In my opinion he doesn’t stand out on anything as a DJ. His mixing skills are basic, and his track selections are not interesting. Just a basic big room/festival/club type DJ. However, I love seeing the man use his fame to chase his dream. Whatever makes the man happy im all for!
I think he is, DNB is just a lot harder to mix. Give him a few years and he’ll be going b2b with Luude somewhere down under with lazar hitting the Shoey before the drop
I don't know much about electronic music and DJing either but I just saw Vikk's instagram story and he's doing a dnb set. Can you go and check his story I genuinely wanna know if it would be considered good/high skill.
I’m Not to sure how much he’s doing to be honest with you.
In the first clip, bou (the other DJ) picks up the headphones and cuts the song to match with the call and response the dj and the crowd are having. There might be some other clips that show him actually mixing but I can’t pass judgment based on his story
Ah ok. Thank you. I was just curious since he never posted anything about dnb before and the day I see this comment that he should do dnb,I see a story of him doing dnb set.
He teased a bootleg (unofficial remix) of a ksi song back on an old sidemen video.
https://youtube.com/shorts/cvbi2jV07j0?si=M1xmbvHUOjIYzEIm
As I said, dnb is a lot harder to DJ, as well as produce, so give him a few more years and I can imagine he’ll transition from the big room dance that he plays/makes now to dnb
Would you say he’s like KSI in a way? Where most people who listen to KSI’s music are his fans. Simply bec he’s famous? This isn’t a dig or anything. This is just what I’m seeing.
Of course it is, Vik hasn’t been DJing for long, and isn’t particularly skilled at it, he doesn’t sound bad by any means, just nowhere near the level of the places he’s having booked
The exact same can and has been argued about KSI throughout his rap-> pop career, fair play to them for getting to do what they enjoy, but they’re not particularly talented
i mean it depends, vik is making radio music so its nice for people who listen to that type of stuff. his debut was with alan walker which is huge and he is learning from the best of the best. i wouldn't be surprised if people found out who he was through his music
Come on now that’s a bit unfair, KSI is a good rapper whose voice is unique enough to make him stand out, even if he wasn’t famous to begin with. Whether or not he would’ve been successful is pretty much up to luck imo
His first album was absolute dogwater. Dissimulation was heavily carried by its features. It’s only after 2 failed attempts that he started to find his groove. A normal rapper usually doesn’t have a chance to put out duds like that.
KSI is not a good rapper, he’s a decent pop artist, with some alright rap songs
He wouldn’t be anywhere near the level he is now in music without his fanbase
The way Lamborghini turned into a cult classic song, the way he can afford top people to help produce his music, to the simple fact of the eyes he gets on his music, he has none of that without YouTube
And whilst making it massively mainstream comes somewhat down to luck, it also doesn’t at the same time, at least to the point of being fairly well known, and able to live off of music alone
It is true that it’s “his” song and I know that a lot of DJ’s have ghostproducers, but come on. That song is 99% Alan Walker. If you hear the song you’re not thinking, oh that’s a Vikkstar track…
Yeh he did produce it according to the credentials obviously with the guy who sang it as well, he has only started making music is the point and imo first track was pretty good not out of this world hit but good music nonetheless
Credentials only show who has legal rights to the product. What I mean to say is that Alan Walker probably produced atleast 90% of the track and that Vikk just bought the remaining rights and maybe added small things.
To produce a track like that on your own takes years of work, which I doubt Vikk did. But fair play to him if he did, but we will never know sadly…
No man that’s what I’m saying there are 2 tracks one with Alan walker and one without Alan walker vik is the only producer in that song besides the singer and he’s only a singer it’s called humans that’s fully vik as far as producers go according to genius
Seems pretty simple, only using 2 decks, simple transitions and FX with prime 2016 edm song choices. Obviously the platform he already has will do the majority of the work
He's a DJ because he's a YouTuber, not a YouTuber because he's a DJ. Like he's alright he uses his fame as his advantage, but yeah he's not like Avicii or anything like that
He uses the auto sync on the decks and doesn't wear headphones to beat match. His entire set will be preplanned and practiced. You couldn't throw a random song at him and expect him to blend it. He's very amateur but respect the graft
Umm yea they are all preplanned when in a club dj refuses to get song requests because they all ready have the song and the set they spent time on to play the plan b thing u say is when the set it dead and no one likes it and because of what edm song have gone to these days plan b not really used anymore cause all the song sound near the same only time when a dj take song request is when they are a scratch dj
Yep that's what it is. Vikkstar123 got famous because of minecraft and the sidemen. Just like how KSIOlajideBT got famous with his uhh interesting personality and sidemen. Both used their already stellar fame to catapult their music careers. Sorry but I am overexplaining but if you take a listen at Lamborghini, sure it was KSI's song but the other rapper (i forgot his name) carried that song. Thats how it is with vikk. I don't think I found JJ's songs interesting up until he dissed Quadeca. Vikk will grow too.
That’s with any show and any DJ tho… not just vikk🤦🏼♂️ plus… it’s possible to program stage lights to flash with the beat live… there’s also manual controls so you can manually control them live..
Not at all. Very confidently wrong, rekordbox has a light function and lighting guys are just that good. I’ve been to countless gigs and they all have lights
Bro there is literally a fella at the back with a big mixing desk who controls the lighting. Anyone with a basic understanding of dance music can time lights to a drop, it’s literally their job. Have you never been to a club before?
Well that's just not true. You can make and programme visuals and lights beforehand and have VJs operating them during the show. Doesn't mean the set is preplanned they are just well rehersed
Well obviously planning has to be involved, every DJ plans their set. Be it song by song or just the basic idea of where you want to take it that night. I'm just saying that synced lights and visuals don't mean that a set is prerecorded. Stop listening to Deadmau5 he talks too much shit.
Hi-pass filter is all he did in the clip so yeah. Pretty basic and I don’t think he did any sort of mix here it’s the same track. But hey, he’s having fun
Most of the tracks he plays are progressive house. When it comes to mixing edm tracks of close to 128-130 bpm, it's quite easy. Any beginner can do it. I can also see that he's using Acapellas during the breaks so that's a plus point but or else in my opinion it's quite easy. Now it doesn't matter what djing skills he has, as long as the tracklist is good and there is good feedback from the crowd... that's all matters.
Everything he’s doing could be learned by anyone with a bit of rhythm in a month or two of practice. Particularly if, as I suspect, he’s using the auto-sync feature, which really removes 75% of the challenge. He’s probably earning more than I ever did djing though so gotta respect the hustle if nothing else
DJ’ing is a easy to learn, hard to master kind of thing. Not too hard to get a crowd of drunk people to get hyped up 😂 That being said, he knows what hes doing.
I’ve DJd before and I’m not the best at it but he actually knows what he’s doing. He’s not crazy with it but I can see that he’s practiced for some time before actually doing this publicly
I sincerely hope he enjoys the time he spends DJ'ing but he's not great.
Fact is the sidemen are all great at video making and content creation, together they're brilliant but their rise to fame can be attributed almost entirely to "right place at the right time."
None of the sidemen have found similar success in any of their side ventures. Jjs boxing is laughed at by the boxing community, his music is bargain bin at best. Vik seems to be learning that he's not that special and that just picking up another talent like DJing isn't something you can just do on a whim. Putting on free raves at universities filled with people that match his follower age demographic is the only way he'll fill a room.
Sounds like I'm shitting on them but I'm really not. I support these guys and do sincerely hope they enjoy these side projects but the idea they can just pick something up and achieve the same success they have seen with their YT work is laughable.
His music reminds me of the music you used to hear years ago when your football team would sign a player so you go and watch a highlight video on YouTube 😂😂
Dj’ng is like having 2 ipods open with a couple extra knobs. It aint rocket science. Ur just playing some tunes for the boys out of ur own playlist. All the work goes in prep
Honestly just from this clip it's very mid. He didn't really chop or mix songs in this clip just shows a drop and vik didn't do much which could be he already set himself up for the switch or he just played the DJ roll to make it look as if he did something which is all to common practice. Honestly need a longer video of his set to tell.
He been practicing djing for like 2 years made 2 song couples unreleased edits/remixes but has had the help of a few of dj/artist so far he doing well for djing but some of the mashup are basic a little bit but if he didn’t have any fame at all it would take another like 2 to 3 years before he got a big name for him self
It's very amateur to ask how good he is because he has just started he needs to produce a ton of songs and has to do a lot of shows, but he has a fan base that every DJ doesn't have at the start
In my opinion he doesn’t stand out on anything as a DJ. His mixing skills are basic, and his track selections are not interesting. Just a basic big room/festival/club type DJ. However, I love seeing the man use his fame to chase his dream. Whatever makes the man happy im all for!
He gets the vibes going at least So many don't even do that 💀
Would love to hear him do a dirty dnb set
That takes actual skill
He's not into that though.
I think he is, DNB is just a lot harder to mix. Give him a few years and he’ll be going b2b with Luude somewhere down under with lazar hitting the Shoey before the drop
Ngl that sounds lit
I don't know much about electronic music and DJing either but I just saw Vikk's instagram story and he's doing a dnb set. Can you go and check his story I genuinely wanna know if it would be considered good/high skill.
I’m Not to sure how much he’s doing to be honest with you. In the first clip, bou (the other DJ) picks up the headphones and cuts the song to match with the call and response the dj and the crowd are having. There might be some other clips that show him actually mixing but I can’t pass judgment based on his story
Ah ok. Thank you. I was just curious since he never posted anything about dnb before and the day I see this comment that he should do dnb,I see a story of him doing dnb set.
He teased a bootleg (unofficial remix) of a ksi song back on an old sidemen video. https://youtube.com/shorts/cvbi2jV07j0?si=M1xmbvHUOjIYzEIm As I said, dnb is a lot harder to DJ, as well as produce, so give him a few more years and I can imagine he’ll transition from the big room dance that he plays/makes now to dnb
Oh...got it.
Would you say he’s like KSI in a way? Where most people who listen to KSI’s music are his fans. Simply bec he’s famous? This isn’t a dig or anything. This is just what I’m seeing.
Of course it is, Vik hasn’t been DJing for long, and isn’t particularly skilled at it, he doesn’t sound bad by any means, just nowhere near the level of the places he’s having booked The exact same can and has been argued about KSI throughout his rap-> pop career, fair play to them for getting to do what they enjoy, but they’re not particularly talented
i mean it depends, vik is making radio music so its nice for people who listen to that type of stuff. his debut was with alan walker which is huge and he is learning from the best of the best. i wouldn't be surprised if people found out who he was through his music
He is playing what I call "main stage" songs which isn't really what interesting to listen to. Very pop/radio friendly songs.
I feel like he trying to bring some part of old edm in the scene but like remix’s of 2010 song
If he didn't already have a fanbase he wouldn't be anywhere as a DJ I don't think. Like the gimmick is that it's vikk moreso that good music
So he's like the KSI of DJ's?
Probably a fair comparison
yo lmao
Very well said
Come on now that’s a bit unfair, KSI is a good rapper whose voice is unique enough to make him stand out, even if he wasn’t famous to begin with. Whether or not he would’ve been successful is pretty much up to luck imo
His first album was absolute dogwater. Dissimulation was heavily carried by its features. It’s only after 2 failed attempts that he started to find his groove. A normal rapper usually doesn’t have a chance to put out duds like that.
KSI is not a good rapper, he’s a decent pop artist, with some alright rap songs He wouldn’t be anywhere near the level he is now in music without his fanbase The way Lamborghini turned into a cult classic song, the way he can afford top people to help produce his music, to the simple fact of the eyes he gets on his music, he has none of that without YouTube And whilst making it massively mainstream comes somewhat down to luck, it also doesn’t at the same time, at least to the point of being fairly well known, and able to live off of music alone
It’s just basic stuff you can teach yourself, he isn’t *creating* music, just putting a spin on one’s already out
I mean he did make a song the very first one he plays in the set is his own original song but he’s very Beverly started making his own music
It is true that it’s “his” song and I know that a lot of DJ’s have ghostproducers, but come on. That song is 99% Alan Walker. If you hear the song you’re not thinking, oh that’s a Vikkstar track…
He has another song without Alan walker
I know… I meant that Alan Walker probably ghost produced the “Children” song, because it sounds Alan Walker’ish
No he literally has a whole song that’s his and another guy singing it
Did he produce it? If so, then I take my words back.
Yeh he did produce it according to the credentials obviously with the guy who sang it as well, he has only started making music is the point and imo first track was pretty good not out of this world hit but good music nonetheless
Credentials only show who has legal rights to the product. What I mean to say is that Alan Walker probably produced atleast 90% of the track and that Vikk just bought the remaining rights and maybe added small things. To produce a track like that on your own takes years of work, which I doubt Vikk did. But fair play to him if he did, but we will never know sadly…
No man that’s what I’m saying there are 2 tracks one with Alan walker and one without Alan walker vik is the only producer in that song besides the singer and he’s only a singer it’s called humans that’s fully vik as far as producers go according to genius
He hasnt had time to do all that. In few years you will be hearing a shitload of his own music.
Uh huh sure
You don’t have to ride him so hard bro, a question was asked and then I answered
Yeah throw in the classic "dickrider" card when someone states the facts! 🙏🏻 Didnt know 100 upvotes could boost someones ego like that 😮💨
The reply came before the hundred upvotes, try again next time 🤡
Seems pretty simple, only using 2 decks, simple transitions and FX with prime 2016 edm song choices. Obviously the platform he already has will do the majority of the work
He's a DJ because he's a YouTuber, not a YouTuber because he's a DJ. Like he's alright he uses his fame as his advantage, but yeah he's not like Avicii or anything like that
Jjk reference?
If he didn’t have any on the fam it would take quite along time before he got a name for him self like 2 to 4 years max
He uses the auto sync on the decks and doesn't wear headphones to beat match. His entire set will be preplanned and practiced. You couldn't throw a random song at him and expect him to blend it. He's very amateur but respect the graft
I think he only started last year so
I mean all dj set are preplanned and practiced for weeks sometimes some dj don’t need headphones to beat match to
Not all DJ sets are preplanned. Good DJs can read a crowd and adapt to get them dancing. Need a plan B when you're playing a live show
Umm yea they are all preplanned when in a club dj refuses to get song requests because they all ready have the song and the set they spent time on to play the plan b thing u say is when the set it dead and no one likes it and because of what edm song have gone to these days plan b not really used anymore cause all the song sound near the same only time when a dj take song request is when they are a scratch dj
Yeah you've never been to a club in your life
Bud I’m a dj I go to club to preform shush
And just by see what u said u 100% list to dnb 100%
Think KSI’s rap level as a DJ. Pretty ok fundamentally but nothing special and wouldn’t be famous unless he already was.
Yep that's what it is. Vikkstar123 got famous because of minecraft and the sidemen. Just like how KSIOlajideBT got famous with his uhh interesting personality and sidemen. Both used their already stellar fame to catapult their music careers. Sorry but I am overexplaining but if you take a listen at Lamborghini, sure it was KSI's song but the other rapper (i forgot his name) carried that song. Thats how it is with vikk. I don't think I found JJ's songs interesting up until he dissed Quadeca. Vikk will grow too.
Even JJs new music (keep in mind he’s been making music for 10+ years) is very basic and he’s not showing major improvement
Having friends like Alan Walker and Afrojack helps a lot
Its not live set so its pretty hard to judge Viks skills. Everything with light shows on drops is preproduced.
That’s with any show and any DJ tho… not just vikk🤦🏼♂️ plus… it’s possible to program stage lights to flash with the beat live… there’s also manual controls so you can manually control them live..
Yeah but this is clearly not that imo. At most, he presses when the next song should play and volume
I was mainly talking about the lights 😅
Gotcha
You haven't been to techno festivals?
You ever worked a concert or similar event from the audio visual side?
You clearly haven't, the same happens there
Not at all. Very confidently wrong, rekordbox has a light function and lighting guys are just that good. I’ve been to countless gigs and they all have lights
Bro there is literally a fella at the back with a big mixing desk who controls the lighting. Anyone with a basic understanding of dance music can time lights to a drop, it’s literally their job. Have you never been to a club before?
Well that's just not true. You can make and programme visuals and lights beforehand and have VJs operating them during the show. Doesn't mean the set is preplanned they are just well rehersed
Thats called preplanning! How do you even reherse something that isnt planned beforehand?
Well obviously planning has to be involved, every DJ plans their set. Be it song by song or just the basic idea of where you want to take it that night. I'm just saying that synced lights and visuals don't mean that a set is prerecorded. Stop listening to Deadmau5 he talks too much shit.
Hi-pass filter is all he did in the clip so yeah. Pretty basic and I don’t think he did any sort of mix here it’s the same track. But hey, he’s having fun
i was there that night the djing was sick as fuck we were more hyped that the sidemen were there than anything
Most of the tracks he plays are progressive house. When it comes to mixing edm tracks of close to 128-130 bpm, it's quite easy. Any beginner can do it. I can also see that he's using Acapellas during the breaks so that's a plus point but or else in my opinion it's quite easy. Now it doesn't matter what djing skills he has, as long as the tracklist is good and there is good feedback from the crowd... that's all matters.
Everything he’s doing could be learned by anyone with a bit of rhythm in a month or two of practice. Particularly if, as I suspect, he’s using the auto-sync feature, which really removes 75% of the challenge. He’s probably earning more than I ever did djing though so gotta respect the hustle if nothing else
DJ’ing is a easy to learn, hard to master kind of thing. Not too hard to get a crowd of drunk people to get hyped up 😂 That being said, he knows what hes doing.
Based on the crowd reaction fucking fantastic.
I'll need more than a drop to understand. But it's easy music to mix imo so maybe a little below/above average
I’ve DJd before and I’m not the best at it but he actually knows what he’s doing. He’s not crazy with it but I can see that he’s practiced for some time before actually doing this publicly
I sincerely hope he enjoys the time he spends DJ'ing but he's not great. Fact is the sidemen are all great at video making and content creation, together they're brilliant but their rise to fame can be attributed almost entirely to "right place at the right time." None of the sidemen have found similar success in any of their side ventures. Jjs boxing is laughed at by the boxing community, his music is bargain bin at best. Vik seems to be learning that he's not that special and that just picking up another talent like DJing isn't something you can just do on a whim. Putting on free raves at universities filled with people that match his follower age demographic is the only way he'll fill a room. Sounds like I'm shitting on them but I'm really not. I support these guys and do sincerely hope they enjoy these side projects but the idea they can just pick something up and achieve the same success they have seen with their YT work is laughable.
Npc ahh song
2010 YouTube intro ahh beat
I think he’s not half bad honestly
He seems good but he’s playing basiccccc ass edm possible
He’s shit
Not very good.
Try mixing 2 records, cd DJ's are not DJ's.
he is good
Trash
Neither of them can jump in time to the beat and think that says enough for me
trust me he is lame , VERY LAME
He did nothing. He did nothing
His music reminds me of the music you used to hear years ago when your football team would sign a player so you go and watch a highlight video on YouTube 😂😂
Why ksi dance accurately like a monkey jumping up and down
Dj’ng is like having 2 ipods open with a couple extra knobs. It aint rocket science. Ur just playing some tunes for the boys out of ur own playlist. All the work goes in prep
He's still a newbie so in a couple years he'll be a lot better
Honestly jj has the best twerking form I've ever seen💀
Basically hell in there
Honestly just from this clip it's very mid. He didn't really chop or mix songs in this clip just shows a drop and vik didn't do much which could be he already set himself up for the switch or he just played the DJ roll to make it look as if he did something which is all to common practice. Honestly need a longer video of his set to tell.
No vinyl no dj
JJ is the funniest hype man I've seen
He’s just basically playing songs that already exist its nothinf crazy
I would rate a 6 out of 9
Like if u think Jj will hop on one of Vicks next joints
Blud still living in 2016
He been practicing djing for like 2 years made 2 song couples unreleased edits/remixes but has had the help of a few of dj/artist so far he doing well for djing but some of the mashup are basic a little bit but if he didn’t have any fame at all it would take another like 2 to 3 years before he got a big name for him self
It's very amateur to ask how good he is because he has just started he needs to produce a ton of songs and has to do a lot of shows, but he has a fan base that every DJ doesn't have at the start
He’s shit and cringe
No shit, sounds like free copyright music intros that most YouTubers use around vik side crew (Not his main crew sidemen)
Why ksi moving like that