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https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | I read your answer to my last question but I was quite confused. I am familiar with popular words cause everybody use them all the time. Then you are familiar with pop music cause people hear it all the time, I suppose. How can I hear (or read) you discussing those topics privately, in much greater detail? email? | looks like you got that squared away |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | is the "thank you" on your thank you page misspelt intentionally? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | this may be a bit of a private question and feel free not to answer, but have you ever had to through a phase of emotional distraught and/or depression? | sure, especially back when i was still trying to figure out what i was doing in the world. ever since i got on track towards doing what i'm doing, everything has been incredibly stable, compared to how it was before. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | why do you think people have an easier time being aggressive and hurtful online than compassionate and intimate? seeing as both sets of behaviors are (to an extent) socially discouraged offline. | i find people are good and bad both on and offline |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what inspires your songs | the part where you get to make something up and have it go into peoples' minds |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | if you had to describe your aesthetic how would you? | as far as i know, "aesthetic" is the name of a type of zombie that has been invading our planet since 2014. i am proud to announce that this is an aesthetic free zone |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what do you value most? | mostly time and space |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | I own a recording studio, will you please come work with me??? free?? | sorry, i can't work for free |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | come on Bill! I was studying those things on the terms page. I haven't saved any of it. We'll never see it again then? | ? i don't think you read my entire response to your last question |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | do you examine your own motivations (in a rigorous sense?) if so, do you find it helpful, frustrating, useful? thanks for happening to exist (and both of those separately) | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | which way is up? | away from the earth |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | With the upcoming takeover of all labor by robots and machines, do you think a socialized economy where the government owns the means of production is the logical conclusion? do you think humanity will still "progress", in whatever sense of the word, once all forms, or most forms, of labor have been taken over by software and hardware? | no, and yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Opinion of King Henry VIII | i think he's doing a great job so far |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | why is so much modern jazz still stuck in head-solo-solo-solo-trading-head form? and do we really need a bass solo in every tune? | i think they are holding onto traditions because they are afraid of offending the 'institution.' ironically, when jazz was originally popular, it didn't really use those devices. back then it followed the same rules as all popular music: sing the damn song and do it good |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what note is the best note | that's hard to answer, because the main reason notes are good is because they are bad |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | hey Bill, I loved the mariah carey example of the good old "5min to setup the 4". really cool to see the progession reduced to its core, and probably one of the most refreshing 3 chords song. Know another 3 chord song that can surprise the listener? | umm...... ram on |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | How long did it take you to make History of Japan? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | What do you think of songs with progressions that are used a lot? Do you think the world doesn't need another song like that or it depends on the song? Have you ever composed something and thought "this is stupid, this has been done over a thousand times and it is not worth it" or that's just a stupid thought? | i feel the same way about common chord progressions as i do about the "4-wheels" design on cars, or the "left-right-left-right" walking pattern. it has been done, and anyone who uses it should be ashamed |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | where's that "terms" page you did here explaining your take and nomenclature of mccartneyisms and more? thanks Bill. | i deleted it, as always, due to public scrutiny (see question below). i would be glad to discuss those topics privately, in much greater detail |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | You nearly always cite a lot of really Pop (mainstream radio music) references in your theory related answers. Do you listen to it cause you enjoy, or just to study, or you listen to it cause that type of music's always surrounding us (so you just hear it and analyze it anyway), etc ? | i will explain why i am familiar with popular music if you can explain why you are familiar with popular words (like 'it' and 'and') |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Why do the good die young? | all types of people die at all different ages. i really don't see a correlation. one possible explaination is that our respect for someone usually rises after they are dead |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | How do you balance witty-online-cynicism and compassionate humility? How many focus groups did it take? Thank you for much (more than i probably now realize) | it's simple, just do them both. each one helps the other one mean more. there's no greater feeling than a joke that feels meaningful, or a meaningful statement that feels funny. it's even more fun when you can't figure out which one it is. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Hey, I see you answering a lot of questions about chords in songs, but what about lyrics? Do you find yourself much of a "poet", or do you tend to focus mainly on melodies? | it all works together. that's the way it works. i often delete chord questions after answering because people read it and get the wrong idea. it all works together. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | What are your opinions on fame? | it's a fun challenge, with riddles and perils |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Why do i want to ask you a question?
p.s. i don't expect you to be able to tell me, but that doesn't preclude an answer | because there's no other option |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Can I ask a question? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | I've run out of originality and humor, how much are you selling yours for? | buying or selling originality or humor is the least original or humorous thing you could possibly do |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | How do we know that you are not making up questions that you're answering yourself? | that's a great question, and there's absolutely no way i can prove i'm not doing that. but i'm not doing that. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do you love me and, if not, are you playing your love games with me? | do you possibly realize that i can't answer that question if i don't know who this is? please. this is a site for logic and reasoning. you are wasting everyone's time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | So the AP European history exam is in 10 days any chance you might happen to be doing a vid on that, otherwise rip me. Thanks for your time | i can't do another history video now, i just did that |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | opinion of hair that is green? | i think being creative with hair color is wonderful |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | 4.25.16 9:20pm Did I get this time right? | yep |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do lemons naturally explode? | maybe. i know nothing about lemons |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | I heard you despise walls. How about you let Donald Trump know before he tries to build one? | i don't know where you heard i despise walls. that is not true at all. thank you for your time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Yo man that history of japan is the best thing that ever happend to me. So are we gonna get a NEW history of (Insert country here) because I think we need it. | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | What is music? | mainly a hypnosis tool, used for propaganda enhancement |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | yo bill what program do you use for animation? | it doesn't matter. i'm just using the most basic functions anyway, nothing unique to the program. also the program is discontinued and doesn't work on new computers |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what is the number you use the most? | 1 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Can you do the thing with the other thing that causes the stuff to affect the main object? | that's like ... the main thing i do |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what do you think is a word that u use the most? | of |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | hey Bill,have you got a name for that classic soul progression that goes VI-V-Im-VIIm-III-VI-V -Im? Like "just the two of us" or "if you want me to stay" (but in this case already beggining in the root), and have you ever heard any nice twists to it?
Keep up the good work! Love you | i don't have a name for it, other than to say it's the good old "5min to set up the 4" except it's used from the perspective of the relative minor. so like, if you're in a minor key, it's when you go ahead and smack the flat7min7, to set up the b6. honestly, a pretty slick version of this which you might get a kick out of, is in the verse of 'let me love you one more time' (benson). and then there's obviously biggie's 'big poppa' which i believe is actually just isley brothers. also check out the second verse of a song called "You" by mya, on the word "grow." this one has the extra passing tone thrown in for bonus points. Also, another twist i just thought of -- a lot of songs do like a 2-5 and then another 2-5 a whole step lower -- so it actually kind of has that same effect when it hits the 2 of the second 2-5-- sounds like the b7min7. example of that would be c'est la vie by robbie neville. 'love' by musiq does another one chromatically in the verse, but the melody doesn't obey it as well as the 'mya' example. here's one that may seem subtle -- there was a mariah carey song (maybe 2006??) called 'shake it off" it's really just 3 chord hits, but it implies the same thing. t-pain 'show you how' also uses it pretty quick. also 'luv' by janet jackson uses it very expertly, with a gold-plated tritone substitution thing for the inbetween chord. basically all these are the b7min7 (to usually set up the b6) from a minor key. hope that's what you meant, i'm just taking that as the main common thread between your examples. ultimately this is a good technique, which i bet not many people know nowadays, and it is surely a great way to get chicks |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | How do you create your animations? | basic motion and keyframes. it's hard work unless you keep it simple |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do you censor these questions? | fuck no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | have you ever considered making a list of lists so we can conveniently see the frequently asked questions and answers in a single convenient hub, so as to avoid asking you the same things? | it's actually pretty easy to see if a question has been asked. just cmd-F (or ctrl-F) to search this page. just search for the main word in your question (like "eggs") and press cmd-G (or ctrl G) to jump through the mentions. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | how do you deal with the: oh, this chord feels nice. oh, this one feels better. oh, this one is actually better than the two before. oh, this one is kinda in between, etc. whenever I'm making a song I can't help but think whether the chords I used were the best. Have you ever felt like this? | yes, absolutely. i will nitpick every little thing, often even how loud to play each note of the chord. there's basically 2 solutions: worry about it forever, or stop worrying about it Now. after you stop worrying about it and put out a couple (or a hundred) "really sloppy songs," you will eventually realize you are bulletproof enough to venture to worry about the chords "just the right amount." but you will never get there unless you lower your standards enough to get the machine moving. also, plot twist, if you really are as sensitive as you say you are, even your sloppiest version is actually going to be pretty great. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | So, you think walls are a hoax... What are your opinions on doors? (I haven't seen your opinion on doors yet and I am curious) | are you kidding? half my material is about doors |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Can we get married? | i think that may be rushing into things |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | out of curiosity, are you into the vaporwave aesthetic trend because I heard all your instrumentals and they were rad af | trends are for losers |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Does this thing actually work? | let me check |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | im sad and i dont know how to stop | well where did you learn to do it in the first place |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Notice you don't really use a guitar in your compositions? Any specific reason why or just preference? Maj 7, Min 7, add 9, add 7 chords can all sound really groovy with the right tone :D | i love guitars just as much as anyone, but when i make records it's all midi. a midi-only approach is the only thing that makes sense for me. i've been doing it since i was 10, and it is a drastically more efficient use of my particular skill sets, and also given the fact that i'm working by myself. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Out of curiousity, what made you pick Japan for your first "long video"? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Hi Bill, can I help you remove some songs from your list of songs to cover? My suggestions are "More Than A Feeling" by Boston, "Separate Ways" by Journey, and "Lithium" by Nirvana. I think you could do without covering those songs, as you had originally planned. What do you think? | honestly, i really appreciate the help. the 1st two were actually not on the list, the 3rd one is. but i don't think i can get rid of it, lithium is a very strong contender. it has a lot of potential |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | are you going to continue making short videos? | i would like to do as many different types of things as possible. in the past 2 years (actually 10 years) i've had to do much more short stuff than i wanted, because it was really the only way to get off the ground. i hope to correct that balance a bit-- i would like to do things of every length. 40 sec, 1min05 sec, 3min15 sec, ... all the lengths are great, and should be explored. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Make an evolution video | ok |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do you think you can cover You Suffer (But Why?) by Napalm Death in your own style? Give it a listen. | i have been compiling a list of songs i want to cover. there are about 800 songs in the list. every song in the list is one i desperately, desperately want to cover. only a few of them will ever get done. at this point i need help removing songs from the list, not adding them |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Would you make a video about the " History of France " ? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Can you make a video about the " History of India " ? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Date tonight? | sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | was it difficult for you to go to the shorty awards? you seem like a super private person who would want to avoid attention like that at all costs. | i was considering skipping it, but i knew i should go to get some experience dealing with that sort of thing. i learned a lot |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Can I slide into your DMs? If you know what i mean | my twitter app only allows 140 characters in DMs. so everyone's messages get cut off. all my messages look like: Hi Bill. My name is Gustav Jorbelson. I work for a Production Company specializing in forcefeeding content to millennials and I was wonderi |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what do memes mean to you | i don't even know what a meme is anymore. i think they changed it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | history of poland ? such a great country to make a video | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | What is your favorite favorite ? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what type of car do you drive? | a race car |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | What do you think the alternative universe version of you is doing right now? | which one |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | do you think all the numbers have been invented? | numbers aren't invented, they are discovered. and they have not all been discovered |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | you said it took 14 weeks to complete the history of japan video. was that 14 weeks of nonstop working on it or sort of on / off type of working? | non stop, but i was also doing vines 7 days a week for most of that time, which really slowed me down. i finally quit doing that in order to move faster. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | i keep checking your website everyday for your next project. are you getting closer, or further away from a release? | i've decided it's not the kind of thing that i can release by itself. i don't want people to think "THIS was the big project he was working on this entire time? what an idiot." instead, i want it to be like a huge archive of bonus material that's just sitting there on the back page waiting for people to stumble upon it. i've decided to wait until the release of the next big "real" project, and put it up at the same time. also i am very concerned about people putting it on youtube, because the dates would get all messed up, and i also don't want it going viral. that's why i've decided to sneak it up there at the same time as another "big"/"real" project, to distract focus. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | how do you listen to music | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what doesn't exist? | the fung wah |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | history of sweden , if it's not too much trouble? do you think you could make a video similar to "history of japan" for sweden? it's a pretty wacky country, so I've heard! your other videos are lovely btw | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Hey, so I'm on your channel for kinda long time, and seeing how your video about Japan gets so many likes is, like, uncomfortable for me. Do you feel the same? Do you think it's weird that so many people loved your random crap? Don't you want to keep your channel as a small thing for a nice appreciating clique? | i've never fit into any clique. i want to connect with everyone in the world who feels like they don't fit into any clique. this is ironically more people than you would think |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do you think having favorites is a "bad" thing? | u mean do i judge people for judging things? fuck no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | I was reading this article on something the author referred to as "Bartok substitutions," which are dominant subs whose roots are part of the same fully diminished chord as the V7. The tritone sub and the bVII7 sub got good reviews, but the remaining III7 sub is supposed to be the one that doesn't work so great. I know that Rachmaninoff used it, though, as a way to deceptively resolve to the relative major of a minor tonic. What are your thoughts on this III7 dominant sub? | seems legit. verse of 'don't dream it's over' does that. chorus of 'sk8er boi' also does it. and many more examples i can't think of right now |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | how do you wake up from a dream? | try to stay in it as long as possible |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Is BABIP truly something which universally will reside around .300 given equal quality of defense, or is it just that pitchers who make it to the major leagues will in general need to have the contact suppression skills to maintain a .300 BABIP against? | both are contributing factors |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do you ever go to sleep? | i try to do it at least once a day |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | why aren't your youtube videos monetized? | monetizing a video means: before you see the video, you have to hear someone talking to you twice is loud in a tone of voice best used on 5-year olds, trying to convince you that you desperately want something you googled 6 months ago. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | hey bill. i was here a few weeks ago and i felt really bad and asked some questions and now i feel better. thank you. my question is how are you focused all the time. i have a lot of ideas and projects i want to do but i'm really bad at actually doing them. | this is normal. time will go by and you will want to do it badder and badder. eventually you will become so desperate that you will be forced to find some kind of path to get there. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | will you ever make more history of ..... | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what is reality? | a fun challenge |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | If you could meet anybody in the world, who would it be? | everybody |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | do you feel pain? | yes, and see it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | You answered my last question (about adopting me) asking who I was. I am your long lost cousin, Prince Simon of Africa. I was recently deposed by a corrupt General and need some help getting money out of the county. Will you help me? | you can find cousins more efficiently on craigslist |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | why don't you have favorites | the whole idea of favorites seems fucked to me. there's infinite things, and they are all so different and unique. it would be a waste of time to even think about saying one is actually 'better' than all the rest. as soon as you acknowledge one thing's greatness, another thing will immediately gain value as a contrasting 'answer' to the first thing. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Why are you guys are from (got the impression there are more than two of you guys)? | i am one person, and i am very lonely |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | are bears dogs? | not usually |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do you think doing exercises or warm ups on an instrument is useful or just a waste of time that's better spent on learning and writing songs? | i generally advocate combining it all together as much as possible. although i guess it depends on your instrument |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | In relation to the Bernie Madoff scandal, would U.S. finance regulations have had more chance of identifying the specified fraud if section 2 and section 4 of the US Corporate Governance Act had been enacted ahead of 2006, notwithstanding the proposed amendments by the United States Securities And Exchange Commission? | in the big picture, it really wouldn't have made a difference. bernie madoff was just one of many, many, many people, engaging in very typical and normal behavior: trying to get and keep as much money as possible, using any means necessary. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | do you believe in life after death? | it could go in either order |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Ok, if someone made a new genre of music called Dogstep. Would you listen to it?
The music would have same base as dubstep except for the fact that instead of music and beats dropping, it would be a compilation of dogs baking at different frequencies at varying speeds and pitches. | i actually don't listen to genres |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Sorry. I just sincerely want musical recommendation from you. This is from "4.22.16 4:29 am" | that's a very complex and sensitive issue. i would be glad to discuss it privately |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | would you want to get married someday? | i am hoping to find a bond more meaningful than that |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | I don't share anything with anyone because I think everything's egotisical, I just want to not harm anyone or make anyone feel bad because of my achievements. Should I not worry about this kind of thing? | you can worry about it if you want |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | History of Japan was such a well made video. Then I go to your website, and see how original and unique person you are, and I'm completely in love with your personality.
What is your next project going to be? | a train |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | hi my name is v sauce michael here and do you ever think about just fucking killing yourself? | great question michael, and i think it's an important topic, especially among today's youth and young people. we're going to take a look into some of these issues in just a bit, but first, let's jump right into another puzzling issue we will be talking about today, Why Do We Have Thoughts? |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Can you share two of your most recent songs of choice for the day, please? I am very interested in your influences from other musicians to gain a better understanding of where your music and persona comes from, because you are a fascinating individual. | nice try |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | think you'll do more instrumentals? they're an instrumental part of your repertoire. | over the years i've learned that instrumental music really doesn't serve its proper purpose unless it is used to enhance something non instrumental. even something as simple as dancing hampsters, or a nyan cat, can make an instrumental song suddenly meaningful to millions of people who otherwise would have no way to connect to it. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | How many instruments do you play? | maybe 3 or 4 |
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