History Music / NickBertke

He has credited the Platform/PlayStation game ''Music'' for his initial interest in music production, which he worked in for seven years before the [[SleeperHit runaway online success]] of "Alice", a remix of ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' released in 2007, generated the first wave of widespread attention for his music. (The song still stands as his most-viewed -- [[ToughActToFollow and arguably most popular]].)

He has credited the UsefulNotes/PlayStation game ''Music'' for his initial interest in music production, which he worked in for seven years before the runaway online success of "Alice", a remix of ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' released in 2007, generated the first wave of widespread attention for his music. (The song still stands as his most-viewed -- [[ToughActToFollow and arguably most popular]].)

* LOL69: The first soundbite of Donald Trump in "Trumpular" is him saying 69, and it's heard a few more times throughout the song.

He credits the [=PlayStation=] game ''Music'' for his initial interest in music production, which he worked in for seven years before the runaway online success of "Alice", a remix of ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' released in 2007, generated the first wave of widespread attention for his music. (The song still stands as his most-viewed -- [[ToughActToFollow and arguably most popular]].)

His works have landed him promotional jobs working with big names in the industry, which have in turn been known to cause [[ExecutiveMeddling interference]] (in fact, Disney commissions every mix Nick makes of one of their films or else they'll sue, leading to some mixes never seeing official releases).

Besides his [=YouTube=] channel, Bertke has a solid discography of less specifically-sampling music as well as an [[ArchiveBinge extensive back catalog of rarities]] that has been thoroughly documented by the fan channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BSHFTW BSHFTW]]. He also has a [[https://www.youtube.com/user/NickBertke second channel]] where he posts audio-only singles and miscellaneous content.

He credits the [=PlayStation=] game ''Music'' with his initial interest in music production, which he worked in for seven years before the runaway success of "Alice", a remix of ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' released in 2007, generated his first wave of widespread attention for his music. (The song still stands as his most-viewed -- [[ToughActToFollow and arguably most popular]].)

* NoPronunciationGuide: Without having previously seen ''Film/TheShining'', it's easy to think that "redruM" should be pronounced as "re-drum" rather than "red rum". The track's heavy focus on percussion doesn't help.

Bertke is a particularly idiosyncratic producer due to his unique style of {{sampling}} (very similar to Music/ToddEdwards' groundbreaking "microsampling" techniques) in which he takes small clips of quotes, melodies, and sounds from practically anything (film, TV, video games, even real life) and sequences the sounds together along with melodic elements to form a new work of music.

He credits the [=PlayStation=] game ''Music'' with his initial interest in music production, which he worked in for seven years before the runaway success of "Alice", a remix of ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' released in 2007, generated his first wave of widespread attention for his music. (The song still stands as his most-viewed -- [[FirstInstallmentWins and arguably most popular]].)

His works have landed him promotional jobs working with big names in the industry, which has in turn been known to cause [[ExecutiveMeddling interference]] (in fact, Disney commissions every mix Nick makes of one of their films or else they'll sue).

Besides his [=YouTube=] channel, he has a solid discography of less specifically-sampling music as well as an [[ArchiveBinge extensive back catalog of rarities]] that has been thoroughly documented by the fan channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BSHFTW BSHFTW]]. He also has a [[https://www.youtube.com/user/NickBertke second channel]] where he posts audio-only singles and miscellaneous content.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The music videos for "Wizard of Meh" and "Jungle Dash", instead of using footage from the films they sample, both consist of Nick sitting in front of the camera and lip-syncing the song's samples.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: His music nowadays fits comfortably around a 3, but he's done everything from a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv6PQs_IS2E 1]] ("Standing Before the Earth") to a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae7-RRLSTF8 10]] ("[=sLITphree=]").

Aside from his music, he has also made a name for himself for his opinions, which often take the forms of critiques of modern culture, some even being exaggerated [[WordOfGod self-dubbed]] satires which [[PoesLaw have not usually worked in his favor]], [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment to put it concisely]].

* JumpScare: [[Film/TheShining "redruM"]] has a couple, including a sudden shot of the Grady twins' murdered bodies and one of Jack burying his axe in someone's chest.