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https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | do you like lightspeed travelling? | faster would be better |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | sᴉɥʇ pɐǝɹ oʇ ǝlqɐ noʎ ǝɹ∀ | yes, but the z-dot didn't work. the code for z-dot would have been ż . also, i wouldn't use the z-dot, there is a ¿ character, which is either ¿ or ¿ which would look much better than ż |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | What's a good idea for a date? | surviving the apocalypse |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | how do i become the ultimate shitposter? | only you know exactly what that means to you. do it exactly how you think it should be done. and be prepared to have no one pay attention until you do it for a while |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | How do you decide what key a song should be in? Do you live in a relative world where the 12 keys are basically interchangeable, except for logistical things that might set them apart, such as how they suit your vocal range or whether some number of sharps makes for easier fingerings? Or do you live in an absolute world where the keys have truly distinct harmonic identities? Curious to hear whatever you have to say about this. | the 2 most important factors are- vocal range, and whether or not i have recently done something similar in the exact same key. i used to get attached to the original key, but then i realized that it is a smart and professional move to find the best key for your voice before you record it. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do your short videos actually carry intended meaning or are they supposed to be random? Or do you leave the interpretation for the viewers to do? Thanks. | depends which one |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Congrats to be the best in weird. Do you think it's a compliment or an insult? Or maybe they think you're funny but you don't try to be funny. or do you? | to be fair, that nomination was made before the history of japan came out, so they probably had no idea i was capable of saying anything coherent |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Is this a unique question? | almost |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | have you ever broken anything if so what? | many things. the screen on my phone. the screen on my last phone. the B key on an old keyboard i have. the |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | who influences you the most? | me |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | How many hours of sleep do you get per day? And will you ever update your notebook? | i get about 0-23 hours of sleep per day. i tend to update my notebook all at once, after i finish a big project. spoiler alert, 90% of the notes are just tweets. so if you follow my twitter, you will have already seen it all. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | What's your perspective on the geopolitical crisis we are undergoing right now? | not sure what you mean. geopolitics is always a crisis. that's how it's supposed to work. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do you have any plans for making more longform youtube videos? | yes, constantly, for the rest of my life |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what time is it for you right now? | 6:01 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | How many planets have you been to? | 1 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Is this statement false? | it's not a statement |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | LAST question. I'm running a pet business. I need sales. Can I mail you a goldfish? Or can I email you a goldfish? I need to get my business going, man :(
(i got more cats and dogs in rainbow colors btw) | everyone needs to stop sending me pets. i don't want any pets, and now they all have postage stamps on them |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Can you give me the most original answer you ever made to anyone, please ? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | do you ever have to convince yourself what you're doing is worth it? | all the time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | hey congrats on your shorty award!!! | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Hypothetical: You win a popular Internet award under the category of "Weird". What is your acceptance speech? | my strategy would be to model it after |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do your parents know about History of Japan? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | how long does it usually take to make one of your short videos that are about 5 seconds long | by the end of 2015 i had it down to about 3 hours, that's including the vine edit. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | deez nuts? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Where did your spike in traffic come from in the History of Japan video? | me posting it on youtube |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | did you major in music | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | i see your personal copy of the word "questions" has gone through some sort of transformation, for better or for worse. what are your thoughts on this? | text loads way faster than graphics. so as an alternative to title graphics, i have tried to exercise as much creativity as possible using only text |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do you own a bicycle? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what program do you use to write your music? | pencil and paper |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Did this website pop into existence with you? | no, the website actually wasn't built until 2014 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | What languages do you speak | english and part of french |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | how bout i do anyway? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do you have issues with focus when working on a specific project? If so, how do you reign yourself back in when it's not very interesting at that moment to work on? | this is an 'angel's voice, tapping you on the shoulder and saying 'are you sure this is the right project?' so you lay around for a few hours and contemplate the question. and if you are sure it is, then that's the go ahead. if you still feel things are moving slowly, then go to a microscopic next-step approach. also perhaps you are a bit off track in this section of the project. consider tightening up or drastically simplifying that particular part of the project. that will often clear things right up, and get you right back to focusing on your original reasons for doing the whole thing in the first place. it's like a tree. you are way out on the branches. get back to the trunk, that branch ur on might not even matter |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | but how do you find the right thing? just listen? but that's so hard to do when everyone around you is so loud and tries to tell you their own ideas of what the right thing is, and it's even harder when your thing doesn't exist yet | it can be stressful when everyone is re-enforcing the same old ideas. but the fact that you have the feeling of wanting to break away is proof of existence. photo-copy that and stamp it as proof that you are real. then just start building upon that. set up some free space where you are free to brainstorm ideas and save them. your situation sounds very familiar to me, and i would be glad to give you more tips. please get in touch if you need to, my email is on the email page |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what motivates you to keep on doing what you're going? | i'm afraid if i don't do what i'm doing, no one else will |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | You think so smart but simplistic your views on life are amazing how did you get to your level of thinking? | i had a scare where some of these answers were showing up randomly in google searches. so i started trying to answer questions in as few words as possible. it is tempting for me to answer questions in a billion words, but as i've grown in popularity i find that this exposes me enormously to trolls, who will pick apart anything i have said. so i have learned to drastically reduce the size of my answers, using harrison ford as a role model. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | What's the best way to continue my mental progression in life? | follow the "wow" moments. what were they about? |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Will you ever do another video like "history of japan" but with other countries? Do one of Russia. | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Have you ever had to use the Music Theory work/textbook Tonal Harmony? It has a few editions, and our school uses edition 7. I feel like this book is very ambiguous and is hardly helpful as a learning tool because of how vague it is most of the time. Are college courses/workbooks any better? What references/sites/books can help me more at this time? Secondary dominants/functions are difficult... Thanks | please use your ears. this will be the most useful tool in things relating to music |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | more video of "history of....." or I wreck your neck... ty | you mean do the most expected and predictable thing? sure, coming right up. after all, my name means 'expected and predictable' in latin |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | I really want to do music in college, but my parents say otherwise (they're paying for my housing, so..), what should I do? | even if you 'do music in college,' all the best things will happen outside of college anyway. colleges help you get ahead in society. but music college doesnt have anything to do with that. the way you get ahead in the music world is to be really good. college does not help with that, as far as i know |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do you post things ironically? | the meaning of the word ironic fell into a state confusion in 1995, and never recovered |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do you like Jeff Buckley? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | where do you get the generic ringtones from | they should already be on your phone. not sure i understand the question |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | how did you decide on your work's general aesthetic | i am not too familiar with the word aesthetic. but the way i write is, i think of something that seems like a good idea, and then i do something different |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | how do you pronounce wheat? | it really depends on what year you were born |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like? | not that i know of |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | hi? | hey |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | How do I learn to play an instrument? You've been musically interested since you were 2, so I think you're pretty qualified to answer. I get very impatient with it... | start trying notes! they all make different sounds, it's crazy |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | describe ME in 1 word | analytical |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | What is the meaning of life as expressed through binary ? | 1 or 0, you get to choose |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | describe yourself in at least 6 words | disobedient |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | describe yourself in 1 word | ok |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. but practice there is a difference between theory and practice.
Thoughts? | ah, looks like the wood chuck did chuck the wood after all |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | What music do you like? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | If you were an envelope, where would you send yourself | israel |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what do you think of ducks | seems like a cool idea |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | i constantly feel like giving up on everything i'm working on. any tips to feel better? | try doing just 1 thing at a time, or even 0 just for a minute until you are sure you are working on the right thing. being stalled like this is nature's way of telling you something's not quite right. the right thing should pull you toward it if you are listening |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | do you like beyonce. | i don't know her that well |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Are you going to make anymore videos similar to history of japan? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Did you shit your pants when the history of japan video reached 10 million views? | no, it was a pretty expected progression from 9,999,999 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | can you send me some bleach please | yeah right, then you'd find out where i live |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | have you ever thought about being a professional curriculum designer? so many topics need this treatment | there's no way that pays well |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | How're you dealing with having millions of views in a short span of time? | same way as always |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | you think your preatty cool? | i'm trying my best. i'm trying out some new techniques |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | pls do history of china, russia & the UK :) | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | did you hear about pluto? that's messed up, right? | other than being downgraded in 2006, and photographed in 2015, i cannot find any pluto related news |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Why did you choose to make the video on japan and not another country | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | on a scale of 0 - cool how cool are you | i actually rank differently depending on which brand of tester |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | CREATE MORE VIDEOS LIKE THE HISTORY OF JAPAN QUICK | well that wouldn't be a surprise at all |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Are there any people that you would love to collaborate in making one of your videos with? | if i ever meet anyone i am remotely compatible with, i would hope we make a lot more than a video |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | What's the history of the middle ages? | historians found some more time in between the early and late ages, and were pretty embarrassed about it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do you use pitch correction on your voice? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | mbti type? | normal |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | how many questions do you get per day? approximately; rounded | about 50 to 100 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what's your social security number? | 4 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | do you answer all questions? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | but.... just censor all the naughty words m8. like replace shit with shoot and fuck with frick | not exactly clear on which words are naughty and why |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | opinions on opinions? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | did you...stop taking...emails? :,( | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | don't get me wrong your usual jingles and videos are the best but i wish you put out long serious songs too that i could jam out too because your voice and music is rly nic e we need a real mixtape billy | imagine if all this time that was what i was working on. then imagine that on top of that, there are hundreds of people sending me messages all the time asking when i will do another history video identical to my last one. what would you do in this situation? just curious. feel free to email me with advice |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | why are people rude? | anything can be considered rude. in some cultures, smiling is considered rude. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Are you communist? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | At what age did you start showing interest for music? | 2 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | こんいちわ, おげんきですか? | げんきです。 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | why do you have that room with all those printed out papers on the wall? | i was living there during 2010/11 those were quotes, but i didn't put them up. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | when will you bring out a lp? | i'm not too sure what LP means |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | history of canada? | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | are you a giraffe? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Do you play videogames? If yes, would you play them with me? | due to the insurmountable amount of content i have queued to be made, i now spend minimal time consuming content, and the majority of time making it. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what inspired you to hate yourself? | i don't hate myself. if i did i wouldn't have an entire website dedicated to myself |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | If you're walking down he street in a rowboat, and your wings fall off, how many pancakes does it take to shingle a doghouse? Answer: 4, because ice cream has no bones. | for a random riddle, i am amazed at how much that one has stayed almost exactly the same for at least 20 years. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | where are the questions | everywhere. this whole world is made of questions |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | hey | hi |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | how are you so surreal | i dropped myself on my head when i was young |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Dude, how do I music? | music is something that happens to you. you just have to let it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | Why am I here | where |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | How do you manage to respond to all of these questions? | i don't |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | what's next | it's a surprise |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2016-05.html | are you going to/planning to make more "history of *insert country name*"? You know for other countries? I was just wondering this because of how successful your video of "history of japan" is. |
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