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https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | why isn't 'how to pull a rabbit out of a hat' on the expert mode page? | for good luck, i'm just waiting until after i release the next one. this is standard procedure for me sometimes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Do the lyrics at the end say: Hello, Simon Says. Let me sign your checks. | those are the lyrics at the end of one of my songs, but the punctuation is not included, nor clearly implied one way or another |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | How do i make my car longer in length? There's never enough room for my legs | you might have to make a new car |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how many more times did it take for you to figure out your sound? | i figure it out a little bit every time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | bill, i have all week off of work. i've already located a mountain i intend to climb. what else should i do? | how about locating some more mountains you intend to climb. just to stay ahead of things |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Will you mow my lawn while I'm on vacation? | no i won't. i'm sorry about that |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | what is your favorite brand of macaroni and cheese | i've only heard of one brand. i have to assume it's the best just because of how complicated it would be for me to mentally process the implications of a scenario other than that |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | South Dakota or North Dakota? | check your latitude. if it's above about 46 then it's probably north dakota |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | How to come up with something that's intentionally bad? | that's technically impossible |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Why does nothing make sense? | you might be looking at it from an impossible angle |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What is the meaning of enchiladas? | it's meant to be a cure for indecision. just have everything |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how do i escape my dream? | you wake up |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | why does the Dunning-Kruger effect exist? | it's a conversation starter |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | do you have any advice for someone trying to learn guitar | only if they tell me what they seem to be having trouble with, if anything |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | what do you think happens at mile 305 of the highway | the cars there will swiftly move to mile 306, or 304. if there are no cars there, then, alien picnics i suppose |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | i'm drowning in my own brain and for the first time in a while it's fucking awesome but i can't keep up. speaking aloud snaps me out of it. i'd have to learn to be a court interpreter with silent equipment and stay in the zone and just. be there. i can't move i can't think i have to be there. but i can't be there and show the right emphasis. just need to record my brain. this is like cuneiform | you're gonna be fine. let me know if you need anything else |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Do you think artists can ever be satisfied with their works? | for fleeting moments |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | what do you think about feelings and why do you feel them? | it will take my whole lifetime to describe. as you can see i've had to sometimes resort to abstract tactics now and again, such as music and more |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how would you define an electron | i feel like i'd have to go to the ends of the universe first |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Why is it taking me so long to write this song? | at this point, it's taking you so long because it's already taken you so long. the longer it takes, the longer it takes. on the other hand, the shorter it takes, the shorter it takes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | in out to lunch, was the flip onto the light fixture in fact the trick they wanted to see if they can, or was it an unintended consequence? | that was not the trick. the trick would be to do more juggling tricks and continue juggling |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | if it wasn't the intended trick, what trick was the person going for? | maybe mills mess, who knows |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | How do you feel about interaction for the sake of interaction? | fine |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | My mom is an alcoholic and has been one for at least 40 years. It got to the point where she'd poisoned her brain so badly that her brain forgot how to stand or walk or even know where she was half the time. In 90 days of healthy meals and no alcohol, her brain has almost completely put itself back together. It's astounding. Alcohol is poison. It's completely insane that Jesus supposedly turned water into wine just so people could party harder and burn their brains out more. | i suspect that might be some kind of mistranslation, or poorly placed metaphor |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | It makes me not like Jesus. The real God would have just given everyone good mushrooms or weed instead. | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What do you prefer, doctors or dentists? | it's really exciting when someone is both |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Usually I feel really happy and fulfilled by myself, living my life exactly how I want to - the freedom, the choice, it's all great. I feel happy by myself and rarely feel lonely. But then sometimes I hear other people talk about such a situation and person and even though nothing has changed I feel sad as if I'm reminded that "oh I should feel sad about how my life is" despite the fact that on the day to day I do exactly what I want to and enjoy it. It's not that I dislike other people but I don't want to make friends to not be defined as "lonely", if and/or when I make friends I want it to be organic and not forced. I don't like how stigmatized spending time with yourself (not just by yourself) is and even though logically I know that it should not be frowned upon and if you're happy that's all that truly matters, a part of my brain can't shake the feeling ofbeing judged and, maybe subconsciously, slightly judging myself. Just wondering if you have any insight on this or if it resonates with you | you're doing fine, and you're also showing an indication that you have a lot of expressive/mental energy. so aside from these occasional moments of self-doubt, i assume you're getting some pretty exciting work done |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | i think im gonna do the thing for about 1 - 2 hours. whats your opinion on this? | i want to believe you |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Is it worth learning a language you know you will rarely get to use in a social context? | maybe |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What do you feel about circles | it might as well be an additional dimension. the going-around dimension. the distances in that dimension have no rational relationship with the distances of straight lines |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What is a horse? | i thought i knew, but after doing some preliminary research i actually have no idea |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Hi. Do you participate in seasonal festivities? | no. i've discovered that if you do festivities non-seasonally it is much more effective |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how do i escape my mortality | i'm not sure yet |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how many takes do you think you do with your instruments before you get the perfect take | 3 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | when do you feel like making another video if you will make another video? | the only thing i ever feel like is making hundreds of videos. i've tried various methods of coping with this |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Is Winter or Summer better? | what if i can't decide |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Are you ever gonne try to make an edm track? | if i did, i wouldn't call it that. and, conversely, maybe if i didn't, i would |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | I would be very curious what it would sound like because you got a really orignial sound and i think it would be awsome | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What is your opinion? | 1=2 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | General opinion on Canada | flat projection maps make it look way bigger than it actually is, but it actually still is huge in real life. russia is the same way |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | If mp3 is an audio format, and mp4 is a video format, what is an mp5? | usually nothing |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | In hi, I'm steve, how can it rain on a mountain? | i'm not sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | okay, i have another question. re: keys-i sometimes play a certain set of notes over and over where it feels like the measure is only complete when i "land" on a single note. i assume that's the key note. | 'key note' is a very vague phrase that generally does not have a specific meaning, as far as i know |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | but how? what the heck is a key? | the best way i can explain it is this: if all the drama were to be resolved, what would the bass be playing at that moment at the end of all time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how do i know what note to land on to finish the song at any given moment? | however you like it best |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | are there more bathtubs than showers in the world? or the other way around? | there are 12 showers for every 10 bath tubs |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | when you make songs do you start at the start or somewhere else? | when i write them, i get to the start as soon as i can, and then go forward from the start. when producing them, however, i tend to bake the whole thing gradually |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Am I a bad or selfish person for always seeming to talk more than the person I'm supposed to be conversing with? It's like once I start talking, I just keep on going, and I'm not thinking enough about what they have to say. | in this case, what you are is self conscious. because you are putting quite a lot of thought into this situation |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What is your first chord of your next project? | i'm not sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Is Santa Claus real | at least as real as Coca-Cola, for sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Why is the sky blue? | so it's less annoying than it might otherwise be |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Should I meet that stranger on the internet? | which one |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What is a trapezoid? | a quadrilateral with 2 sides parallel to each other, and the other 2 not |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | How do I know my name is actually my name? | if it's really really really good, then it's probably actual |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Are you under a lot of pressure? | there's no way to know for sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Are you happy? | i will let you know soon |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Have you ever tried fencing? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Swords are pretty cool y'know. | so are fences, incidentally |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how do you start when theres a ton of possibilities of where you might go | list them all in the order you found out about them |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | what's your favorite candy? | chocolate chip cookie |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | How many people are on your production crew | i don't recall |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Hey, I was wondering about questions that are phrased as declarative statements. | it's a neat trick, isn't it. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | tell me something i don't know | the 370s and the 380s have exactly the same pattern of primes in them (373, 379, 383, 389) |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Are you a human being? | hm, that would explain all these ridiculous feelings |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | why do you think people are still angry about pluto being demoted as a planet when we knew it was super tiny 50 years ago and we knew there were others like it 20 years ago | no one is angry about that. they are just making conversation |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What is your idea of a life well spent? | it would take a lifetime to describe it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Can all modern problems be traced back to the Roam Empire? | no. some of them can't |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | opinion on the letter ñ | de ensueño |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | If I tuned my electric guitar an octave down do you think I could use it as a bass guitar | barely |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | what do you think of australian accents? | the "ferry" and "fairy" merge that occurs in most american dialects (but usually not in british) is particularly interesting in australian -- the vowels are pronounced the same but only the speed is different. 'fairy' is pronounced exactly the same as 'ferry' but just slower |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Reading through these answers... the brain cannot do otherwise than learn" is such a beautiful quote. Do you consider yourself to be a philosopher? | considering oneself a philosopher seems redundant somehow, but "the brain cannot do otherwise than learn" is actually something i've heard from the linguist Steve Kaufmann, who may or may not have actually heard it from someone else before that |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | did you change the font here ? | no. there is no font here. any fonts you see here are happening on your end. so therefore, if you make a change in your software, that might change the font you see. i do, however, set the color. which i have not changed |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Do you meditate? | only if i don't have to call it that |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | If so, what is your method? | sometimes i try to learn everything in the world, and it helps me relax |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Opinion on loot boxes? | not enough legroom |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | is chicken a sort of fruit | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | If you had to choose between a burrito or a hamburger, which will you choose to eat? | you'll have to tell me a little bit more about this scenario. so far it doesn't feel very grounded |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how would you order the meals of the day by importance to you? | i suppose the largest would have to be the most important |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Is there even a such thing as "normal"? | barely |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | I heard somewhere that your sleep schedule drifts by an hour every day. | as far as i know my sleep data is not being reported anywhere. so that couldn't possibly be accurate |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | So do you follow a 25-hour clock? | no, 24. that doesn't necessarily pertain to sleep, but the clocks i use to keep track of time are synced with the standard international time system, just as yours probably are. might even be the same apps. i use normal clocks |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | How do you keep track of your progress and schedule? | i use clocks and calendars. they're so good nowadays i don't even have to worry about the daylight saving switch |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | I don't think I'm doomed, I think I'm just in a slump. The problem is that when you're in a slump, it's often easier to dig further down then climb back out. Do you ever feel this way? | it feels familiar somehow |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | what does it really mean to stay the same? | time passes, with no other meaningful changes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | How do you identify yourself as? | bill wurtz |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Do you think there are any songs that will never be written? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | why are you you? | because you wrote the same word twice. and english subject/object pronoun grammar also coincidentally didn't interfere either |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What do you think of drywall | boring, but that's actually what you want in drywall. interesting drywall actually causes a lot of problems |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Do you have any inspirations for your music? | my whole life inspires me. anything i've ever been through. good or bad |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | are you, or have you ever been, a small dog drowning in the mud? | not that i recall |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | what is the root of a chord, and how would i find it? i imagine it as the note that i'd sing if i were to hear it, but that doesn't seem quite right... | probably more than half the time, the note you'd most want to sing might not actually be the root. if the chord is C major, the root of the chord is C. if the chord is C minor, the root of the chord is C |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | and what is an inversion? | switching the notes around so the highest or lowest notes are different, but otherwise keep the notes the same. so switch the octave of one or more of the notes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | if C is CEG, then would the inversion be C, and then the E and G of the lower octave? | you can invert it any way you want. put any of the notes in any octave. just be aware that if you have too many notes too low it will be harmonically useless and more like a horror sound effect, but that might be useful too in the right context |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | but wouldn't that be a chord of its own? can a chord have two different names? | sure. chord names are never 100% accurate anyway. the only way to describe a chord exactly is to list the exact pitches that were played -- in fact, even that's not accurate enough to represent the exact sound. the only way to exactly represent a sound is with an actual sound wave |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | also, how do i harmonize? i can't play chords in my left and the melody in my right and... have it sound good. just gotta keep playing, i suppose. | the next time someone sings the happy birthday song, try doing this: along with the final 2 melody notes in the song, you can sing above it. for example, if they are singing in the key of F, the last two notes are G F, so try singing Bb and A along with them. magic. To explore more possibilities and learn the mechanics, maybe the best way is to use a piano/keyboard and start messing around and see what you like |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Who made the telephone? Kath wants to know. | i have no idea |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | there is great evil in this world. how do i remind myself of the great good in this world as well | maybe you could just state it, plainly and confidently, the same way you phrased your first sentence, actually |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | The program I use to write music sucks, is it worth it to spend money on a better one? | i have no idea. i personally prefer to write music without computer programs. but i'm just guessing that your music will be better with a less-good computer program (or none). that way it will sound more like you |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What question have you not figured out the answer to? | this one. nevermind, that's not true |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Hey bill, were you ever in approval of the communist manifesto | no, but to be fair i also haven't read it |
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