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https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Why do the Chicago Bulls suck so much? | maybe they're having trouble getting the ball into the basket |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Best thing to put in a box? | how about a concept |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What do you do when it just ain't working out | take a walk |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do i not become scared of uploading content | you'll have to do it more often |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How do you come up with the titles for your songs? | here are the different title scenarios that may occur: |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I've started slowly re-watching all of your videos at half speed. Holy hell, they are so beautiful. It's amazing taking all the colors and movement in!!! | alas, surely now can you see all the hard trying |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | favorite thing about outer space ? | no dress code |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you like theatre? | i like theaters |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you have any hot takes? | books are for looks |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you ever feel like time is taking too long to pass | hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | there are so many thoughts in my head i dont know how to sift through them let alone expresss them | i understand |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you like playing power chords with your index and ring finger or index and pinkie | all 3 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | U plan writing a book? | almost everything except that |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Sometimes I have to remind myself that the only thing that's /really/ "wrong" with me is the belief that there must be something wrong with me, and I was wondering if you can relate to that sentiment? | not quite, i don't actually believe there is anything REALLY wrong with thinking there's something wrong yourself. it's not the best feeling, but there's no need to make the spiral worse by considering that itself to be a serious failure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Did you read Calvin and Hobbes as a kid? | a little bit |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what is the shortest dutch word you know? | u |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you have any advice on how to improve motivation? | now i'm wondering what motivated you to ask this |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what advantages are there in using a DAW over audacity/garageband? am i missing out on anything huge? | perhaps it's me missing something, because i thought both those things you mentioned are in fact DAWs. i don't tend to use that term because it feels pretentious, but if those 2 you mentioned actually don't count then it's even more pretentious than i thought. in which case, the advantage, of course is the prestige |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do u motivate yourself to do smth that's really really scary but ultimately good for you | the 'good' you mentioned -- that is the motivator. if it's not working, that's probably because you don't actually believe it will be good enough to outweigh how scary it is |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How to deal with the pain of stupid things you did in the past? | do new stupid things |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i cant figure out the fast descending lick in the la de da de da de da de day oh solo, if you could give me the notes/sheet music/whatever it would be soo helpful | i believe the video should be visually accurate. that should help |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | why are the 4th and 5th called perfect but the 2nd separated into major and minor | i will explain some fun facts for you, and then you will be able to make a lot of sense out of things: if you invert any interval (swap the high and low note), to get the name of the new interval you subtract the number from 9, and for the quality, major becomes minor, minor becomes major, augmented becomes dininished, diminished becomes augmented, and perfect stays perfect. so for example, C to E is a major 3rd, E to C is a minor 6th. C to G# is an augmented 5th, G# to C is a diminished 4th. C to F is a perfect 4th, F to C is a perfect 5th. C to Gb is a diminished 5th, Gb to C is an augmented 4th. if all goes well, this might raise more questions, but then answer even more |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | who is best pony | all ponys are the same |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | in my last question you said that you dont start a recording session until a song has been oficially selected for production. So, do you have songs written wich will never be recorded? | that may be true, but i'm not entirely sure why that is logically connected to your opening statement |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how to make friends | you are supposed to be the friend |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What constitutes "pop music"? | normal music |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Heyyyy whats your phone number | 1 or 2 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you instinctively press the "accept all cookies" on websites or do you think about it for a second | i found a way to actually get the cookies without even going to the websites |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Would you like to join my pyramid scheme | sure, on which level |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What is a musical idea? | for example, when you are in your car and you give a friendly 'honk' of the horn, and then you forget to let go |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I'm trying to write music but I'm having trouble writing the intro and I haven't even thought about writing the outro. At this rate all my songs will be all chorus and nothing else. | maybe that's ok |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | heyy another non-question here but i wanted to say i love ur music, each song is very unpredictable from line to line but beautifully cohesive :) same with ur animations, they're absolutely wonderful! some of ur work (both music & videos) got me feeling almost homesick in a way i don't know how to explain clearly... not that i've ever lived in a place that looks like the places u show in ur work since ur style is of course a lot more abstract than most real world places, but somehow the feelings u evoke in ur art are so much more direct of a representation for what home feels like to me :') | holy texas farm road you are very friendly |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you think about weird things like the constant passing of time or selfishness of humans and sort of just ignore them to not be sad | neither of those things strikes me as particularly weird, and i ignore the first only on certain timescales sometimes, and the second thing you mentioned is not really the complete picture |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Hello. Is your name related to being coooool? | i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Happy march, do you prefer march to February? | i prefer whichever month it currently is |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what do you think your characters do in your scenes when you're not watching or animating them? | nothing, or perhaps moving in the same sequence that i animated them, if someone else is currently watching the video |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how to overload the brain with knowledge and initiative | read these books, in 2024 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you ever feel nostalgia? | sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | is it more of a positive or negative feeling for you? | it's both. sometimes sad when it feels like something about the earlier time was more special somehow |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do you cope with it? | doing something brand new usually helps to amplify the specialness with which the current moment will be viewed in the future, while also bringing you as close as you can get to the real-time sense of this |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i'm trying to record a track (well, a rendition of an existing song) and i can't get a good take of the main melody on the lead instrument. this is holding me back from getting the rest of it done even though i have a general outline of how i want the arrangement/instrumentation to be. any suggestions? just record a really bad take and build the rest from there and maybe re-record it after everything else is done? every single dang take i say "no this isn't good enough" delete it and start over. it's been MONTHS | in this case, the pursuit of 'good' has totally caved in on itself and collapsed. the healthy option for you, at this moment, to breathe life back into your world, would be to actually try to make something bad, for now |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do you ground yourself | the first step is to actually find the ground |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you like webcomics? or any kind of digital art series in general | that sounds lovely |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how to be cooler | you'd first have to find out how cool you already are, so you know even which direction to go. coolness is a cycle, so it might actually seem reversed depending on which side you're on |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you ever feel confused as to whether people are laughing with you or at you? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Any advice? | i could advise if i knew more about the specific situation in which this occured. i could probably shed some light on what laughter dynamics were likely at play |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Dutch sounds suspiciously intelligible as an English speaker. Like I can ALMOST understand what they're saying. Do you know what I mean? | soort van |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | star wars or star trek | it's impossible to tell the difference. they are identical |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what is your favourite word | changing from word to word, that's the only thing that does it for me anymore |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | can u check out my mix tape | sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What is the name of the place whose flag was displayed at 1:32 in "and the day goes on"? | in this case, it lacks the 'name' feature. the identifying characteristic, shown on the flag, is only a picture |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Why is the bass in more than a dream so funky for a song that's not really that funky? | that's your fault |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | "Gray" or "grey"? This is very important | no it's not |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | would you want to be part of a large, real life game of minesweeper? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | could it be that every night we dream everything possible but we only remember what is most relevant to us upon waking up or during the timespan the dreams are still fresh? | that would just about make sense |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what font is this | none |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | have you ever thought about making a song where the lyrics are all anagrams of each other or something | no, i'd find that to be a waste of music, and a waste of anagrams. the powers of each don't tend to have any relation to each other |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what's your favorite flavor of cupcake | chocolate |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | if something i make is bad and i dislike it, should i power through until i am better at making it or should i just make something else entirely | if you are having a bad time, you should at least take a moment away from it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Which of your songs' lyrics are you most proud of? | i wouldn't dare evaluate the lyrics without them being connected to their melodies and musical context. words behave in totally ulterior ways when activated melodically and harmonically |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I have a Composition degree but almost no guitar skills. Wrote a ten minute song riddled with bar chords and I'm gonna try learning to play it. Am I overdoing this? | in some ways perhaps underdoing it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what do you think happens when you take a probiotic and antibiotic at the same time | you'll get to meet Neil Armstrong. finally |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | are you clickin today | could click |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Why does the 29th come every 4 years instead of every February. Is it shy or does it have an important very busy schedule and can only take 1 day off? | i'm not quite following your logic, but it has an important schedule in which it must only take one day ON, every 4 years (but not every hundred but then again yes every 200) |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | hows your leap day going | pretty good |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What was the first idea? | the universe |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | does the purple text on this page have a subtle gradient or am I going insane? | perhaps neither |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | not really a question but i wanted to let you know that your art inspires me to take risks creatively and express the things i feel in the way that means the most to me even if other people don't always get it. and also to just be sillier in life. been a fan since i was 14 and i'm turning 23 this year! so i wanted to thank you for sharing your art with the world. | holy kellogg marketing division, what a kind slew of sentiments |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Are true things really true or is it true that truth is truly just a figment of our imagination because we can not discern truth from lies or is lying just the truth somewhere in the realm of quantum mechanics or maybe just our minds because for all we know the reality we live in, this world, this existence we perceive as "true" might just be untrue. is this true? | the first of the 4 scenarios you gave (separated by the "or" words) is indeed true. the others seem nebulous, if not dubious |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you start recording sessions sometimes where you think you have a good idea and then leave it there and don't finish it? you have a lot of those? | i don't do a recording session until the song is already written, but also, i don't start a recording session until a song has been officially selected for production, which is a binding promise that i will finish it in earnest |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | If you expect something to be unexpected, and it turns out to be unexpected, is it then expected, or unexpected? | it's both |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you keep in touch with the characters from your videos? I've been wondering how the main character from "hi i'm steve" is doing. | it's me |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | have you ever felt lost? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how did you find your way again? | it's a long story |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i'm currently trying to learn how to write songs that appeal to me while forgoing music theory until i reach that level of being able to easily create a good song and i just wanted to know what you think of that | it turns out that 'forgoing' music theory is indeed the only way to activate it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what is your favorite thing u ever made | i would prefer to make a new one to be my favorite |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you have a favorite song you've written? | i would prefer to write a new one to be my favorite |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Hey Bill. Where did you get the idea for the rhythmic morse like beeping you sometimes apply in sections of your music? It's pretty interesting, and as far as I am aware, completely original to your music. Thanks. | i'm not entirely sure what you're talking about, but it is likely an early solution to lack of instrument choices |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you ever get upset about lanuage not being sufficient | no, the challenge tends to spark ulterior methods |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what is the current economic state of the land of the two letter words | up is up |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | hi mr. wurtz i am at school with some smart folk and i want to become smart like them. how can i do this? | this is impossible. but there are 2 alternate options here: you can either learn to pretend to think the things they think, or, become smart in your own way |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | was the song "the ending" inspired/influenced by something? and if so, what? (the ending is one of my favorites by you btw) | i just turned on the keyboard and came up with the verse melody/chord riff |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | is it ok to eat sandwiches with a stranger | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is making a halftime groove to be a self-soothing exercise? | i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Your halftime grooves are very soothing to me, so I hope that the act of making then is soothing to you as well. I consider singing to be an act of self-soothing, that I happen to be fortunate enough to have other people who want to hear me do it. | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how many pizza's do u think u would have to eat to be able to die from pizza overdose? | i'm not sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Are you still a piece of garbage? | even better |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you prefer hooray or huzzah | how about a swirl |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How are you? | pretty good |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | today in math we learned about how there are infinitely many infinities. | fair enough |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you see the potential in using lucid dreaming to streamline the dreaming process or do you think that ruins the point? For example, if one were to force the best dreams to be dreamed again early, would that ruin the fact that the dream is the best dream as that title has now been split between two dreams that actually happened and not an actual and theorhetical/inevitable future dream? Or would the inevitavility of the best dreams being dreamed again already ruin the title of best dream (assuming that would ruin it in the first place)? | i'm not following your logic |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | which new york city subway lines have you never been on? | T |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you have any advice for how to go to somewhere awesome and cool. thank you | the bad news is i don't have advice, but the good news is you can definitely do it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I feel like 1add9 feels more resolved, more at home than just the 1 on its own. But isn't the 9th supposed to be dissonant? Do you feel the same way? And why do you think that might be? | the english word "dissonant" sounds like probably a negative word. the major 9th relationship is actually quite friendly |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | ive got a keyboard (which cant detect how hard i play) and a cable to connect it to my computer. i'd like to make some music, am i good to go (and does it matter that my keyboard doesnt detect how hard i play) | you can probably do a lot of cool stuff with it. just be aware that it will make you sound like a worse player than you are. so don't freak out when you think you just suck, because it might not be your fault |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Did you ever do an internship, such as in college? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | whats ur target demographic? | you |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i am currently at a low point. how do i get back up to a high point? | in the midst of figuring out what you'd want most, and/or what is possible, regardless of how much or little overlap there is between these 2, you will soon be having a better time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Opinions on pasta? | seems normal |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you think pineapple belongs on pizza | has anyone ever tried putting the pizza inside the pineapple |