Trivia / Nick Bertke

• Approval of God:
  • Disney and Pixar loved his remixes of various Disney and Pixar animated films to the point that some of his remixes were briefly played at special events and parties held at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. At one point, his Toy Story and Up remixes were played inside Lamplight Lounge at Pixar Pier in Disney California Adventure Park. Pixar's official YouTube channel even uploaded his "Upular" remix the same day it was uploaded to Nick's YouTube channel.
  • Brady Bluhm, who provided the voice of Christopher Robin in Pooh's Grand Adventure, commented on Nick's music video titled "Boy & Bear" expressing how strongly he loved the remix of the 1997 film.
• Banned in China: Not specifically his music, but Nick himself was banned from America in 2011 due to not having a proper work visa. He spent three weeks in custody and was prohibited from entering the US for a decade.
• Creator Backlash:
  • Nick once stated on a livestream that he doesn't like his second and lesser-known remix of A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, "Just Blue Fairy", because of how downtempo and slow it is.
  • He also said in another livestream that he has grown to dislike his perpetually unreleased Pirates of the Caribbean remix "Swashbuckle" due to how poor the song's mix is, stating that he essentially has to remaster it from the ground up when playing it live.
  • He uploaded a video of him showcasing his really old tracks (from before he even had a YouTube channel) and making fun of them. He doesn't really care for these tracks.
  • He's also voiced his eventual discomfort with his original YouTube username, "Fagottron", as he created it when he was much younger and had no intention for it to be offensive, seeing it in the same sense as "Dickottron". He has reportedly gone to YouTube to ask them to change his channel name, which they advised against (seeing it as systematically impossible) since changing the channel name would effectively change every linked URL of one of his videos.
• Executive Meddling: Currently being essentially held hostage by Disney; any Disney-related remixes have to be commissioned by them with secured rights, or they'll sue him. This is the main reason several of his mixes, including his Pirates of the Caribbean remix "Swashbuckle", will never see the light of day.
• Milestone Celebration: Nick did a remix of M&M's commercials for the brand's 75th anniversary.
• Playing Against Type: A non-acting variant; Nick made a video on how people were giving him backlash for his Pulp Fiction remix (which was his first remix of a mature film) when all of the remixes he'd done up to that one were kid-friendly.
• Throw It In!: One time, when Nick finished making a song, he hadn't really had a title in mind. Out of sheer boredom, he named the song "Oh Good, I Found Some Lint".
• What Could Have Been:
  • Since Disney has to commission all remixes of their movies or else they'll sue the creators, his PotC remix "Swashbuckle" will probably never be released.
  • He's uploaded several unfinished tracks, including "IR Drunkard Pixie", which is strangely a mix of not one, but THREE sources.

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