NIKOLA HAS ALWAYS HAD A KEEN SENSE AND AWARENESS OF SOUND. HIS OPERA SINGER MOTHER TRAINED HIS EAR FROM A YOUNG AGE WHICH LED HIM TO AN EARLY MUSIC-CENTRIC LIFE, FROM SINGING IN AN INTERNATIONALLY REGARDED CHILDREN'S CHORUS AND THE LOS ANGELES OPERA, TO STARTING PUNK ROCK BANDS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND PLAYING WARPED TOUR. HIS SECOND LOVE WAS MOVIES, AND THROUGH DEEP CUTS OF DVD SPECIAL FEATURES DISCOVERED THE WORLD OF SOUND DESIGN AND BECAME COMPLETELY OBSESSED. HE ENROLLED IN AN AUDIO ENGINEERING SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY FOR POST PRODUCTION SOUND, AND HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF TO MAKING SOUND DESIGN HIS LIFE.