Elliott Smith, in one question, from Nikola Gugoski
The only upload of the seven days asks "How good was Elliott Smith?", and its comments turned into a list of favorite songs.
Nikola Gugoski
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How good was Elliott Smith?
On an ordinary day, Nikola Gugoski's catalog of riffs and song lessons draws around 125,000 views, and that is about what it drew this week too. The channel's about page promises to help people learn their favorite songs, and most of the traffic comes from videos that do exactly that.
The one new upload went a different way. "How good was Elliott Smith?" puts a single question to the Portland songwriter behind Either/Or and XO, the man whose songs filled the Good Will Hunting soundtrack and earned him an Oscar nomination for "Miss Misery." It is a modest video by this channel's standards, close to 17,000 views, but its comment section is busy. Viewers trade titles back and forth, "Pitseleh," "Between the Bars," "Independence Day," "Kiwi Maddog," while others argue that his guitar playing gets less credit than his writing. A few simply want to know which song he is playing, and one guitarist spots an open tuning that reminds him of a Radiohead track.
The real work is being done by older lessons. A 45-day-old list of riffs that mark the jump from beginner to intermediate, built around barre chords, muting and palm muting, is the channel's busiest video each day. Behind it come a two-week-old clip of John Frusciante's "Wet Sand" solo from Pinkpop 2006 and a King Crimson riff from "Frame by Frame" that, by the title's own account, gave Nikola a headache.
Among music lesson channels near his size, he sits third both in subscribers and in views added over the seven days. Andrew Piano is having the big week in that company, while Steve Stine and Scott Paul Johnson are both running well above their usual pace.
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What viewers say
All 4 Beatles in one guy
@mr.roberto2709See it on YouTubeHe was in every sense of the word a genius song writer.
@ModestlyBlazedSee it on YouTubePitselah is one of the best songs ever written. Angeles as well. Baby Britain is amazing too. He was brilliant.
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The videos drawing views on Nikola Gugoski right now
- Channel
- Nikola Gugoski
- Subscribers
- 535,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 898,954
- Videos published this week
- 1
- Video published
- September 30, 2026
- Video views so far
- 16,800
- Views on its first day
- 6,841
The numbers
Here is how Nikola Gugoski's channel moved over the seven days.
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Which King Crimson album opens with "Frame by Frame"?
"Frame by Frame" is the second track on Discipline, King Crimson's 1981 album, which opens with "Elephant Talk."
