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if there was a period of time called an ence, how long should it be?
that means it's happened more often than 0. could be any amount more than that. all you know is it didn't never happen
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Have you ever finished a song recording and listened back to it and been very pleased with what you've made as the main emotion? Or do you always recognize the good and bad relatively equally in your mind?
it depends on my mood. it's usually possible to love it or hate it to quite an extreme degree
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what do you think of the earth so far?
it's hangin in there
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Can you give me a food hack?
potatoes
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Is it possible that carrots were never real?
no
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This question has been keeping me up at night.
i don't believe you. i believe it's possible that that scenario was never real
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Is Bill Wurtz a person or a process?
both. all people, especially living people, are processes
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Have you ever done something on accident and then decided it was better than what you were originally going for?
yes
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If so, can you give an example?
sometimes i take screenshots of texture permutations, to re-import them, but sometimes if you get careless and include some window edges and menu bars, it can be pretty hip. the first time it was probably an accident. i think that might have been somewhere around "are you the real you"
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Is there a mayor of hollywood?
there was
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That would be a very cool job title fo have.
the position is open. it has been vacant for a number of years now
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Did you watch the world Cup in 2022
no, but i've had it described to me
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i am holding a carrot as i'm writing this question. do you have anything to say to it
no
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Hey! I'm Orson. How are you doing mr. I wanted to ask, did you like nu metal as a teen? is it too personal for me to ask? Ty for all your art!
put it this way, i was thrilled to find out that there is a sus2 barre chord in drop-D
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Does what or how have to be in the result of a question, are there any other ways to form a figure of questioning?
there are other ways
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Also, whenwhy?
you have 'what' (among an infinite amount of permutations), you have 'which' (among a smaller, finite number of choices), you have 'yes/no', you have 'when' (expecting a time), you have 'why', which expects some explanation for something, you have 'where' which expects a place, you have 'how' which expects a method for something, you have 'how much', which expects a quantity, and you have 'how many' which usually expects a whole number. those are all i can think of now
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I wanna write cool songs like yours but I have trouble finding a cool melody that fits with a cool chord progression. Got any tips?
try starting with a melody. actually, the way i do it, the words+melody+chords usually hit all together, but i'm suggesting melody first for you because you've already been doing chords first. try to get words involved immediately also. whether the words are actually in the melody, or in between the melodies, or maybe just put a large sticker label on the song, with a word on it, and that may inspire some melodies to come out
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Can one person have multiple meanings of life?
yes
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If so, what are the meanings of your life?
i can't count them all, but one of them is learning to handle infinite possibilites
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why does the new york subway smell
because it's so fresh
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Can you speak Korean?
no
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what kind of scenes are there in scenes for sale?
scenes i've made for other videos, or for practice. or both
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Ugh, I just read the word "foodfluencer." I love a good portmanteau, but that is.... not a great one. Can you tell me a cool portmanteau to help cleanse my palette of the one I didn't like?
'ghost' (gameshow host)
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Sometimes I find myself imagining reality rather than observing it(and I'm liking what I'm imagining); I tell myself it is ok because I know it is imagination. But then at a later time, I end up making a mistake and then realize that I had started taking that imagination for reality. So then I resolve to stop myself everytime I'm imagining, and that feels painful, and makes me stressed all the time. Does this happen to you too?
sure
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What the hell even is happening and what is the solution? Should I stop myself from imagining everytime? If not, how do I never forget that what I'm imagining is not reality?
you're always imagining somewhat. that's how we function. the actual raw reality, even just from what your sensory sensors are perceiving, is a firehose of data, which is unmanageable. the only way we are able to live our lives is to interpret that data as a recognizable thing. "it's a cat", etc.... so there almost is no such thing as truly observing what actual reality is. you're supposed to interpret it, which requires some imagination
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whats your favorite word?
uh huh
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Will the next song contain cow in it's title?
no
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What's your favorite color
medium
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how often do you right click
just once. and hold it down forever
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Do you prefer real or imaginary numbers? Or complex numbers.
indeed i can safely say complex numbers because that includes them all
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what is your favorite soccer team
the frogland uitkikkers
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how much is too much to ask for?
there is no limit to what you can ask for
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why is there not a widely recognised holiday to celebrate everyone, everywhere
why isn't that every day ....... although, to be fair, it actually is
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Is the number we're looking for in "9 8 7" 1?
certainly a downward counting sequence starting with 9 seems to be headed toward 1..... also 0 of course
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The number that makes the whole thing blue would be, in RGB, a 0 for red and green, and a full value for blue. This could be interpreted as FF or 255, or 1 as in 100% of the blue channel on. Also, in statistics and computer science, 0 usually means false and 1 is true, which would also make 1 the number that makes the whole thing true.
the pivot point is more valuable to me, in a song. (the "whatever"). It's like when you sell a basket. the value of the basket is not based on the item you'll put in it today, tomorrow, or any other specific day. The value of the basket is that it's the hinge point between all possible things that COULD potentially go in the basket.
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It also makes sense of the "2 and 1, what have you done?" as it would mean that we finished counting to that number,
this line carries a wide range of possible interpretations. because it's a question. it's on you, to answer. but mostly this section is about mathematical playfulness, along to that particular musical environment
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and the "1, 1, 2; 1, 1, 3; 1, 1, 1; 1, 1, meef" because at the end we find what we look for. I'm thinking of it as if it was guessing, "Is it 1, 1, 2? (No) Is it 1, 1, 3?..."
that sounds about right. to me that actually would make it seem like meef is zero
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can you give me instructions on how to make macaroni and cheese
the hardest part is making the macaroni and making the cheese, which is unfortunately the part i don't know
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uppercase or lowercase?
that's generally called lowercase
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What is your favorite punctuation mark? (Just in terms of the visual appearance, not the function, of the mark)
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Is it even possible to write a bad song? I was thinking about it and I'm not sure if it is possible.
if you try to write a good one, you'll usually get a bad one. so i think you're on the right track by wondering how bad you can get it
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is there a particular project of yours that taught you a lot while making it or is that just a standard thing for every project
the one that really comes to mind is the parking lot video with all the cars ("Perfect"). this really solidified the phenomenon that if you do something 50 times, even if you are clueless the first 12 times, you start to find your way by about the 14th, and then you get super efficient by about the 25th. I watched this same exact phenomenon happen over and over and over again as i worked the assembly line in the modeling of 50 car models. from aligning the assembly line in the first place, to setting the initial shape and size, to wheels, to chassi, to roof to windows to plates to every little thing, done in the exact same order through all 50 models, and i watched the exact same cycle of cluelessness at first, finding the method somewhere between 10 and 20, and getting rock solid on it by the 30th. So reliable, makes me want to apply it to everything. And of course the other element of that car project, was the fact that i actually had to produce not 50 but 4000. And at such a high quantity, it requires me to invent/program a technique for doing it. If i only had to make 4 cars, i'd probably just make them all individually, and i won't really figure out what i'm doing. but if i have to make 4000, then i realize i can make 50 models to give enough variation, then i automatically learn a hell of a lot when tasked with propagating 50 to 4000, and also in making the 50. I vaguelly knew about all these phenomena before, but after doing that project it really made me realize the wide range of benefits that comes with unapologetically doing 4000 of something
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What is you favorite chord progression?
F F
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how would you define a "meme"
a cultural reference. previously known as a 'trope'
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Opinion on philosophy
good at parties
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how to play barre chords pls its so hard
maybe if you become aware of which strings the bar finger is actually taking care of, then you'll know which ones it doesn't need to hit. for example, in E form, (chords like F, F#, etc) the bar finger only has to press the lowest, and 2 highest strings
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How to prevent yourself from abandoning a creative project when you're 90% done?
you can't prevent it, but what you can do is go back to it
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do birds stalk us at night
no, only during the day
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how to avoid doing regrettable things?
don't do anything
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how do i stop worrying about doing somethimg regretabble!?
do everything
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In some of your older videos, there is a stuffed clownfish. Where did you get that?
it's been in the family for years
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Do you still have it?
no. but here's the good news: i still have other things
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What are the best ways you have misheard a song's lyrics?
how about the epic sodomy anthem near the end of 5 for fighting's "it's not easy to be me" song
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i am strongly considering moving to new york city sometime in the next few years, do you have any advice?
i'm actually not grasping what needs advice there. i am confident in your considerations, whichever way they may be
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Is the second floor in the mcdonalds im in ever gonna be open?
yes. the whole place may close, and re-open. multiple times
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It's said that "the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse" but now few plays have verses anymore what can we contribute?
you can switch the metaphor to a song and it works fine now i think
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is it ok if i abbreviate i like to wear soft clothing (cause it makes me feel like i'm rough, in comparison) as iltwsccimmfliric?
sure. but i think if you add the parentheses it will help a lot
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What's a collect call? I remember they used tk have those 1-800-Collect commercials with Mr. T and Carrot Top. What happened (past tense since I'm assuming that probably doesn't exist anymore?) when someone would call 1-800-Collect?
you make the other person pay for it. you use it when you're at school and you wanna call your mom from the pay phone, but you don't have any quarters. you call 1 800 collect, then a pre-recorded friendly woman, who sounds remarkably similar to the modern USA dialect on google translate or google directions, says "Thank you for calling 1-800 collect. Please enter the number you wish to call, area code first." then you type the number, and then you probably have to say your name, and then it calls the other person, and it says something like (i've never heard this part, so i'm paraphrasing) "some jerk named ______ is calling you and wants you to pay for it. will you accept charges?" and they can say yes or no. and then if they say yes, you'll hear "Your call is connected." and then you are talking to the person
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what is your opinion on Soeparno, an Indonesian military officer and politician who was mayor of Surabaya between the 23 of January 1974 to the 23 of January 1979, that died at the age of 78 years in 2000?
no opinion, but i find it a little sneaky to bake factual clauses into a question, because it makes it almost impossible for the other person to contest any of those facts, because the whole thing is wrapped up as a question, and the question is not about whether those facts are true. That being said, i have no particular reason to believe any of the facts you delivered are false, but, i feel the need to point out that you didn't give me the opportunity to do so, so it gives the recipient a sort of 'trapped' feeling. It reminds me of the classic schoolyard tease "why are you an idiot?" and other variations
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What is the transcript for Perfect?
i've never made one, but it depends what you want to transcribe. words only, words and score, camera moves, diacritics, etc
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why do you like to wear soft clothing?
because it is comfortable
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is it because you feel rough in comparison?
no, but the logic there sounds like fun, especially for a song or something
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Why am I such a musical failure? I can sing and tell tunes apart, but as soon as I try an instrument I'm all thumbs.
a person cannot be a failure. an attempt can be a failure. but that doesn't say anything about possible future attempts
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what does one wear to a formal event?
pants, for sure
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What do the astronomers do about the time slowing down in "Slow Down?"?
nothing
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Do u think life is meaningless?
no
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If not, what do u think?
it has more meaning than the word 'meaningful' could describe. For example, the universe has a lot of atoms in it. you might say the universe is "atomful", but even then that seems like an underestimate of how many atoms in the universe. and i believe there are even more meanings than atoms, so, ........ you do the math
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your arrangements have a lot of little fast fills and licks hiding in them that always feel great, they sound natural and spontaneous but also do a lot of subtle things that my brain really likes. in a lot of your videos you'll highlight one and sort of break it down by showing the notation or your hand on the keyboard, which makes me wonder: do you come up with those lines just by playing them, and then analyze the details afterward? or do you compose them in advance so that they sound spontaneous, but they're actually carefully controlled?
the big prominent ones are probably written into the song, but the smaller ones are probably found during production. regardless, nowadays i don't use staff notation either way. the big solo in "airport terminal" is improvised. the big solo in "la de da" is mostly improvised except it was written into the song that i would specifically quote "where did all the good times go". a prominent riff such as the one after "celebrate" in "meet me in september", was written with the songwriting, and same for the one at the end. although notation wasn't used. but transcribing notation and chords is trivial for me because i am fluent/literate in notation and chord symbols, so for me that's no harder than writing down a sentence that i heard someone speak
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How much time does it take to be creative?
any amount
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And how much creativity does it take to figure out time?
any amount
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i have a remote control next to me, and i'm afraid it's reading my mind, do you have any advice on how to stop it
no, but: it's probably not as good at reading your mind as you are at reading your own mind. unfortunately, you are not as good at reading your own mind as you could be if you weren't also trying to deal with whether or not the other thing is reading your mind
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sometimes when im listening back to the music ive created, i feel a nagging feeling that it isn't up to the quality of other music i like, or maybe doesn't feel like "real music", even though the rational side of me knows its probably fine. have you ever experienced this,
sure
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and/or do you know anything i can do to rid myself of this?
try to trick yourself into thinking you made someone else's music. then listen to that music and see how bad it is
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thoughts on the Q train
back in my day it only went up to 57th st, except when it went all the way to astoria for like 6 years, that was crazy. it was actually the Queens train for a bit. they deleted the W during that time also. Weird. Soon they are making a T train, which of course stands for Train
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what the hell is a main menu
a place to call home
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what is making sense
when you find the same thing on either side of the equals sign
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Can you name my blankie?
no, but it already is named blankie
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What's Barbie's last name?
roberts
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how do i get better at scrabble?
memorize the legal 2-letter words in whatever dictionary your game is adhering to
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When is June 😀
just around the corner
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Are you still getting stronger with every question?
yes
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if aliens visit you and ask for the low-down on the human race, what will you tell them?
i'd ask what the hell is a low-down
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how would you survive the apocalypse but every explosion makes a gang of angry kittens
i would increase the speed 10% with each kitten, but each kitten is more ryan reynolds
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Do you believe cats are a feature or a glitch in the simulation?
you can look at it either way. it's like the picture that looks like either a duck or an old woman. the duck is a glitch in the woman simulation, and, indeed, the woman is a glitch in the duck simulation
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Do you identify as a nihilist/Nietzsche follower?
no
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Or do you consider far more intellectual for that?
do i consider what more intellectual
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Or are you one of those who doesn't identify as anything?
identify what as anything
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how much calories would 3 servings of inspiration contain
3
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What should i buy in scenes for sale™? i have 27 quarters and 2.124 forks
you could get the brno one
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Favorite everything?
everything
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what's the best pet if you live under water?
a fish
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Ever heard of Weezer??
yes i have. does not weez as much as advertised
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what are some vocal warm ups you like to do?
i do
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what is your opinion on edible plastic
that sounds wonderful. don't know if it exists yet, but, it couldn't be too damn hard now could it
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I went to what I like to call the afterlife during my teenage years and I have changed profoundly since then, but I realized that the world did not correspond to this new perspective at all, so I feel incomplete. What should I do? Or what would you do?
what i would do in that situation is try to learn as much as i can about this current world we're in, while we're in it. it's sort of like 1 random ice crystal that you will only see just this once, but you'll see patterns that actually resonate with eternity, regardless. you'll be able to see plenty of other ice crystals some other time, but this is the only time you'll see this one. so, you can take a good look at it
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what demographic is your target audience
it's you
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how important is self confidence
i'm not sure
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Are trucks real?
not entirely. only the cab is real. the rest is just the huge box it's carrying
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why did the chicken cross the road?
because it was quicker than going across it the long way
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is whenwhat
yes it is