving off of excess food is stupid
I've been following him for ages. Nick can play really advanced pieces but only plays the easier tunes on CZcams because he's a perfectionist. He's mentioned this a few times in the past. Basically that he can do lots of technical stuff but will stress over 1 note not being perfect enough, so he just plays really easy stuff for CZcams so he doesn't have to worry about it.
He plays easier music on CZcams because it happens to be more popular. Squid game is exponentially more popular than La Campanella and Caprice 24.
@@christmaskitty5891 i dont think he said this.
Imagine if he disappeared off of CZcams for a year or two, lost all the weight and built muscle, became an absolute chad and returned to CZcams as a violin CZcamsr
The respect he would receive would be insane
Making use of that comeback story and preexisting fame might give him more success as a youtube musician than he ever could have as a regular violinist
Hopefully all of the comments from people who like his violin playing might motivate him to consider going back to the violin. He really is a natural when it comes to playing it..
i agree this guy should definitely keep playing
@@friezzerwilhelm Yes indeed. It would be great to see!
i do not think he ever stops practicing, he just earns more money to be a clown than a violinist
Ngl it’s sad to see the state of world be like this. One earning probably much much more by being who he is rn then being an actual skilled violinist.
@@ahhhsothisishowyouchangean162 what’s even sadder is that he even got a full scholarship into the best music schools in the world.
@@ahhhsothisishowyouchangean162 Why is that "sad"? Him being who he wants to be is x1000 better than stressing about society's expectations, making good money at the same time is the gravy on top, and he LOVES gravy!
Just to clarify, I do not watch his content nor any muckbang content, and I do follow quite a few violinist, but even so I can't say him following is passion, and making money at the same time, could make me sad.
@@AlejandroMeri You got two options to get paid: A) be a classical artist (lower pay, stressful work, unless lucky you'll be generally unknown). B) do what Niko does today (higher pay, same stress, well known, serious health risk). Don't tell me being a mukbang youtuber isn't stressful. Ask any youtuber even only those who read reddit stories, to keep up with the algorithm and schedule, is stressful. Even moreso Niko, who is constantly under scrutiny from society.
As someone who's sickly with compromised mobility sometimes, I can tell you for you to choose option B where even your ability to move easily around the house is compromised, you got to be in an unhealthy headspace. That's why it's sad. The money, the fame, the clownery image, that ain't sad. But actively and constantly, choosing to be impaired in life is a decision that won't ever be made if you're actually truly content in life.
Hé is a YT mukbang violinist clowning around😂🎉
He became Shostakovich. I feel his contemporary style much more. It has suffering, aggression, and power in it.
Dang, it's true...
I used to be a semi-professional violinst, passed my grade 8 violin and grade 8 music theory with distinction (ABRSM) and I actually completed over half of a music degree. However, the pandemic hit so I decided to retrain as a lingusit. I was posted abroad for a year and was not able to take my violin with me, and when I came back home I cried because I couldn't play a G major 3 octave scale, I couldn't play any of my Bach sonatas or fugues, and my double/triple stops sounded super scratchy. HOWEVER, it all came back after a few months. I am so worried to think what a 10-year break would have done. There's a chance that when you reach a certain level, no matter how long you don't play for, you'll be able to get back to it after a few months or a year. There's also a chance that you'll never be able to play like that again. I'd never want to be in that situation, so I won't want to take that risk again :D
If it helps you relax at all, Nikocado basically thrives on mukbang and dramatic content. I'd be willing to bet money that he isn't actually this bad, but instead he's playing this bad because it gets him more views and he can rant about it on a tiktok. (Not me pausing the video right before ViolinMechanic says pretty much the exact same thing)
From a trombonist perspective. Seeing a once incredibly talented violinist just fall into a pit of depression and rage is so sad as this dude still has a lot of his skill set in him. Sure his tone and tension are problem but for not practicing he still has his it in him.
His staccatos are gorgeous. They are so consistent!!!!
I mourn his mental health, he is SO SO GOOD at violin and he wasted it on toxic attention for his eating disorder. I wish someone in his family would have stepped in early on, but it’s not too late!
He’s training to be a sumo wrestler. Pays better than violinist.
Imagine if he had gone the Lindsey Stirling route and just used CZcams to do pop music covers and original music stuff. He may not be as big a CZcamsr as he is now(oof, I mean as many subscribers) or as popular as she is, but he could have made a name for himself that way without doing what he's done to himself.
I used to be this good. in the 80s-90s. how i wish there was social media back then!! but, unfortunately I can no longer play due to nerve damage, etc in left hand
@@julz7753aww, hugs
@@julz7753Reminds me of my piano teacher. I don't take lessons anymore, but she was the only piano teacher I had. After just two years, I could play better than her. Not because I'm all that good, but because of what arthritis does to you. That poor woman. Dedicated her life to piano, only for it to be ruined prematurely. She's an amazing teacher, so I wish I could've seen her play when her hands weren't so damaged.
But, life is just sad like that. I wish you the best, and hope that you have many other things equally important in your life. I know I'd hate to lose playing music, but then again, I am very young. Always nice to hear a story like yours though; it's comforting seeing other people talking about something I love. Good luck with life!!
He's an actor. And he has the entire world fooled. Clearly a smart man. Doing what it takes to make fast cash.
Yeah, but at what cost? He's not a Kardashian or a Paris Hilton that acts certain way to appear being dumb and gain money, he's just sacrificing his physical and mental health
@@Just_lazuli If you're level headed enough to play the violin, I would assume he's also smart enough to determine that cost. I would assume he analyzed the cost and found that sacrifice to be well worth it. He's probably a multi-millionaire and will never have to work another day of his life.
@@racheldowhower331 No money is worth your health, someone smart should know that
Being fat isn't a life sentence. Many people gain weight and lose weight. Few become millionaires for doing it. @@Just_lazuli
@@racheldowhower331 a multimillionaire as smart as you suggest he is could take their money and establish enough passive income to sustain a normal healthy lifestyle
Playing while sitting on a bed will cause a lot of the shoulder tension. I am always sad when someone passionate about music gives it up so completely.
He probably earned more money being a clown than a violinist
@@Hahshdhbcbcyoutube Oh of course! There is very little money in being a musician, compared to being a CZcamsr. But I am sad to see training and passion be set aside. I never claimed he would make money following his passion for music. But I like passion is what makes life worth living
@@Hahshdhbcbcyoutubenow with the story of being a clown behind him, he could be a very successful youtube musician using all his past fame
Had to do a double take when you said “A butter cutting through knife” at 3:48 loll
LOL! "A butter cutting through knife." I love it 😂😂
Haha! I did the same thing.
I played piano for about 6-7 years. I stopped playing for 4 years just because life got a little busy. I came back to playing, and the number of pieces my hands still remember is unreal. There's just so much tension in my hands that it's almost impossible for me to hit anything above a fifth without actively thinking about finger placement. It feels strange that I am now struggling, but my hands still remember how to play.
I honestly don’t think he ever stopped practicing, I’m pretty sure everything about the way he has been acting in recent years is all for content, he doesn’t actually act like this, he just does it on CZcams because it makes him famous and that gets him money.This whole new act was just a way for him to make money.
He said this entire thing was all a big experiment and that he's "always two steps ahead", maybe that's true. But was it worth it? From mukbang to OF content, he ruined his career, relationship, honor and dignity all for the sake of this act, for the sake of money.
Pretty sure everyone would be cheering for him if he ever went back to being a musician. He clearly didn't lose much of his skill, he just needs to drop his act.
He probably can't ever walk away from it completely. That violin be sitting in the corner talking to him like green goblins helmet
I remember watching an interview of him a couple of years ago. He was *nothing* like what he appears in his channel. Well spoken, funny, smiling, you could see it was the real him, not his persona.
I'm sure he has both mental and physical health issues, but he still definitely knows what he's doing.
His recent violin playing probably isn't a callback to his past but rather another grab for more attention/views. . . I'm sad to see him think that whatever this is is his only path to success.
so sad that this guy ruins himself. he could bring so much real joy to the world by playing the violin.
He does bring real joy to the world way more than with violin too.
@@ocinprofession REAL joy or a kind of release of many bad feelings by making a satire of himself. and getting morbidly obese and dying young? this is not a healthy happy light joy that is spread there. i still wish him a lot of blessings, to get back on track and spread the real talent he has.
He could really turn his life around. Yeah, hes successful with what hes doing, but with his health i dont expect him to live too long. His violin career could be jumpstarted by his fame on youtube, too.
If he turns his life completely around, becomes healthy and plays music again that would probably make him way more famous than he is now.
@zarolikse2372 definitely more famous than he would have been if he went for the regular pro violinist route
I'm a professional violinist. As a violinist, I can say he's very good. He has a very rich resonance and tone production, "like butter", as you say. It comes across effortlessly, yet you and I both know darn well that he's strategizing each and every articulation and the overall shape of the phrase. Is he the next Hilary Hahn? No. Can he play the Paganini Concerto like Ray Chen? Probably not. Who knows. But just from the little bit shown in the video, I think he's probably better than most people who pick up the violin. He's certainly "better" than Lindsay Stirling (ugh) and she's out there making millions of $ from her violin tours. Anybody with classical training can tell you that. She's awful. It wouldn't surprise me if Nikocado went to a top school. His playing reflects that, even if the pieces are "easy."
Wait, do classical musicians really say Lindsey Stirling is bad????
@@ansondorrance5709 100% yes they do. I'll give her credit for exciting people about an instrument they otherwise might not have cared to appreciate. But she's not "incredible" or anything like that. You could play 60 seconds of Lindsey and then 60 seconds of Nikocado and most classical musicians would say Nikocado is better. Trained folks can often get the idea of somebody's level of playing in less than 1 minute.
I'm a violinist as well. I echo everything you said. I would kill to hear him play a difficult concerto to see what he's capable of.
There’s a video of her playing classical music outdoor in winter. It was ok (in terms of professional musicians level) but might because of the weather.
I also don’t think it’s fair to compare her to classical violinist tho because it’s like comparing a pop singer to opera singer. Her style isn’t copy-able and there aren’t many pop violinists to be as influential as she is
@@ramenjd6239 Eh, I disagree. I think it is fair to compare the two and make a statement on who's better at the instrument. Nothing wrong with that, that's the way the world operates. And I also think her style *IS* very copy-able because it requires less skill to achieve it. For example, more High Schoolers can play Lindsay's Irish Jig music before they can play Ysaÿe. That is non-debatable. Now, that doesn't mean there isn't beauty in Irish Jig music (because of course there is), that just means you can master one before you can master the other. But my point was also how one can determine somebody's level of playing very quickly - even in just a few seconds. Have Lindsay and Nikocado each play "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and most classically-trained folks can tell you who's "better" just from that alone. Despite it being "easy" we look for resonance, tone production, intonation, bow control, bow speed, relationship between the intervals, overall rhythmic precision, musicality, lyrical phrasing, etc,.
This is the most interesting Nikocado reaction video I've ever seen, and I have seen many. Good upload 👏
This is a seriously well edited video - your editing skills have gotten much, much better!!
Thank you:)
Appreciated 🙌
Wow I didn’t know he played the violin he’s actually so talented omg it actually sounds so good!!
Bro his double stops are impeccable he's playing "bad" on purpose, like I want his intonation
I'm actually relieved to know that Nikocado still cares about playing music. He's not completely reduced to being a two-dimensional internet drama caricature.
Never knew he was/is a violinist.. Guess you learn something new everyday.
my jaw has dropped to the floor on this one. This guy not only destroyed his health but stopped giving his true talents to the world, over gettinglikes for food. damn
I would absolutely love to see a conversation with him where his brains get picked on classical music and beyond, and not the weight and food aspect as much. Maybe he has valuable knowledge he could bestow on us classical players/admirers.
Very sad.
I played as a kid, and stopped at 19. Took 20 years off and have been back for 3.5 years. It was bloody hard work but consistency has helped me get better. I wish I had never stopped
I'm happy to see you didn't make the easy jokes, and stuck to a great technical assessment of his violin playing. You're a class act. I'm glad I'm a subscriber.
Nik, bring back the violin magic, pleeease! 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️🎻
As someone who's been out of practice for years because life seemed to get in the way, it's an immense comfort to hear what you said in the closing of this video. It really has made an impact on me tonight. Thank you! Subscribed.
I took 28 years off from the violin, and for me, the result was like going back to square one, albeit with a few thousand times the knowledge and understanding of music than when I originally started. Now, in fairness, I not only gained about 150 lbs between now and then, I also grew about 10 inches taller. When I tried to pick it up again, my first feeling was ... "Was a violin always this small?"... I literally felt cramped trying to hold it -- FYI, I was a Carnatic violinist, so the hold involves resting the scroll on your ankle -- and doing that made it hard to find a comfortable posture, and that made hard just to do scale exercises.
Much worse than that, the coordination involved in timing between fingering and bowing and maintaining smoothness of bow strokes while also making very large rapid left-hand wrist movements... that faded considerably to the point that I felt like I did when I was only 5 or 6 months into learning the instrument.
9:45
This was so heavenly and beautiful
I'm in tears 😢
I've been waiting for a video like this for YEARS, ever since I heard his old violin playing
3:46 just like a butter cutting through knife 😂
This is about to become your most-viewed video 🤣 The editing was really good. I'm def sharing on my Facebook. So many of my friends are obsessed with Nikocado. His story is crazy.
Haha appreciate it! Yeah I definitely put a lot of work into it.
His dystopian relationship with food started long before the binge eating on YT. Before that he was extremely underweight; you could clearly see every rib if he took his shirt off. I imagine that a fight between good and bad urges has been going on inside his head for a very long time, but the bad side started winning a few years ago.
awe man now I'm crying
saaaame
No one wanted to pay him to do anything wholesome and it's our fault.
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3:47 I love when my butter cuts my knife
💀
He actually commented on some videos about violin, like Ray Chen's tier list and Kerson Leong's Erlkonig
How do you even know when Nik comments on someone?
@@Liiiliiiannn I stumbled upon them once
Yeah, and a few on Hilary Hahn's channel. He is defo still admire classical music, despite the fact that he gave up to build a career from it.
Does anyone know where one can see Nik's comments on violin/ classical music
Edit: i just saw them, they're on the videos themselves, i thought it was on videos/shorts that nik made
Yeah, I have come across as well with some comments he has made in violin videos like Kerson's Erlkönig (I think his was the top comment with most likes), I also remember encountering some comments from him in some Hahn's, Chen's and I think Midori's videos as well... besides the dumb character he plays on yt, passion for the art and the instrument is never lost, he definitely still practices every now and then behind the cameras
6:29 i feel like this is a look into his headspace, im sure losing so much of something you love all for money would destroy him. And this is him expressing his thoughts and complex emotions
this is what years of mukbang gets you boys, make sure to practice
Aghh I really wish for him inner peace and recovery 🙏🏻
I would have never thought that guy was a professional violinist. Man, he still sounds great after years of presumably not playing regularly! Great analysis video, btw.
i feel like (of course this does not include some people) but if someone has a bad reputation, seeing them do something so lively like playing an instrument can make them seem so much more better as a person.
"Seem" is the key word. I don't know much about NA, but from what I've heard and seen about him, he's been on pretty bad behaviour a few times and some people seem to forget that.
If anything, I think he's even better now. Before, he was just regurgitating other people's pieces that he probably learned in school. On the rare occasion that he plays these days, it's so real and raw and full of feeling. So full of pain and rage. What a tragic figure.
This is a man who had trauma of some kind in childhood, suppressed it for many years, and then couldn’t bear the weight of it any longer. That’s why he stopped playing and let himself go-it caught up with him. That’s why he’s so very strange now, and I’m not referring to his weight. The turning to food is another symptom. Something horrible happened to him, likely repeatedly, in childhood. He needs emotional healing, and badly.
That aside, well done and fascinating video!
I'm glad to see/hear you be so appreciative and honoring of him, his talent and skill. I would hope he sees it and is inspired to follow his higher callings in life.
Perhaps this is the ultimate form of self expression. He's giving us all a mirror to stare back at ourselves, to see what we've become, how we value self-indulgence and immediate gratification over meticulous effort and inward reflection. He is Yin and Yang
React to him playing other songs!!! PART 2!!! 🎻I have a Playlist of his violin:
1) czcams.com/video/8JTw9l91cuw/video.html
2) czcams.com/video/qx1WuQg9zWI/video.html
3) czcams.com/video/YGVvmbtTgTw/video.html
4) czcams.com/video/68eNvixe5K0/video.html
5) czcams.com/video/rdniKOgGtwI/video.html
6) czcams.com/video/GXqc7e1M4DM/video.html
7) czcams.com/video/JF8mVI6zxhk/video.html
I've been following him for years and he rarely pulls it out, but when he does it's epic!!!! I would've emailed this to you but I can't find your email. New sub!!!
Oooo i really like this list! Im really thinking of making a part2! Thanks for the list!!!! My email is violinmechanic@gmail.com
I play violin and I randomly clicked on the last link. I loooooooove how he goes from C to C again on the same upbow, by switching fingers on the D string like that, like it's sooooo seamless and satisfying. I've been playing about 7 years and I'm still trying to improve my shifts. Grrrrr. I practice almost everyday but there are other kids in my class who are much better than me. Sometimes I think some people just have a gift for it and others don't. I'm a senior and won't be doing orchestra in college
I just wanted to share that the piece playing in the background around 0:30 is Bach violin concerto in a minor and that’s the piece I’m gonna perform for an upcoming audition.
Very fascinating. Thanks for sharing 🎉
3:48 "just like a butter cutting through knife...fantastic "
He just changed his idol from Philippe Hirschhorn to Manuel Uribe, why not😂
This is absolutely true. I stopped playing the piano for 15 years. When I got back to it, it took me only a few weeks to be playing Chopin etudes again. It truly is like riding a bike. I had to regain the flexibilty and muscle strenght through practice and that was a bit frustrating in the beginning but I kept practicing and I got it. But to be able to do that you must have been proficient in your playing. If you only play an instrument for, lets say, a year and then quit playing, you will not be able to regain it because the muscle memory must be very well embedded into your brain to be able to take such a long break. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t go back to that instrument you only played for a short time in your childhood! Playing an instrument is ALWAYS worth it, regardless of you level of playing. So go for it! It will be very rewarding.
I only casually played piano and guitar for a few years, and I stopped for almost 20 and picked it up again and the muscle memory is there and my brain seems to understand how it all works now better!
Here’s a video idea, discuss burnout in musicians. I get where he is coming from
This is what happens when you go more than two hours without practice
Anyone gonna talk about how he said butter cutting through knife? 💀
Really good video. I appreciate that you're looking at him and talking about him like he's a human being...
To be perfectly honest, I think Nikacado is incredibly smart and funny in so many ways. I think he's really pursuing this lifestyle as a complex joke.
I'm pretty sure he used to be a type of dietician or at least have a vast knowledge of health, as he mentioned during his feud with h3. I feel like if he really wanted to lose all the weight he could. Very easily at that.
All the drama he has with his partner is fake by the way, there are several gag reels of them "fighting" where you can tell they are holding back laughter.
If I had to make a prediction, it would be that Nick still very passionate about music and he practices behind the scenes. One day I imagine he's going to start on a weight-loss journey and perhaps even get sponsorships out of it. He will then go to doing music and fitness in full swing. Like a phoenix from the ashes. He is very naturally funny too. I think he's just biding his time.
Or maybe that's just wishful thinking, idk. I don't even follow him, I've gathered all this from obscure sources and it's just a guess. Definitely a very interesting man though.
he gave up being a violinist because there were too much competition
This part of bach's concerto was the last thing I was proficient at on violin. Thank you for giving me a reason to practice again
your channel is so underrated omg
5:06 That stock footage violinist... 🥲
I found 2 more clips of him playing!!!
1) czcams.com/video/68eNvixe5K0/video.htmlsi=s61-WY1VLSyXzJHV&t=2665 (at the end around 44:25)
2) czcams.com/video/A4TH9mU0R70/video.htmlsi=kvRe0-Bkao-lLe4w&t=35 (at around 0:35)
Ok that's literally everything I have in my playlist. I didn't see it before cuz it's either at the end or really shorts. I wish he'd play more often, he just does little clips here and there but then hides it away for another year.
I completely agree, I played guitar a ton in the past and I got to be really good. I almost never play, but I am still very good but it hurts because I don’t have calluses and some of the harder things I need to practice to build up. But it is all there and if I want to get back into it, it isn’t overly difficult.
I am a conservatory trained violinist but switched to medicine (currently an anesthesiologist). I stopped playing cold turkey once medical school started and picked it back up last year after a 10 year hiatus.
Yes, i suck compared to where I was, but surprisingly was able to power through some pieces i would have on the ready for competitons (paganini caprices 24, ysaye sonata and 3). Definitely still can't play any of the polyphonic pieces i played during my last year at the conservatory (Paganinis God Save the King, Ernst Last Rose of Summer and Erlkonig).
Bottom line, yes i lost a lot of skills, but surprisingly not as much as i thought i would. Really the worst part was the first week i picked it back up. Everything was out of tune and things felt foreign. But two weeks to a month of scales and kreutzer etudes and it felt like I was back on a bike again.
Wow congrats on picking it back up again! Hope you can scale up to your former level eventually!
i couldn't stop laughing at the first clip xD it completely caught me off guard. then i got chills from the last clip. thanks for showing me this lovely side of Nikocado Avocado. I will definitely look at more of his channel now :D very beautiful playing.
i would love to see a NICE video of either Nic showing you his staccato technique etc as a lesson or you two just talking or maybe even playing together idk
that would be very lovely and i'm actually kind of hoping it's already in the works as i'm dying for an update
oh and thank you for not bashing Nic. that was refreshing and appreciated
I like his new material.. he is killing it.. madness has ensued..
Shame to watch such a good musician descend into madness and destroy his body..
"I wonder if his violin ever feels violated?"
Definitely.
I wouldn't assume he quit playing simply cause he said so. I call bs.
was expecting from the thumbnail that this was going to be a bigger diss. but I suppose not! sub'd. I don't even play violin--it's just cool to see good content
This video actually almost made me cry.
Wow i never knew he is a violinist 😅
Nick was unbelievably good looking, what he became was the result of hedonism.
dang those arpeggios at the end were really good
You can never sever the bond between musician and their instrument
I have never known him to be a violinist. H really shocked me, I do not think my right hand technique is as great. I have not played in 15 years. It's calling me.
You should do a video of yourself trying to Play the Devil’s Trill Sonata
I had never really heard any of his old work and holy crap, why did he ever stop?
I once went on a vacation for a month and i had nowhere to practice (piano) and i was at the time learning Liebestraum No. 3. I forgot so much after the vacation, and i was really sad about it. After seeing him still have so much skill after so many years my yaw dropped
Not everyone wants to play violin for the entirety of their lives. Obviously, he's going through something. Life is not easy
Woah woah woah stop right there buckaroo, nobody said anything about only violin for his entire life. Only that it would gave been better in the long run. As for going through some stuff: for a few months I could understand, but to let it spiral for years is a sign that either it is too difficult to overcome at all or he's not making enough moves to beat it.
At this point I'd say rejection is the only wake up call that could save him now.
Addendum: with the total of five minutes of hindsight I now have, I realize that sounded a lot more insensitive than its supposed to. I'd say maybe take it 50% seriously since I wrote it when very tired. Have a nice day
@@KGB.Official I mean, I think it’s very sad too, but i don’t like people exploiting him for views. Or should I say, it feels like a lot of people are trying to get famous off him. I know he does this to himself, but I just want him to be okay. And people adding the extra pressure of him not being able to play professionally anymore like his skill determines his self-worth or something. He shouldn’t have to be “perfect” in any area of life for people to be kind to him. It feels like bullying, and when has that ever been okay? It’s not easy balancing all that
it's amazing how he fucks up the notes with intent
This really inspired me to pick up the violin again
I don't even know how to play but this video was so good insight. Sad that this was not the way Nic went but it's not my life.
It's incredible how it become a case study
I played drums in a heavy metal band from the age of 12 until 22. After that I stopped playing drums entirely. When I was 35 I met a friend who played guitar in a band and he egged me on to jam with him. It had been almost 15 years. I sat down and after five or ten minutes.. all of it came back. Legs hurt too much to roll double bass for longer than a few seconds but we could jam. My wife got me an electric drumset as a gift and i'm happy to play every now and then. My kids like playing on it, too. I'm playing at like 10% of what i was as a teenager, but its not fully gone.
We don't live in the timeline where he becomes a violin professional and also pays him well. But at least he is well known in some way and we can hear his violin, sometimes.