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https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | is the meaning of life 42 or is it just a number? | neither. the meaning of life is not just a number, nor 42 (a number). actually, this entire subject matter is a quote from a popular book, but the quote actually became even more popular than the book which might not even be known anymore by people who bring this up |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you recommend blackout curtains? | i don't have any curtain recommendations. i feel that would be an overstep of boundaries, in this case |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | why does it feel like the world is going to end | because it's getting ready to start |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | where am i | earth, i think |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i think i'm gonna take a break to get worse, just for a little bit. then i'll come back and catch up on all the things i was supposed to be doing while i was getting worse instead. i've just been wanting to get worse for so long i can't put it off much longer | i understand |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | why are your videos in 25fps? | i must have been in a european mindset between 2011 and 2019 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you have any tips for not getting stuck in the weeds while mixing/editing music? | do it live |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I've been working on music for a while and I'm pretty close to finished and I find myself slowing down and drawing out the process. What's that about? | maybe you are scared of finishing it because then you will find out whether you like it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Bill I just had a very vivid daydream (I was in class) where I sent you the question "what colour did you change the grass to" and you answered "6". Do you know what this means? | yes. it means on some level you have a very incorrect intuition about how i would deal with that question. this is not a bad thing |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | are shrimps bugs | i'm not sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i mean, what are the odds? | 50% |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how special are you feeling today? | all the way |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | favorite time zone to eat breakfast in? | UTC+05:45 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do i make sense | you can get some pre-made sense. just kidding, that will never work |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you wish kronk from the emperor's new groove were a real person | no, but if i had ever seen/heard the story i might feel differently |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How did you choose the various colors for the links to different pages | art |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Why is it spelled gratefull??? Why the shit isn't it spelled greatfull??????? | this is probably not what you want to hear right now, but there is only one L |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do i control my emotions? my family doesnt like the fact that im easy to get angry by someone or something dumb | in that case you might have to surround yourself with smart things |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what should my science experiment be about? | which way is up |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you use shampoo or not? | yes, but not for political reasons |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | since orange is a combination of red and yellow, why don't we call it redlow? | because that would be a terrible name, also there was already a popular fruit called orange |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | today my teacher played at the corner store in music class | i want to believe you |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | if you wrote a song, what would it be about? | i'd have to analyze it after, to figure that out really |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | why did the chicken cross the road? | it was looking for zebras. there was a zebra crossing there |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What's the funniest crime? | justice |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | the power's out and i'm bored, what do i do | see how large a gap you can find between prime numbers. in other words, see how long a string of consecutive unprime integers you can find |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you consider topology | occasionally |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do i stop being scared all the time? it's becoming a bit of a problem | this may be kind of an oblique strategy, but have you tried being scared of 2 things at once |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do hot girls like chords? | almost anyone can be moved by the effects of chords (in combination with other effects). even if, in many cases, they will not be aware of how much the chords are to blame |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how can i make all the amazing incredible things i want to make while working a 40 hour work week for the rest of my life | i'm not sure, but it may help you to know that you might have exactly the same feeling even if you had those 40 additional hours available |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | When I take time to think about what I want to say, I miss my chance to speak, but if I don't take that time, then I might say something I'll wish I hadn't said for some reason I'd have realized if I'd thought about it for longer | have you tried thinking about it for half the time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is it possible to compose a good sounding song completely in locrian? | regardless of good or bad, it's almost impossible to make a song that actually sounds like it's in locrian. because if you confine the entire song to that one set of notes (G locrian, for example) and stay in it for long enough, it's going to start sounding like the corresponding more normal mode (Ab ionian, Eb mixolydian, etc) |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How long does it take to learn to play the keyboard? | any amount of time. from a few seconds, to your whole lifetime |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | can you be my friend please with a cherry on top | without the cherry maybe |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Did you have a nice day on Tuesday of last week? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Did your car ever break down while recording? | got wrecked actually |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what is the meaning of life | there's an infinite number of meanings. unless that overwhelms you, in which case there might be one that's just right for you which you might be able to discover at some point |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do i make a conlang? | just make every word the same |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Why is there a ⌘N in "history of the entire world, i guess" at 1:45? | that is a common computer shortcut to make a new one of something. which i assume is what is happening at that point in the video |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Opinion on Trains | i like the routes. the vehicles can be frightening |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What's your favourite thing that you don't like? | hardship |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Coordinates really are just a name even for undesignated locations huh? | just about |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | id like to self sabatoge a whole lot less | in that case, your wish may come true |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How do I invent a new color | i have no idea |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | opinions on opossums? | it may or may not be a possum. i actually can't figure it out |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is the sun fully cooked? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I heard an urban legend that if you end a sentence with a comma, that the last casualty of the war of 1812 will materialize and bite your head off. Is this true, | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what color do you think of when i say "color" | the full range of fully saturated hues, then black and white |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | hey Bill, in "Money" when the brigde comes after you say: "across the floor in the ocean". Then comes a sound that for me sounds like a "worm". So, my question is: is it a little scale playing real fast? or is only one note repeating? | the main sound heard after the line you mentioned is neither a scale nor a note. that is alternating back and forth between 2 pairs of notes. [F# and A#] together, and [G# and B] together. alternating quickly between those 2 pairs |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I messed up 2024 already, you think 2025 is going to be my year | not if you think january is the key to the whole year. some of my greatest years have started in february |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | have you ever been outside of the atmospheric layers of the 3rd major planet from the star of the solar system where the human race is located | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How can I be as technically good as all the people who were playing music since they were really young? | i'm not sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Would Disney sue me if I made a character named Mickey Moose? | only if you got really popular with it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you play games | almost |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | are you real? | yes but that doesn't stop me from doing unrealistic things sometimes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Why do you press tofu before you cook tofu | i have no idea. i'm not even sure if i could identify tofu in a series of things that may or may not be tofu |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Can you teach me music please. ( Here we don't have any music subject in our schools ) | first you have to find some kind of musical instrument device and start playing with it. let me know what you discover |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how many sounds were used in "money" that you still use today? | 1 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | thoughts? | love them |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | who will be president of the world in 2746 | surely you |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | is "fly around" telling a story from the perspective of someone suffering from Alzheimer's? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | should pigeons wear sandals | i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | bill, how do you feel about leftovers | pretty good |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what to do if i really miss something that i know was bad for me? | now is the time to go out and find new things |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How wrong is this transcription of the first bit of 987? Any feedback would be much appreciated, thanks! Dm C | Dm C | Dm C | Dm C | Dm C | Dm C | Dm C | Dm C | Gm7add4 | Csus2sus4 Cadd4 | Gm7add4 | Csus4 Cadd4 | Gm7add4 | C7sus2sus4 C7 | Gm7add4 | C7sus4 | | there is nothing terribly incorrect. (except maybe the C7? i doubt i would have played the Bb and E notes simultaneously.... but who knows maybe i did). your first section looks nicely simplified, where as your section section looks more like you're trying to write down all the actual notes that were played, which would probably be impossible just using chord symbols |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is time a person place thing or idea | it's a phenomenon and a system |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Have you ever tried making a cover song? | almost |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What kind of questions do you like answering? | good, bad, |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do you feel about musical theater? | good |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | in "we could just get high", were you planning to make the song THIS funky? i just love that song... i like cats. | it came out just about as planned, but not quite as good |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do i stop comparing things i make to things made by other people who are way cooler and more talented than me | i don't know, but most of this is in your mind. you'd probably find out that a lot of those people would be just as jealous of your work |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | why did you switch from music videos to animation and will you still make music videos | i've always done both |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you think "incredibly amazing" is redundant | no. add as many similar words as you want, just the additional time spent on it will increase the emphasis |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | let's say hypothetically you had a set list for a live show, what songs of your existing repertoire would you save for the very finale but with an extended outro of some kind? | i have no idea |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you listen to music when you go for a walk outside | only when i have a device with physical buttons to adjust volume and skip tracks, so i can do it without taking it out of my pocket. the popular device i used for years was discontinued and then i accidentally put mine through the laundry. i haven't tried to search for another device since then |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i've been having difficulty writing music & lyrics, what do you reccomend doing to make writing simpler/ what is your writing process? | in your situation, i'd recommend trying to write something bad on purpose. this should help shake things into action |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what's your preferred toothpick size? | i've only seen 1 size of toothpick |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What do you think of Dravidian languages? | they are good |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you dislike putting labels on people or categorizing them? | in some ways yes, in other ways no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | would you like some honey roasted peanuts | not right now |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Did music exist before humans existed? | i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Pick a card | the info card |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Are you still making songs in order of length or is that no longer in place? | i only did that experiment in 2013 and 2015 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | When do you decide to personally show up in your videos versus having only animation? | when i think it suits the song |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you like to have limitations when recording a song? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | like to make things simple, or do you like to have everything you can think of at disposition? | i don't know what you mean by disposition, but having too many options is a famous problem for production |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What is your favorite way an egg is cooked? | obliterated |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | hoe gaat het? | goed |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Hey Bill could you include the word 'the' in one of your next songs as a little nod to me? Thanks for considering | answering this question is a nod to you, but inclusion of the word 'the' in a song title is not. this is something that is likely to happen regardless |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you think humans are meant to go to space? | seems likely, considering our prior record of expansion |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do i sleep | i have no idea |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do i confront my enemies or let them get away with their crimes | that all depends on what your own crimes are |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How do you like your eggs? | i don't have eggs |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you think anything can be art? by that I mean: do you think that any conceivable thing or concept can be art just by its own nature, or do we happen to ascribe the term "art" to anything we want so it doesn't matter? maybe it does matter. maybe it's both?? | if ascribing these terms 'correctly' seems confusing, that doesn't surprise me. and it doesn't stop me from trying to evoke genuine 'wow' feelings. and if those conditions seem impossible to define, again it doesn't surprise me and it might even be the main reason it's so much fun and so powerful if it ever does work |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | If the brain works the body are we the brain or is the brain us? | if the piano key works the piano, are we the piano key or is the piano key us? |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you listen to punk music? you should | one of the core definitions of 'punk' culture, if i recall correctly, is to not do what you're told you should do |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you like mondays? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | can I go on the ground plane | sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | In the song "I just did a bad thing", at the beginning where it says "bad foot tap", what's bad about it? Is the foot bad? Is the tapping bad? Or both? | the theme of the song, at least up to that point, is things being bad |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | bill, how do you feel about flowers | very pragmatic |
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