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https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Are hexagons or octagons better? | put it this way, they are at least as good as things |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what is the song that the i said it three or four songs ago part in got some money references? | so the song is written so that you can pretend it's written from your perspective |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do i bridge the gap between writing down words and singing them? .. actually maybe the more i think about it maybe i could do it but still do u have any advice | it's quite simple. start singing words. the more you sing words the better you will get at singing words |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you know any musicians who not only inspired your music, but also kind of inspired some of your personality or values? | it's a lot of different people, for fleeting moments |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | whats your opinion on four-dimensional space | it's fine |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | on average how may times a day do you doubt yourself | i'm not sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I wonder if you put something dirty on soap, would you need another soap to get it off? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Would it get the other soap dirty as well? | a little |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Would the two soaps merge into one gigantically dirty soap? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is the yeti and the abominable snowman the same guy? | i have no idea |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you ever challenge yourself to explore musical ideas from various world regions, such as african rhythms, arabic harmonies, etc.? | i don't consider that a challenge, i consider it enjoyment |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What is your favourite chord? I like D7(#9) | what i like best is to use many different chords |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you like Bossa Nova? | could happen |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How does one make connections? | just get out there and start having a wild time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How many marbles do you need to lose before you have officially "lost your marbles"? | more than 90% |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Have you ever played Mario Kart and if so are you good at it | i have played 2 of the mario kart games extensively and developed some high skills at one time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Will you ever do a tiny desk concert | no but i'd be glad to perform at a regular sized desk |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | is there a way to tip a object for doing whatever its doing | i don't think so |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how to make synths sound psychedelic and trippy dear billy wurtzy | the authentic way to create this, of course, is to trip and then find the dials |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i experience nightmares on a fairly regular basis. it happens so often i've just become indifferent to them. but when i tell people this they tell me this is a sign of mental strife and/or a bad omen in general. am i okay or am i like cursed or something? | maybe a little of both |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | have you ever modeled a subway train? | no but that sounds like something i would do |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what even is a good measure for productivity like it's so hard not to get lost in research rabbit holes | procedures |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how often might these questions give you inspiration for future projects? | i don't recall that ever happening |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I've heard about the idea to have an idea journal, but what do I do with my ideas if I'm ever in a place that isn't journal-accessible? | maybe you could bring a secret journal there |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | have you considered writing songs in different genres? | yes but the genre system is so delicate, i find that it breaks if you even touch it, or look at it or breathe on it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What is a soda you have never drunk? | baking |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i had a dream i brough my trumpet to a jam but when it was time to play i was like nevermind i'm not any good at trumpet i don't want to play. a while later i remembered i can sing and i asked if they could play something i can sing and they were like no we don't do that here. much like in that dream, i don't feel like i'm in a place where my talents and skills are appreciated. maybe i have to make the place but that sounds exhausting. i'm not sure making a place for myself is in my skillset. | has to be either place making, place finding, or place adapting. or the secret 4th option of course, which is to be miserable |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i hope i find what i am looking for, y'know? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | If you could be a bird which one would you be? And if that doesn't tickle your fancy then what type of tree would you be? | i'm not ready to make those decisions yet |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I've been making music for a couple years now and i often reach the point where the MIDI input lag gets too much because of all the effects and instruments, so I end up leaving the song at whatever state its in out of frustration. I just learned what "freezing" a track is in a DAW. I'm so mad i didn't know this (frankly obvious) thing sooner. Now i'm scared that there are other obvious things I don't know and I don't know what I don't know. Did this sort of thing happen to you. | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Has it stopped happening to you? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Will it ever stop??? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you have any tips on how to motivate oneself for working on a massive project, without it becoming boring over time? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you ever have a moment where you're listening to a good song and wish you wrote it so stop listening to the song to then go work on music? | i believe so |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you have any tips about soap? | sure. it works well with water |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | like a lot of people, i hold my music to a really high standard, and i feel like if it isn't approaching perfection then nobody will think it sounds 'good enough'. it's really demotivating. what's your strategy for dealing with stuff like this? | well first of all, i doubt anyone even likes perfect music. but also, it doesn't exist. perfection implies a specific objective, and a ceiling for how close to possibly acheive it. even if the specific objective of music is to 'make people feel good', there's no limit to how high that goes, or the amount of ways it can be done. so instead of 'converging' on a single best solution, instead it 'diverges' |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I'm at school right now and failing math, should I quit? :3 | that depends on many other details of your life situation |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you hate the fact that you need food and water to survive? | in some ways yes. in other ways no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how to always have a passion to learn something? | it sounds like you are telling me that you want to want something. and the more i think about that, the less i understand how that could possibly be the case |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | would you rather feel every atom, or see every photon? or maybe just a fraction of a percent of both? | i would like to view individual atoms and photons occasionally |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I am a writer but not of songs. Should I keep a journal for inspiration? Write down whatever comes to mind in a little notebook throughout my day? | sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is this a useless exercise? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | cereal or milk first | cereal was first but that's just because i tend to read from left to right |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Why is a combination of a voice and an acoustic guitar so good? | because the person doing it can do it good. and the reason the instrument allows for this is because it is fully equipped for harmony and rhythm, with only 2 hands, while also comfortably holding the instrument |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Picture this: You are a human. What do you do next? | go to lunch |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | would you like to try meth? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | do you like garfield the cat | i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is there anything you know but that you can't prove? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is new canaan in pennsylvania or is pennsylvania in new canaan | i think neither |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how many times in your life have you looked at the clock at exactly 2:44 (am or pm doesn't matter) | probably about 500 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you ever feel like it's you against the world | i was going to say yes but now that i think about it no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | if a tomato potatos potatoes and a tomato tomatos tomatoes who potatoes tomatoes | you may have to do it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Should I put all of my focus into one thing, sacrificing the experience of many things? Or should I put my focus into many, sacrificing the mastery of one? | surely there will be due time for both |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | thoughts on therapists? | sometimes i imagine therapists talking to each other |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | is it illegal to make laws? | i guess it depends if you're the one who made the previous laws |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what's your favorite season??? | the next one |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | why are oranges called oranges but apples arent called red | you've misinterpreted the causality of the orange scenario. the fruit was named orange first. the color 'orange' is named after the fruit. so perhaps in this case you might wonder why there is no color called 'apple'. although i suspect there is |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | have these questions ever helped your creativity? | they continue to challenge it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | if my cat is cold would a microwave fix that | yes but it would cause much more significant problems |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What is your opinion? | which one |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | why do you like the drums? | could come in handy |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What's your favorite cheese? | venezuelen beaver cheese |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | will you post the final drafts of the scripts for your previous four videos somewhere on this website? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | So, on a couple of my guitars I have this issue where each string doesn't stay in tune when I move up the neck... like if I were to play an open E, then play the 12th fret on the same string, the octave is out of tune with the open string. I thought it was maybe the strings themselves were just old (they were), but I changed the strings recently... and I'm still having the same issue. Is my neck warped or something like that? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Is my guitar just fucked at this point? | only temporarily. this is quite a normal problem that can be fixed by a guitar service professional, who will likely begin by looking at the guitar longways in that iconic luthier pose |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how to use a barometer? | set it and forget it. the thing uses itself |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you feel as though running this open forum questions page has taught you anything specific/concrete about mankind? If so, what? | yes. it's good |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How to stop the world from spinning | you'll have to spin yourself at an equal pace in the opposite direction |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how am i supposed to stay on track while making music? i find myself getting distracted or not having the motivation some days | one of 2 things: you'll either have to want it more, or do it simpler |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what if the world exploded | that would be a real mess huh |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | opinions on donkey kong? | used to be called monkey kong |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | If I have a godfather, am I a demigod? | maybe but not for that reason |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what was the most interesting place you been to? | i'm sorry to admit that i have not ranked the places i've been in order of interestingness. i have, however, listed them in chronological order, which is more meaningful for me |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | True or False: All roads lead to Rome | false. some of them lead away from rome |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Bill are you human | well that would explain some of these absurd cravings, for things such as food and drink |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do i talk to people? | i have no idea, but it's similar to what you're doing here, writing this |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | or how do i get rid of the feeling that i'm obligated to talk to people | i have no idea. perhaps you are not |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | is there any point in listing the potentially infinite | yes, it's fun, good exercise, and you'll never run out of things |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I think im dumb | prove it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how much should someone learn before they know enough? | it doesn't matter. any amount is enough. then you can learn more anyway just for fun |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how would you get out of a creative rut? | start making a list of all the things anyone else has ever done |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | why is it so much easier to create music than to do my homework, even though creating music probably takes more mental energy than doing my homework | because it's what you want to do |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | please give me new music, bill, i beg you!!! | i will do it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Do you like M&M Minis | i don't recall the existence of m&m minis. now you've got me wondering how small they are, because normal m&m's already seem quite small to me |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Which layer of the earth are you planning to go to? What are you planning to find? | i will remain on the crust for a while longer still |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what's your favorite chess opening? | a2-a4 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | What was the question Damien Maymdien skipped in "maybe i could eat blades of grass"? | all of them |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Have you ever written a song directed at a specific person (aside from yourself or "whoever's listening")? | not that i recall |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | should i write a song about a pansexual dog? | you can, but you needn't feel like it's an obligation per se |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Have you always not been persuaded in the songwriting process about what someone other than you might think about the song? | persuaded to what |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | If you cared in the past, did you suddenly stop caring or was it a process? | i want people to like and love the songs very much. but the best and only true remedy for that is to write them in a way that i like and love. that's the first rule of songwriting. like taking an exam, you must hold your own pencil, not grab your neighbor's hand and write with their pencil in their hand on your paper |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | I would say from my perspective, one characteristic of the bill wurtz genre is unconcerned in that sense | i'm just doing it in what i consider to be the normal way |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i lost my carrot in the oven tomorrow, can you give any advice thahnk uoy | didn't happen |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | i asked a question but forgot what it was. this led me down a spiral which made me have an existential crisis, which made me want to have a pastrami sandwich and cry, which made me want to consume the entire country of serbia. how do i fix this? also, thoughts on shrubs? | you are doing fine |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | How do you make the texts in your videos feel 3d when they are 2d | spin them around |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | Should I focus on bass or japanese? | maybe you could alternate |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | why do we have only watermelons and not firemelons? | i believe there are firemelons. they are not sold in stores because they are a firehazard. they are probably better used in war, where being a firehazard is considered a desirable quality |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | what is your favorite letter | using all different letters in combination. that's the only thing that does it for me anymore |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | how do you stop thinking about the future? | you won't be able to stop thinking about it, but you can go there and experience it first hand in addition to thinking about it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions.html | If you're mad at yourself, for whatever reason, is there some useful strategy for making peace with yourself again? | sure. if you hear about how other people can be mad at themselves also, this will help you calm down i think |
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