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https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | What was the point of "how to make mistak" | seems pretty straight forward to me |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Hi Bill, would it be possible to pay for your services ?
I.E 200 bucks for a 15 second jingle? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Do the questions surprise you everyday? | the main thing that surprises me is how similar they are |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Who are you saying baby to when you sang the alphabet song? | the listener, i assume |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | will there be more videos like the history of japan? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | You seem to be a rather private person. Why is that? | i made a whole website with many gigabytes of material displaying my thoughts, ideas, and feelings. thousands of people view the site every day. is that what you mean by private |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | how do i focus for a long term project? | there are only 2 ways to do it. do it, or don't do it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | what's the context behind the "goats" video? | i've just made a video every day for 78 days straight. what the hell else can i do?? goats? sure. sounds like ghosts, and halloween is coming up i guess. seems legit |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | i'm not trying to hurry you, but how long til we start exercising our friendship? | i have no idea. i'm doing my part |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | With all the content that you've created and the fanbase that you've generated, do you ever take the time to sit back and feel some sort of pride? Or are you the kind of person who just doesn't care about that kind of thing and just keeps working? I personally think that it's okay to feel proud occasionally, as a way to relax and back off from overworking, but also to reflect on how far you've come since you started working on a certain thing. | i do reflect a lot. but there is still much more work to do |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | what's your favorite temperature | 69°F |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Quels sont tes futurs projets? | the main projects i am looking to do going forward are: more long research videos, and more songs. i will be doing lots, and lots, of both. currently looking at strategies to do as many as possible, but the current project is a history/research video, and i will be only working on that until it's done. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | what is the weirdest question you've ever got here | i have never gotten a weird question |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | About the "I you we" and what to call yourself, I can relate honestly. I speak to myself like "you idiot" "we should probably stop that.." maybe I shouldn't have done that" etc. Maybe there isn't really a pronoun you use specifically when talking to oneself. | that's right, there is not. because you are the person you are talking to, and also yourself, and also both |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | i'm really curious, do you use a pop filter with your sm58? or none, as seen in the band videos? if not, do you deal with plosives with compression or handle them case by case? | i don't use one, but i should!! i handle them case by case, and sometimes they are troublesome. sometimes on the performance, i do try to turn away slightly. i don't know if that helps. if it's bad i just have to use another take. i think in some cases, you can automate a dip in volume. i sometimes do that with sharp "s" sounds too |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | memes? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Did you ever get to growing mushrooms on the sidewalk | no. i actually never planned to |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | How do you avoid disliking something you've been working on for ages? | change it and make it how i like it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | you don't answer my asks anymore :( | i answer as many as i can |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Do you have any recommended walking routes in nyc? I think I would enjoy just strolling around the city for a few days if I ever got to visit. | my preference is always to go somewhere no one told me to go. that being said, central park from one end to the other (about 50 blocks) is a pretty epic experience |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Can you tell us how stupid song came about? | there are 2 different songs called stupid song, and they are totally different |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | which one of your videos is "can you maybe chill?" | that's from history of japan. japan says it to russia ...or maybe russia says it to japan? i haven't seen the video in a very long time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | how's the weather? | different |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | can i share some poetry with you? | sure. but i usually prefer when it is not labelled as poetry |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | i'm going on a date today, any tips? | what exactly is a date |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | who did you fall in love with on the q train? | music, i think |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | How would you define intelligence? | it's hard to say, because true intelligence is actually allowed to change |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Why are you answering questions so late at night? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | can i do stuff | yes!!! |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | What's your favorite keyboard key? | probably the power button |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Did you ever figure out what everything means? | so far i have figured out more than i ever have. but there is still more |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | hey bill, i was trying to buy all the songs from your songs page but it said everything is free, that's cool but how do i download the songs? | the same way you download any file from the internet!! getting as many songs as you want for free is my secret special gift for internet users who know how to use the download feature of the internet. i admit, this has become an obscure feature, because many modern sites have deliberately made it impossible |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Eb7#5#9 or Eb13#11? | i'm not hearing either. is there a sound sample that was supposed to go with that |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | your house looks like its from the 90s....why? | i think most houses are actually from before the 1990s. this house was actually built in the 1850s i think. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Other than youtube and writing songs, what is something you like to do? | upload finished projects |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | What are the best ways that internet people could hypothetically assist you, or share some of your less creative, less fun-to-you, more repetitive workload so that you can export maximal awesomeness and junk?
That feeling of being spread to thin is my mortal enemy, too. | there are a lot of things assistants could do, and i think about that a lot. but that requires building a lot of trust, and i'm not sure exactly what path to take to that. i think i would have to at least know the person in person first |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | What equipment do you use to make your videos? | an ordinary keyboard, an ordinary laptop, an ordinary desk, and an ordinary chair. this may seem basic, but if you have all these things, then you can do exactly what i do |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | How late do you answer questions? | i do not have any restrictions on times when i am allowed to answer questions. this enables me to answer questions whenever i am available, without having to check to see if it is a valid time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | is long island a nice place to live? | there are many different parts. i'm sure many of them are nice. and i'm sure many of the places are less nice, but have a nicer price |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | did you get stage fright the first time you performed in front of an audience? what did you perform? | oh absolutely! i don't remember, but i'm sure speaking in front of a class counts, and i'm sure we all had to do that at some point, probably as early as kindergarten. comfort in front of an audience is something that automatically gets better and easier the more you do it. that's the way it is for anyone. it's like skydiving. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | thoughts on matthew broderick? | i'd say he's a real human person, all things considered |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | A couple days ago soneone asked how to make friends and you said you dont have that skill set. What do you mean? | people ask me how to make friends all the time. it's kind of like asking a duck how to use coupons |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | where do you find inspiration | in the earth's atmosphere, and on its surface |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | how can i get a job? | get more desperate |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | have any tips for someone who is trying to pick up learning how to play piano? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | who are your inspirations if you have any | it's hard to say. everyone is an inspiration. that's why we're here |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | How are you not mentally damaged from doing music, answering every question, and having a job? I don't know how you do it, but good job. You've got a lot of support and appreciation behind you. | thank you so much |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | do you plan on updating the main page on your website? | i will if more categories become important enough to go on the front page |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | how long will the hiatus be? | i have not been on any type of hiatus since 2012 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | what's it like being bill wurtz? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Did your parents influence you to learn instruments or did you start playing completely of your own will? | my mom showed me C, F, and G |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | bernie sanders? | no, this is bill. bernie is now using a different website |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | have you ever considered doing covers? | yes, i want to do it so much it almost distracts me from the stuff i want to do just a little bit more |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | can we be friends? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | If I see you in real life what do you want me to say? | i want you to decide what to say. i really like people who do that |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | were you really going to new canaan? | the only time i went to new canaan was to write a song |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | are you in a relationshpi? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | how was winning your shorty award? | interesting |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | What is the meaning behind the videos with "]" in them? | i was losing my mind doing videos every day, and i was actually trying to work on longer stuff! (even back then!) and i was just like, fuck it, maybe if i just do this someone will think it's creative, and it will buy me some time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Was reading the other questions, and just thought, would you consider making a video like a few seconds long that's like "I am making another history video" Could be an easy way to get the word out that you are making another history video to 100k+ people. | i've thought of doing stuff like that, and in the end i always decide not to do it. makes me feel like i'm not really in control of what i'm doing. might do the banner announcement though, like last time. but that only happened about a week before the end |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Are you going to make another history video? History of Japan was really funny and I'd love to see another. | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | who are you | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Hey Bill! Do you even bother to read YouTube comments anymore, with all the history of spam? Also can I copy paste your rants about doing more history videos and reply to all those people? | i stay as far away as possible from youtube comments. i AM doing another history video, i have already said that in youtube comments. i am working on it now |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | can i attend a live gig? | there are no live gigs yet. i will be putting a tour together in the future, but i need the budget to do it well, and get the right players |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Do you have a band with whom you perform, or do you just play solo? | for now it's recordings only. i would love to do a tour and put a band together, but i don't have the budget yet to do it how i want |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | how old were you when you wrote your first song, and what was it called? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Hey since when did you start posting songs on iTunes and Spotify for people to download...? | i muscled my way onto those sites in 2015. it was the most scary and agonizing thing i have every done, and i am still paying 2 different services monthly just for the right to have them there. it is a nightmare. i hope they sell |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Why? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | What was your last existential crisis about | being born, i think |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | what's your favorite smell | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | I have this thing on my chest that's growing, is it fatal? | is it a breast |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | how long did it take to learn how to compose music well? | it took as long as i've been doing it to learn to do it as well as i do. it took one year less than that to learn how to do it as well as i did last year. and it will take 1 year more to learn how to do it as well as i will do it next year |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Allentown Is the 3rd biggest city in Pennsylvania. Agree or agree 34%? | i agree |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Allentown Is the 3rd biggest city in Pennsylvania. Agree or agree 34%? | honestly, that might be true but i really thi |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | hey man i've been following you for a while now and i love your content so much, like all of it, and i wanted to know your opinion on blobfish? thank you, huge huge huge fan and hope you have an amazing day/week/year/remainder of your life!!!! | i actually don't know any blobfish, most fish i know aren't blobs |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | how long did bob marley take? and are you planning to make a video for it? | it took 2 weeks. i think ultimately the recording missed out on a lot of opporutunities to be more interesting, and it should have been at a slightly faster tempo. that would be an example of a recording where i was trying meticulously hard to make it 'good' and as a result it might have taken too long and ran out of steam |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | are poptarts inherently funny | sort of |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | are u canadian? :o | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | How long did it take for you to become as accustomed as you are (the point at which you could make the Japan video) to your current video-making software? | it took me the exact amount of time i've been using it to be as accumstomed as i am now. and i would say that time started on feb 2, 2014. on the last video, i wasn't as good as i am now. and on the next video i will be better. The bad news is, i will be forced to learn an entirely (ENTIRELY) new program soon, because the one i use doesn't exist anymore, and it's only a matter of time before my old web browser is completely obsolete and i will have to get a new computer, thus forcing me to get the new program which is not the same program |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Can you please add a "download all" button to your songs, videos, jazz, and instrumentals page? It can just be a .zip of everything on that page? Thx | i already provide all my content (gigabytes and years worth of content) for free. .... you want me to make it easier? |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | I notice you had a clip of Paul McCartney speaking about high class stuff in one of your videos, which made me want to ask you if you like the Beatles so here goes: Do you like the Beatles? | the beatles seem to be special. it is a very complicated subject. that's about all i can say about it at this time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | can you make a video for your song "murder your demon"? it's such a good song | i would like to do videos for more previously recorded songs. but who knows where that would be on the priority list, because i have to do new songs, and other videos |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | I'm a game developer and I wonder would you like to make a game in your style with me? | i already have way too much to do. also i have no idea how to collaborate |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | can we hear some juicier chords in the future? | oh hell yeah! |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | are you content with your content? | some of it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | I really like your origin of chickens-pinaple-earth series. What's the story behind it? | was making short videos every day, 5 days a week. those were from later in the year, after i had stopped doing the format schedule (music video, free video, song, etc.) and just did "anything goes" for 5 days a week, so that was particularly thrilling because i could do things in a series, like those 3. i really had no idea i was going to do the 2nd and 3rd one when i did the first. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | is the human race getting more stupid or more intelligent? | absolutely more intelligent. are you kidding? now we have computers. we used to use rocks for computers |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Do you enjoy making these fantastic videos? | sure. but i don't enjoy how time has to pass on the outside world while i'm making them |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Whenever I start writing or producing a song I feel like it's really bad (even though people are honestly telling me it's good) and I end up losing all motivation and scrapping many ideas. Have you ever had that and what can I do about it? | i don't scrap it, i usually get really excited about it and save it for later and then write a billion more which i also save for later. except now i don't do that anymore, now i just panic |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Have you ever sang as the lead singer in a live performance? | yea |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | how do you feel about questions, and answering them? | seems legit |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Do you have a name for this "Kind" of videos that you make ? | which kind |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | How can I maximize profit and minimize risk using option spreads? | it's pretty basic, you could probably learn something like that on wikipedia |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Are there any hidden meanings in you songs? | sure, in some of them. but they're not really hidden. i would tell you if you asked about it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | Love the new stuff, man, I think you're continuing in the Bill Wurtz tradition of being great fun. Here a polite question, though; why have you linked to iTunes and Spotify at the end of the video when neither is really where your content is at? Surely the primary links at the end of your vid should be your site and Patreon, no? PLEASE excuse me if I come across as rude. I don't mean to be. | well, i prefer to just post songs on simple websites to download, like a reasonable person. but for some reason most of the world thinks it's reasonable to get their music through either itunes or spotify. (plus, who knows, if my numbers there ever get to the numbers i've had on vine or youtube, that could mean i finally actually get to earn something!) there's like 1000 songs i still need to record, and i've been waiting to really get started on that for a Long Time. it's just like the Research Video Situation before i did a research video, if that makes sense. So if i can launch a bit more of a following on itunes/spotif, that would be great news for the music -- because no one on spotify is ever going to be mad that i didn't put out a history video on spotify. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | are you going to make another video like sotory of japan? cause i really love it and would like to see more of it | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | was the sudden fame from history of japan overwhelming, or just a normal amount of whelm? | it wasn't that sudden, it happened first on vine over the course of about 6 months before that. most of the whelm occured for me in May/June 2015 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | bill, what are your thoughts on canada? | they were already independent enough that they did not need to declare independence |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | what inspired you to create the video time mop | that was actually an old instrumental, from 2009 (there were actually 4 in a row). recorded them very spontaneously, making bold /brash moves. an effort to shock myself out of non-recording (i had already started to write, but i still hadn't recorded any of it.) the video wasn't until 2014. i was doing music videos (from previously recorded songs... usually ones with lyrics) twice a week. but it's a whole different game when you make a video based on an existing instrumental recording. there's no lyrics or content, or plot points, or anything! what the hell do you put in the video? it was a fun challenge to see what happens in the video. the other main example is the video for 'no castle', also instrumental, where again the track is much older than the video, and it is an experiment to see if you can find things out of nowhere to put in the video, to match the music |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-06.html | are you getting enough rest | oh hell yeah |
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