link
stringclasses 92
values | question
stringlengths 0
100k
| answer
stringlengths 0
19.1k
|
|---|---|---|
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | When's a good time to take a break? | in between 2 other breaks |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Why is Dutch the language you're learning? | most native dutch speakers tend to leap with excitement into english many times a day. so i am doing my part, to offset this |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What is the best thing? | how about a leaf |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How good are you at complex vocal runs? Would you say you have good agility? | if the mood is right, i can do anything |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | You ever get recognized when ur out and about? Do you mind taking pics with people? | i have a picture of myself that i send out and about, to be recognized. so people can take pictures of their picture next to my picture. the real me is somewhere else, dreaming to one day meet other real people |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | when you refer to "LTRs" in your reality videos, what does that stand for? | realbook jamming exercises, which i was doing as a way to "learn to read" better |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I think I know all the major chords, like the c major chord, but sometimes things come after the c part and it looks like c#m7b5. What do those mean, and is it necessary to know? | it depends how much you love the song in which you saw that printed |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I was a percussionist all throughout highschool but all I learned was the music staff | |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | You said the earth was medium or big, but I feel like most people would say the earth is small compared to everything else. What compels you to say that it's big? | well, put it this way, it's bigger than your house, and your neighbor's house and all your neighbors' neighbors' houses, combined |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Hello, this is Mr. President Joe Biden. | i believe you |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What should my second term promise be in the next campaign? | reach the age of 100, to surpass the age of the opposing candidate who is currently only 99 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How challenging is it to reinvent something that was already invented? | it's easy |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is it simply keeping itself from being known? | i think you just change it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how many words? | 3 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | ive always thought that the major and minor intervals come from the major and minor scales. but apparently they don't, and its the other way around. how does this work? | i guess it's just like what other notes are you likely to want, when a major or minor chord is being played. but of course that's never really an exact perscription for what you really want. often you'll need more, less, or even something else |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What should I do with my left hand when playing piano? | what is your right hand doing, what is your voice doing, and what are the hands instruments and voices of the rest of the people in the band doing |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I usually just play chords with it but I never really see people doing the same so it must be wrong, any tips? | there are many different roles a piano player may find themselves in. |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Will you ever do ventriloquism in a video? | it's possible, but nowadays it may be better suited to a real-life situation |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | does the word "be" get to be part of the land of the two letter words | i don't see why not |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Okay, so I've been cooking this 8 bar cadence (or sumthing), but I cannot figure a good resolution. C / Cmaj7 / Edim / Bbmaj7 Eb / Bb / ?? ?? / C But I cannot decide how to bring this home. Would you preferer: A) Bb / F / G7 / C B) Bb / G / G7 / C C) Bb / G / Bdim / C D) Something else? Would this work better in another key? | 1. chord symbols on paper are not nearly enough to specify the music well enough to make any useful decision |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what is your opinion on general relativity? | heavy |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Bill I want to learn a certain skill so so badly and I started taking lessons, but the lessons do the opposite of the creative play that feels natural for me. I'm struggling to do the simplest stuff the instructor tells us to do, it makes me feel like an idiot and leaves me wanting nothing less than to practice. How the heck do I save my soul in this trying situation? | in this case, it seems obvious that you should quit this class |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I need song writing advice. what if you've written a song with so much potential but it's just such a short little clip and it refuses to extend into a full thing | you may have to write a movie which only features that part of the song |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you know any of the greek gods personally? | no, unless they are living in disguise |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I need a new obsession | ok, how about real estate |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | out of all songs you have made, what is your favourite? | i would prefer to make a new one to be my favorite |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is "aren't" one word, or two words? | 1 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | any thoughts on the ocean? | seems fairly deep |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | are you a little pony? | i'm a huge pony |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How do you record all the parts of your music? Do you just play them all separately to a metronome or something, because that's what I'm thinking about doing. | there's more to it than that, but that is a starting point. everything else you'll learn along the way |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you have a whammy bar on your guitar | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you consciously believe in the significance of aesthetic for art? | sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | A fundamental feeling that permeates through all aspects of it? | oh that's not what i thought aesthetic meant, but that's nice too |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I think you've achieved an aesthetic through being yourself. Maybe this is the only way you can. But it's interesting because I've started a music project with a friend and everything, the name of the duo, the feelings of the music we're writing, the name of the album in development, all of it feels right together. Do you have any thoughts about this? | that sounds like destiny |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you feel like you are mysterious? | sometimes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | why or why not? | the nay sayers will probably never believe this, but it can be a pretty good marketing strategy |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | are you a "whoa" or "woah" person? | i'll try "wo". it just might work |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what's steve's actual name? | the same as yours |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what is the bad thing that you did in "i just did a bad thing"? | simultaneously produced a song too quickly and too slowly, thereby accidentally working on it for exactly the right amount of time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Exactly what percent of the time is the guy from "I'm a huge gamer most of the time" a huge gamer? All I know for sure is that it's greater than 50%. | anywhere between 50 and 99% |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | least favorite date format? | "least favorite" |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Hi Bill, I like to make a Best Of playlist for all my favorite artists, and I always like to add an emoji to the title for flair. Been pondering what to put for yours, any suggestions? :) | i'd prefer common text, to ensure that it always works as expected. how about the letters 'bw' |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Why do you think people like using/talking about genres so much? | maybe they haven't lost their mind yet |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what is your opinion on the colour #d2afff | lilac |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you believe in ufos | only until the object is identified |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you, when you find a soda fountain, like to mix sodas together? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i find extreme comfort in my ability to do this for whatever reason. | sometimes nowadays they are already mixed, if it's one of the ones that all use the same tap. your coke will probably taste like fruity something anyway |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Does staying up give you ideas? Or is your thought factory dead in the middle of the night? | i'm not following your logic. it's possible to stay up during the day |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what's the thought process usually going into all the little visual gags in the videos for your songs? as an example, "use a bike to escape the grid" from and the day goes on, to me it feels like it might be trying to communicate a specific feeling, but it may also have just been added cause it's a funny and unique visual | just common sense |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you know anything about topology | a little |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Favorite homophones? | 0/O |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | this is a weird specific one but i'd been like depressed for like years wont get into it but one of the debilitating symptoms was just being completely unable to plan for the future, or even conceptualize of "future" itself at all. you put out your tune "if the world doesn't end" right as i was on the cusp of starting to do better, i think i teared up the first time i heard it because it resonated with me so immensely? especially "we'll have fun, and learn about the future and each other and make plans again", the melody is so sweet during that part too. then just now in 2023 i started to get much much better, i'm excited about stuff, i'm making plans for the future for the first time in forever and everything. and the song is still in my playlists and everytime i hear it it's just been feeling more and more real. isn't that fun, i got to take that song of yours on a little journey with me | oh hi |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you like music | maybe |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | If you were a huge gamer what do you think your favorite genre of games would be? | genres really ruin the vibe don't they |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is there a land of the 3 letter words | yes, can you see now |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is green a creative colour? | yes it is |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | whats in your briefcase? | another briefcase |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | can we submit our original songs to you for an evaluation? 🤔 | that probably wouldn't really be fair for anyone |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How do stay motivation help please pipis? | motivation for what? you need to know what the motivation is for. weirdly, however, something already has motivated you to ask this |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | thoughts on renovating bedrooms as a pastime | if you do it often enough, you could think about turning it into a business |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | y can't i goO TO SLEEP | because being awake is too much fun |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Sometimes I see questions that have already been answered get posted on this site, and occasionally you give word-for-word the same response you did before. Do you copy/paste when you see it, or are you just very consistent? I'm not talking about the questions with small answers, like "I would prefer to make a new one to be my favourite", I mean the longer ones that are harder to get exactly the same. | i've experimented with all different kinds of methods. often, the same question will indeed have the same answer. so i may use the same answer. however, it's also good to challenge myself to find a new answer each time. but then again, after doing that 10 times it may be difficult to find an 11th different answer to a question whose answer genuinely remains the same |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What's your favourite piano pedal | i forgot the name of it because it's lasted so long |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | is "la de da de da de da de day oh" autobiographical? | some of the emotions are |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Have you made music on any planets other than Earth? | not that i recall |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | So far I've just been humming melodies and then using trial and error to transcribe them into piano roll. But, I think if I want to take this stuff further, I gotta buy a midi keyboard and teach myself how to play piano. Since you're self-taught and are a avid midi user (i think), do you have any advice?? Also, how does one CHORDS?!?! All I know at the moment is that I can create major & minor chords and mish-mash them into a sequence, but I have no idea where to go from here, the world of chords seems so daunting... | if you get a keyboard this will all become apparent. just be careful to get one that knows the difference between how loud you played each note. if not this will unwittingly tamper your spirit unnecessarily |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Can you name a disappointing thing | how about tic tac toe |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is it okay to eat apples? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I'd heard oranges were a little better | that's ok |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | why do we use a series of consecutive Z's to indicate sleep? i've heard its onomatopoeia for snoring but in my experience i have not heard a resemblance between these sounds. | i have no idea |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Why am I always the one that needs to initiate a conversation with my friends | because you are special |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Can you provide a tutorial please on how to ask a question? Could use some help figuring it out | type in the box and press the button |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What do you do with duplicate questions | sometimes answer it only once |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I want to take the less secure path through life but im scared of how wrong it could go, tips for getting through that? | keep a journal of it, it will be even more exciting |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I want to maybe try to form a rock band when I become a freshman, but I only know one kid that might be interested in that idea. And I'm not sure how I would be able to form a full fledged with a bassist or drummer when a lot of kids aren't into bro g in a rock band anymore, is there anything I can do? | sure. you can pick up an acoustic guitar and sing songs on your own. this does work |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i know you've mentioned it sometime before but it'd be delightful if you ever get around to making a song in french. or any other language really. i love languages i eat them for breakfast | i understand |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how has your day been? | about the same as yours |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do you feel about leap years? | good |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | logically, everyone should be screaming in terror at all times, but whenever i go outside no one's ever screaming and in fact eveyone looks at me weird if i do scream. why is that? | maybe they're just taking a break |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what is your dream | communication |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | are you usually more interested in getting to know people when they're kind or when they're mean? like, are you more intrigued by kind people or mean people? | too much of either one can be a red flag |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | where did you learn to play music? | at home, and in the workplace |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Somewhere in my notes app I have a list of questions I want to ask you and one of them was named "when I get older 3:4 polyrhythm" but I neglected to specify the question itself and have since forgotten. | fair enough |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Bill, did you know that your music goes extremely well with watching pigeons peacefully peck at the grass? Can you please let me know if you agree? | this may not be what you want to hear, but, all music seems to go well with pigeons. to be more specific: all music seems to go so well with pigeons in a way that will make you feel sure that this is the exact only music that could go with these pigeons at this time. that's just the way pigeons are |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you like lemons? | no, but that doesn't mean they aren't good |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | It's crazy seeing people getting tattoos of song lyrics or album covers. Like what happens if you stop liking that type of music or if the verse stops clicking? Though for the longest time I wanted to get the line "today i woke up" tattooed on me. Does this situation make sense? | sure. although i don't know what it's like to go through this. i've never had any tatoos and never really talked to anyone else about their experience of it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you think you could give good project suggestions to someone who doesn't make artistic projects? | sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Because I often have a harder time finishing projects rathen than starting them, and maybe that's a bad thing. | i'm not following how that relates to your question, but i can give suggestions for either case: the project starting and the project finishing, whichever case you may be in |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Weirdest thing? | time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Can you remember a time you listened to someone and thought something along the lines of, "holy hell, you are stupidly intelligent." If you can, who were they? Could I listen to someone like that too? | it happens whenever i listen to anyone |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i was asked, "if you could be anyone else, who would you pick?" and i was gonna say "bill wurtz," but then i realized, that might fulfill *my* dreams, but if i were you, i wouldn't have my dreams, i would have *your* dreams. so i'm curious, does being bill wurtz fulfill your dreams? | i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you use a sustain pedal to play the keyboard? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | on a scale from 1 to 5 how much do you think of yourself as neurotypical? | 3, where 1 is neurotypical and 5 is neurotypical |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you like architects? | sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | hey bill i thought i was afraid all the time and that was why i could do nothing but now im medicated and not afraid anymore, yet i'm ♫ still a piece of garbage ♪ how do i stop being garbage and start doing things??? | start thinking of all the things you wish you could do if you could do things. then write some of them down. this will get you closer |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | have you been outside? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | when's the last time you've been outside | moments ago |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I might have already asked this, but why is it showing the lighthouse from Fire Island, east of NYC, at the end of the "more than a dream" video? | to test your lighthouse identification skills |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | why do you think no one has invented transparent toasters yet? | i'm certain they have, you just haven't found one |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | why do we measure tv's diagonally | the answer is simple; because the world has gone mad |