In this episode, João finally chats with Nik Nocturnal in a great conversation about covers, reactions, and lots of music.
Having done everything from covers to memes to reaction videos and even streaming, Nik is a model for upcoming artists on how you can evolve with the times to stay close to your audience. They dive into Nik's intent with his channels as a means to promote his original music, and how he came to learn to love the content itself.
This episode teaches you how to consider 2 very important ingredients for your music journey: consistency and intent.
00:00 - The Metal Intent Intro
01:27 - Why Nik started doing covers
06:30 - Focusing on quantity and quality of content
10:40 - The TERMINA album - first week impressions
15:40 - Pre-launch hype vs. Post-launch support
19:20 - Why most youtubers quit and why Nik didn't
24:30 - How João learned to love making content
27:00 - Nik's different music outlets
32:00 - Nik's different content outlets
40:30 - Content creators are the future (and the present)
47:50 - Important considerations on "reaction" content
53:50 - Why Nik started (and loves) doing reaction videos
57:00 - Don't devalue the easier thing to do
1:02:30 - 2021 is an amazing year for music
1:05:00 - Why music comes out on Fridays
1:09:30 - The music that inspires Nik
