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https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	What do you think about michael jackson	the McDonald's of pop
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	why is it that everytime im optimistic about something happening it doesn't happen and everything goes wrong but when im pessimistic its the opposite	keeps things interesting
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	How to do the impossible task of convincing people to change a deeply entrenched habit that unnecessarily(changing said habit does not harm the person who changed) negatively affects others, when there are no visible, legal, physical, or social repercussions to such people in continuing to remain as they are? How can I do this successfully while still remaining doing my office job(as leaving job just to convince people may not pay at all,i.e., it may pay but it is extremely risky)? Especially if I feel like the only way I can successfully convince someone is if I have a lot of time to sit around convincing every passerby(job takes up lot of time, with the little time I have left for convincing people, my efforts seem to be bearing no fruit)?	creating deliberate change happens from the inside out. the first person you truly have access to, from the inside, is yourself. your access to everyone else (from the inside) is unfortunately limited at this time. so therefore, it's been quite common that the most powerful results are found (for oneself, and, also, the world in general) when people look within and make changes there first. in other words, you started off by wondering how to change other people. but why aren't they changing themselves? perhaps, they are too busy trying to change someone else actually ...........
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	hello!! first, i just wanna say that i love your music, i appreciate the fact that you put your songs onto spotify :D second, do you respond to every question you get? also, are the most current questions answered the most current questions asked too?	the date and time next to the question is based on when the question was asked
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	third, do you spend a lot of time finding ideas for songs/other projects	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	or do they just randomly come to you	also yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	and you deem them good enough to produce into reality?	at a different time. Idea finding sessions happen, and, alternately, ideas may hit me at other times when i'm not expecting it. Either way, the process of selecting which one to produce next is a separate isolated task, not related to the time that the idea first happened
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	have a nice day (or night)!
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	what is your opinion on the butterfly effect	does not work with actual butterflies. only works with moths
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	ok so here is a thing. ive always wanted to sing (already know how to play multiple instruments) but now i like really need to learn to sing bc i wrote a song for a girl and i have it in my head but im too insecure about my voice. i know its a thing to learn but its just too scary and i really love her and want to sing this bill help	that's a whole different kind of singing. in your situation, it's actually more appropriate to sing badly
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	why cant bananas taste like strawberries which don't taste like banana	because you don't have advanced enough equipment
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	what day is the end of the world	yesterday, but then a new one started so it's ok
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Hi Bill. I find myself not clicking on links anymore because I know every website hits me with at least 4-5 roadblocks (cookie consent, turn on notifications, newsletter signup, login prompt, etc, etc..) but your site feels like a safe haven from all of this. It's a breath of fresh air, kinda how pre-2004 internet felt like, meaning it in the best way possible. Do you have the similar aversion to the state of the "modern web"?	no, i like being clobbered. it makes me feel loved
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	do you think the secret formula for happiness could be packaged and sold in supermarkets?	i was going to say yes but now that i think about it no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	have you considered making a song with a conlang (constructed language)?	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	do you think people who have their minds wiped remember planning to wipe their mind or do they get rid of the "mind wiping intention" aswell	if you want to keep that part, you'll have to go into settings and do a custom mind wipe, and select what you want
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	is reading basically a thought experiment?	yes but it's also the real thing
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Do you know how to read the Cyrillic alphabet?	no, but that would be convenient and i intend to learn it sometime
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	what is a good idea	plaid
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Is Korn or Limp Bizkit better.	they are both better. everything is better. that's just a fun fact, about everything
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	What's your favourite sequence of integers?	the natural numbers
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Favourite Steely Dan album + favourite song on said album?	i don't know which songs are on which albums
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	the songs that came 3 or 4 songs before "got some money" are might quit and at the airport terminal, do either talk about how wednesday feels so long ago	no, but they were indeed part of the Tuesday show. i don't know if that helps
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	when answering questions, do you think of something interesting or witty to say or are these answers just straight off the dome?	they are directly inspired by the question that was asked
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Do you have a favorite Billy Joel song?	no. in fact, my favorite thing about billy joel is that he made multiple songs
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	If so, what is it?
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Is it crazy to leave an easy high paying job where you are unhappy, knowing that your next job will likely not pay as much, and be much harder work in a worse environment?	in this case, it's neither crazy to leave nor stay. there is justification for either choice. but to properly evaluate the equation, then you'll need some specific values for the 4 quantities you mentioned (happiness, difficulty, pay rate, workplace quality)
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	My parents keep nagging me about getting a "job", and I've never heard of a "job" before. What's a "job"?	i have no idea, but what they mean is, they need you to get money. so then you might ask "how do you get money?" that's another question entirely and i'm not sure if anyone truly knows the answer to it
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	you and i have something in common because neither of us have ever seen a moose. moose is my favorite animal and i have lived in moose country for years but i've still never seen one. do you have any advice?	sure, i'll advise you on something i'm less likely to know about than you. meese are really really really big. so if you plan to see one, just make sure you are keenly aware of who is bigger, you or the moose (it's the moose)
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	What are chord progressions?	an over-complicated name for just a bunch of chords
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Why does there seem to be so much emphasis on knowing the chord progression of a song to be able to play it?	the word 'progression' here is distracting and doesn't really make sense. it usually tricks people into thinking that all chords are somehow 'progressing', and that's just not true. it's like saying the rooms in a house are a "room progression" ....... really we just mean ... "the rooms". So, do you have to know what rooms are in a house, in order to build the house? well, yes, only if the house has rooms. if it's a no-room house, then you don't have to know the rooms. or maybe the rooms are already built and you just have to build the rest of the house. but, for a roomed house then you'll need the rooms, for sure
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Why are things easy then hard but sumtimes it's both at the same time so it's too hard to do but it's too easy but it's just hard enough to want to give up but easy enough to continue???	gives you something to do
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	what's your compositional process?	it's a combination of 3 main processes. start, select, and work. the key to these 3 things is treating them all like separate job positions. the "start" department dreams up brand new ideas, and it really doesn't matter how small the fragment is. it can come from almost anywhere. the "select" department chooses which one to produce next. the "work" department already assumes that one certain item has been selected, and then sees it through to completion. the piece wouldn't exist without the "start" department, but the marjority of the composition takes place in the "work" department. the key to the "work" department is to consider the actual real-time effect that the piece would have on you, and then let that trigger what comes next, as if by lightning. and being struck by lightning is of course completely impossible, or extremely easy, depending on whether or not it happens
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	why does this question exist?	it's all your fault
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	this may sound odd but i really do want to know why do you hate shrek and undertale and waluigi and so many things?	i don't hate them, but i was wondering why you hate the numbers 1, 2, and 3
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	do you hate them because of something they represent to you or because they are a metaphor for something spiritual that you think you have figured out? or do you just hate things that are popular because they are popular?	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	or some other reason?	i don't hate any of the things you suggested
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	or have i wrongly assumed that you have hatred for things	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	when really its something else?	there is no "it" in this case. you made something up
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	i have big goals like create art and improve at it. i really really enjoy it too and want to do it as often as possible. however when it comes to starting to do it watching youtube videos or something like that is easier and gives a faster reward to my brain, but i know that the art thing will ultimately make me happier and better. How do i stop watching youtube videos instead of working on the art thing?	this may be kind of a niche method, but how about making a vlog about your working process. that way you can start acting like you are in a youtube video right away
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Other than length, what's the difference between a jingle and a song?	the word "jingle" tends to mean it goes in an advertisement
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Do you ever stop and relaize your brain can do alot of impressive stuff and get scared?	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	in some of your songs I noticed they start off with very groovy and repetitive verses (I'm scared, long long long journey) but then go off on a tangent into a mellower or sadder (?) sounding section. is that intentional or does it just naturally happen cause those are my favorite parts of the songs	in some circles this is called a "B section". i'm never goal-oriented with how songs go, and i'm quite religious about letting the song unfold freely as it wants to, so i'd never force a song to go like this. but they often do. kind of like how not all chairs have armrests. but some of them do
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	are you gonna call your podcast "the wurtz podcast ever"	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Are you going to make a song called fast up as a sequel to slow down	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	is it always sunny in philadelphia	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	my dog puked on my bed. what should i do about this	i see 3 choices here: get a new dog, get a new bed, or get some new puke
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	any plans of writing a book?	i'd like to write almost everything else, besides a book
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	are you a princess?	no, but sometimes i think like one
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	can you get high on soap?	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	are you a communist	no i just think their logo is cool
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	why is the series of chords "4 5 1 6m" so absurdly powerful? (subbing the 4 for 2m also has a pretty darn similar effect) i've come up so many melodies that use those chords, and i love every one of them. i don't think i could make a bad melody with those chords if i tried. i'm aware that a million songs have used there exact series of chords, but somehow it never gets old. like, the bridge section in "do the thing" uses these chords and it's so, so fuckin awesome there. thoughts on why these chords always just.... work?	i don't have any exact reason why that sequence might be good, but what i have done is extensively categorized and analyzed almost every common looping chord sequence. the ones that stood out to me as being the most reliably powerful, for me, were different from the one you selected. it probably varies from person to person. it's also worth noting that your sequence is a displaced 1,6-,4,5 or 1,6-,2-,5 which are traditionally known as extremely common. another thing worth noting is, categorically how does it make you feel when you start these things with 4 (or 2min). in my list of sequences, most of the ones i found to be most consistently the strongest also start with 4. For me, it probably tends to be "4, 1, 5, 5" or perhaps "4, 1, 5, 6-" that seem the most reliably strong. On the other hand, if we're talking about purely popularity, then it's hard to beat the infamous "6-, 4, 1, 5" which is almost certainly the winner in popularity, among chord loops, over the past few decades
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	How does intelligence play a part in something being dumb and stupid?	reverse psychology, which indeed is considered intelligent
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	do i deserve love?	yes, but, what's more, other people deserve your love also
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	I've seen people ask you how you know how and when to add harmonies to a song, but what I wanna know is how do you know when NOT to add vocal harmonies? My instinct tells me that if it's an especially intimate moment, a single line might work better, but Simon and Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence" kinda flies in the face of that thought. I feel that I would err on the side of adding too much vocal harmony, especially if that were my only role in a band, to sing backup. Thoughts?	here's what you do, if you love vocal harmony: add it to everything, until you realize you sometimes hate it. And, the same thing works in reverse: if you hate vocal harmony and do not crave it, then, never use it, until you begin to crave it. this whole thing can be solved by listening to your cravings, pretty much
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	I already know the meaning of life, but can you tell me the meaning of fruit?	it is bulbous
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	This, I think, is underappreciated in terms of philosophy. Why is fruit fruit and not anything other than fruit?	this is due to the reflexive property of equality. things are themselves
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	It bothers me honestly.	i don't believe you
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	How can I dream of being a magical girl every night	think about it all day
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	what are your thoughts on bunk beds?	i've never thought about them
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	what do you do when you start hating your own art	stay calm
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Would you please explain title case?	i think that's when the first letter of every word is capitalized, possibly excluding some of the tiny words like 'of' and 'the'
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	is there any relation between 9 8 7 and mount st. helens is about to blow up?	yes. same writer, same producer, ..... same singer, same instrumentalist, same person who made the video,
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	they just sound similar in some ways	that makes sense
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	why do things make sense	that's your fault
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Is everyone dumb	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	How do i stop	finish doing it all
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	do you usually work base on an idea or think like "oh that'll be cool if i add this part in"	i'm not sure
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	I live near a "124th Street" and whenever I go down it I think of your lyric "and i'm bobbling down 124th street". Does this happen to you?	no, but i used to think of the song "9 8 7" every time i typed the numbers 9 8 7, until i recorded it, and now i'm free from this curse
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	what time of the day do you like the most?	5am
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	can you do a backflip?	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	What is your name?	i have no earthly idea
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	how does one move to the top of the empire state building	you have to be born there i guess
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	i would love you're opinion on what the greatest and best thing in the world is	something being great automatically makes it bad, and something being bad automatically makes it great. so, you do the math
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	how can you tell if you're feeling platonic or romantic love for someone you really like?	i guess you'd have to get a dictionary and check out the definition of those words and see which one matches your feelings better
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Hi, Bil! Do you have to know music theory (notes, altered chords, allegro etc) to make good music or is it enough to have a natural inclination towards it and the music will just fflow?	you certainly don't have to know italian, you certainly don't have to care what an 'altered chord' is because that's kind of a vague and niche term anyway, ......... maybe it would be cool to know what a note is, but even if you don't know it's called a 'note' then you'll probably just make up your own name for it anyway and be just fine
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	hey bill when you talked about the thing inventor inventing the thing inventor, did you time travel into the future and were giving us clues as to what ai will do like in all those conspiracy theory things	compound invention is just common sense. it's the obvious natural extension of the trajectory that our entire world history has taken
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	which part of the universe are we currently living in?	the center
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	What is wrong with Michael Scott?	name not unique enough. too many michael scotts. i've met 3 personally
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	What the fuck is a kilometer?	1000 meters
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	opinion on music	it's ok
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	will you ever have a live show?	it's possible
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	I'd pay to see that with everything I have
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Can you give me some motivation to register for my college classes?	no. i don't know anything about the benifits of doing it, or the consequences of not doing it
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Do you sometimes feel like you are a fish?	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	I'll be taking an international flight soon. How do I avoid heating my porridge for the wrong amount of time when I'm at the terminal?	press the 'porridge' button
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	how should i go about getting better at drawing.	continue drawing
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	also whats something i should try putting in a salad	meat
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	why does the URL for this page say "questions.html" if it's the "ueqstions" page	it's actually the "questions" page. a page of questions
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Opinions on communism?	"it just works"
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	what instrument is that dancing between two notes at the beginning of fly around? it's unfamiliar!	sangba
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Is it important to be funny?	i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	if you had to collab with someone who would it be and why?	you, because you asked
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Why did you make this site	because it was more efficient than emailing all of the items to everyone individually
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	Why are the song dates in the song category different from the song upload dates on your YouTube channel?	generally i consider the song date and music video release date to be the same, but in rare cases it differs so drastically that it would simply be a lie to claim the song was made when the video was made. However, most of the time, they are close enough that i use the final video release date as the song's date on the song page. so the majority of them should indeed be the same. the only recent difference i can think of is "i'm a princess" where the song was entirely audio-locked by april 2019 but the video wasn't completed until 2021
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	do you think i should go to another country for a few months once i have enough money?	sure
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	how to overcome death?	i'm not sure
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	why is everything so hard man	to give you something to do
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	I am writing a song and I love the "rap" (at least just lots of word/syllable focus) section and I'm struggling to write the rest with a darker feel similar to it. The problem is I've already written the verses and chorus but they don't match the rap section. I know wacky transitions can be cool, should I try to make the whole thing a more consistent listening experience, or find a cool way to transition the sections? Although I'm thinking I may just have to break traditional structure and just do something entirely else that works.	i'd say there is no need to EVER think about 'traditional structure.' always just treat the song at hand with love and care. it may very well end up aligning with 'traditional structure' anyway, but certainly don't try to do it like that on purpose. That would be like trying to make a brand new rotten apple to match last year's best-selling apple (which now happens to be rotten)
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-07.html	i know from your content you can put apples in a video, but can you ride on a shark?	i can't, but maybe someone can

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What do you think about michael jackson

the McDonald's of pop

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why is it that everytime im optimistic about something happening it doesn't happen and everything goes wrong but when im pessimistic its the opposite

keeps things interesting

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How to do the impossible task of convincing people to change a deeply entrenched habit that unnecessarily(changing said habit does not harm the person who changed) negatively affects others, when there are no visible, legal, physical, or social repercussions to such people in continuing to remain as they are? How can I do this successfully while still remaining doing my office job(as leaving job just to convince people may not pay at all,i.e., it may pay but it is extremely risky)? Especially if I feel like the only way I can successfully convince someone is if I have a lot of time to sit around convincing every passerby(job takes up lot of time, with the little time I have left for convincing people, my efforts seem to be bearing no fruit)?

creating deliberate change happens from the inside out. the first person you truly have access to, from the inside, is yourself. your access to everyone else (from the inside) is unfortunately limited at this time. so therefore, it's been quite common that the most powerful results are found (for oneself, and, also, the world in general) when people look within and make changes there first. in other words, you started off by wondering how to change other people. but why aren't they changing themselves? perhaps, they are too busy trying to change someone else actually ...........

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hello!! first, i just wanna say that i love your music, i appreciate the fact that you put your songs onto spotify :D second, do you respond to every question you get? also, are the most current questions answered the most current questions asked too?

the date and time next to the question is based on when the question was asked

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third, do you spend a lot of time finding ideas for songs/other projects

yes

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or do they just randomly come to you

also yes

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and you deem them good enough to produce into reality?

at a different time. Idea finding sessions happen, and, alternately, ideas may hit me at other times when i'm not expecting it. Either way, the process of selecting which one to produce next is a separate isolated task, not related to the time that the idea first happened

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have a nice day (or night)!

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what is your opinion on the butterfly effect

does not work with actual butterflies. only works with moths

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ok so here is a thing. ive always wanted to sing (already know how to play multiple instruments) but now i like really need to learn to sing bc i wrote a song for a girl and i have it in my head but im too insecure about my voice. i know its a thing to learn but its just too scary and i really love her and want to sing this bill help

that's a whole different kind of singing. in your situation, it's actually more appropriate to sing badly

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why cant bananas taste like strawberries which don't taste like banana

because you don't have advanced enough equipment

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what day is the end of the world

yesterday, but then a new one started so it's ok

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Hi Bill. I find myself not clicking on links anymore because I know every website hits me with at least 4-5 roadblocks (cookie consent, turn on notifications, newsletter signup, login prompt, etc, etc..) but your site feels like a safe haven from all of this. It's a breath of fresh air, kinda how pre-2004 internet felt like, meaning it in the best way possible. Do you have the similar aversion to the state of the "modern web"?

no, i like being clobbered. it makes me feel loved

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do you think the secret formula for happiness could be packaged and sold in supermarkets?

i was going to say yes but now that i think about it no

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have you considered making a song with a conlang (constructed language)?

no

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do you think people who have their minds wiped remember planning to wipe their mind or do they get rid of the "mind wiping intention" aswell

if you want to keep that part, you'll have to go into settings and do a custom mind wipe, and select what you want

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is reading basically a thought experiment?

yes but it's also the real thing

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Do you know how to read the Cyrillic alphabet?

no, but that would be convenient and i intend to learn it sometime

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what is a good idea

plaid

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Is Korn or Limp Bizkit better.

they are both better. everything is better. that's just a fun fact, about everything

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What's your favourite sequence of integers?

the natural numbers

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Favourite Steely Dan album + favourite song on said album?

i don't know which songs are on which albums

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the songs that came 3 or 4 songs before "got some money" are might quit and at the airport terminal, do either talk about how wednesday feels so long ago

no, but they were indeed part of the Tuesday show. i don't know if that helps

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when answering questions, do you think of something interesting or witty to say or are these answers just straight off the dome?

they are directly inspired by the question that was asked

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Do you have a favorite Billy Joel song?

no. in fact, my favorite thing about billy joel is that he made multiple songs

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If so, what is it?

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Is it crazy to leave an easy high paying job where you are unhappy, knowing that your next job will likely not pay as much, and be much harder work in a worse environment?

in this case, it's neither crazy to leave nor stay. there is justification for either choice. but to properly evaluate the equation, then you'll need some specific values for the 4 quantities you mentioned (happiness, difficulty, pay rate, workplace quality)

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My parents keep nagging me about getting a "job", and I've never heard of a "job" before. What's a "job"?

i have no idea, but what they mean is, they need you to get money. so then you might ask "how do you get money?" that's another question entirely and i'm not sure if anyone truly knows the answer to it

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you and i have something in common because neither of us have ever seen a moose. moose is my favorite animal and i have lived in moose country for years but i've still never seen one. do you have any advice?

sure, i'll advise you on something i'm less likely to know about than you. meese are really really really big. so if you plan to see one, just make sure you are keenly aware of who is bigger, you or the moose (it's the moose)

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What are chord progressions?

an over-complicated name for just a bunch of chords

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Why does there seem to be so much emphasis on knowing the chord progression of a song to be able to play it?

the word 'progression' here is distracting and doesn't really make sense. it usually tricks people into thinking that all chords are somehow 'progressing', and that's just not true. it's like saying the rooms in a house are a "room progression" ....... really we just mean ... "the rooms". So, do you have to know what rooms are in a house, in order to build the house? well, yes, only if the house has rooms. if it's a no-room house, then you don't have to know the rooms. or maybe the rooms are already built and you just have to build the rest of the house. but, for a roomed house then you'll need the rooms, for sure

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Why are things easy then hard but sumtimes it's both at the same time so it's too hard to do but it's too easy but it's just hard enough to want to give up but easy enough to continue???

gives you something to do

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what's your compositional process?

it's a combination of 3 main processes. start, select, and work. the key to these 3 things is treating them all like separate job positions. the "start" department dreams up brand new ideas, and it really doesn't matter how small the fragment is. it can come from almost anywhere. the "select" department chooses which one to produce next. the "work" department already assumes that one certain item has been selected, and then sees it through to completion. the piece wouldn't exist without the "start" department, but the marjority of the composition takes place in the "work" department. the key to the "work" department is to consider the actual real-time effect that the piece would have on you, and then let that trigger what comes next, as if by lightning. and being struck by lightning is of course completely impossible, or extremely easy, depending on whether or not it happens

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why does this question exist?

it's all your fault

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this may sound odd but i really do want to know why do you hate shrek and undertale and waluigi and so many things?

i don't hate them, but i was wondering why you hate the numbers 1, 2, and 3

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do you hate them because of something they represent to you or because they are a metaphor for something spiritual that you think you have figured out? or do you just hate things that are popular because they are popular?

no

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or some other reason?

i don't hate any of the things you suggested

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or have i wrongly assumed that you have hatred for things

yes

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when really its something else?

there is no "it" in this case. you made something up

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i have big goals like create art and improve at it. i really really enjoy it too and want to do it as often as possible. however when it comes to starting to do it watching youtube videos or something like that is easier and gives a faster reward to my brain, but i know that the art thing will ultimately make me happier and better. How do i stop watching youtube videos instead of working on the art thing?

this may be kind of a niche method, but how about making a vlog about your working process. that way you can start acting like you are in a youtube video right away

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Other than length, what's the difference between a jingle and a song?

the word "jingle" tends to mean it goes in an advertisement

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Do you ever stop and relaize your brain can do alot of impressive stuff and get scared?

yes

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in some of your songs I noticed they start off with very groovy and repetitive verses (I'm scared, long long long journey) but then go off on a tangent into a mellower or sadder (?) sounding section. is that intentional or does it just naturally happen cause those are my favorite parts of the songs

in some circles this is called a "B section". i'm never goal-oriented with how songs go, and i'm quite religious about letting the song unfold freely as it wants to, so i'd never force a song to go like this. but they often do. kind of like how not all chairs have armrests. but some of them do

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are you gonna call your podcast "the wurtz podcast ever"

no

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Are you going to make a song called fast up as a sequel to slow down

no

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is it always sunny in philadelphia

no

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my dog puked on my bed. what should i do about this

i see 3 choices here: get a new dog, get a new bed, or get some new puke

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any plans of writing a book?

i'd like to write almost everything else, besides a book

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are you a princess?

no, but sometimes i think like one

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can you get high on soap?

no

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are you a communist

no i just think their logo is cool

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why is the series of chords "4 5 1 6m" so absurdly powerful? (subbing the 4 for 2m also has a pretty darn similar effect) i've come up so many melodies that use those chords, and i love every one of them. i don't think i could make a bad melody with those chords if i tried. i'm aware that a million songs have used there exact series of chords, but somehow it never gets old. like, the bridge section in "do the thing" uses these chords and it's so, so fuckin awesome there. thoughts on why these chords always just.... work?

i don't have any exact reason why that sequence might be good, but what i have done is extensively categorized and analyzed almost every common looping chord sequence. the ones that stood out to me as being the most reliably powerful, for me, were different from the one you selected. it probably varies from person to person. it's also worth noting that your sequence is a displaced 1,6-,4,5 or 1,6-,2-,5 which are traditionally known as extremely common. another thing worth noting is, categorically how does it make you feel when you start these things with 4 (or 2min). in my list of sequences, most of the ones i found to be most consistently the strongest also start with 4. For me, it probably tends to be "4, 1, 5, 5" or perhaps "4, 1, 5, 6-" that seem the most reliably strong. On the other hand, if we're talking about purely popularity, then it's hard to beat the infamous "6-, 4, 1, 5" which is almost certainly the winner in popularity, among chord loops, over the past few decades

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How does intelligence play a part in something being dumb and stupid?

reverse psychology, which indeed is considered intelligent

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do i deserve love?

yes, but, what's more, other people deserve your love also

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I've seen people ask you how you know how and when to add harmonies to a song, but what I wanna know is how do you know when NOT to add vocal harmonies? My instinct tells me that if it's an especially intimate moment, a single line might work better, but Simon and Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence" kinda flies in the face of that thought. I feel that I would err on the side of adding too much vocal harmony, especially if that were my only role in a band, to sing backup. Thoughts?

here's what you do, if you love vocal harmony: add it to everything, until you realize you sometimes hate it. And, the same thing works in reverse: if you hate vocal harmony and do not crave it, then, never use it, until you begin to crave it. this whole thing can be solved by listening to your cravings, pretty much

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I already know the meaning of life, but can you tell me the meaning of fruit?

it is bulbous

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This, I think, is underappreciated in terms of philosophy. Why is fruit fruit and not anything other than fruit?

this is due to the reflexive property of equality. things are themselves

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It bothers me honestly.

i don't believe you

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How can I dream of being a magical girl every night

think about it all day

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what are your thoughts on bunk beds?

i've never thought about them

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what do you do when you start hating your own art

stay calm

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Would you please explain title case?

i think that's when the first letter of every word is capitalized, possibly excluding some of the tiny words like 'of' and 'the'

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is there any relation between 9 8 7 and mount st. helens is about to blow up?

yes. same writer, same producer, ..... same singer, same instrumentalist, same person who made the video,

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they just sound similar in some ways

that makes sense

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why do things make sense

that's your fault

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Is everyone dumb

no

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How do i stop

finish doing it all

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do you usually work base on an idea or think like "oh that'll be cool if i add this part in"

i'm not sure

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I live near a "124th Street" and whenever I go down it I think of your lyric "and i'm bobbling down 124th street". Does this happen to you?

no, but i used to think of the song "9 8 7" every time i typed the numbers 9 8 7, until i recorded it, and now i'm free from this curse

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what time of the day do you like the most?

5am

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can you do a backflip?

no

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What is your name?

i have no earthly idea

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how does one move to the top of the empire state building

you have to be born there i guess

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i would love you're opinion on what the greatest and best thing in the world is

something being great automatically makes it bad, and something being bad automatically makes it great. so, you do the math

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how can you tell if you're feeling platonic or romantic love for someone you really like?

i guess you'd have to get a dictionary and check out the definition of those words and see which one matches your feelings better

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Hi, Bil! Do you have to know music theory (notes, altered chords, allegro etc) to make good music or is it enough to have a natural inclination towards it and the music will just fflow?

you certainly don't have to know italian, you certainly don't have to care what an 'altered chord' is because that's kind of a vague and niche term anyway, ......... maybe it would be cool to know what a note is, but even if you don't know it's called a 'note' then you'll probably just make up your own name for it anyway and be just fine

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hey bill when you talked about the thing inventor inventing the thing inventor, did you time travel into the future and were giving us clues as to what ai will do like in all those conspiracy theory things

compound invention is just common sense. it's the obvious natural extension of the trajectory that our entire world history has taken

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which part of the universe are we currently living in?

the center

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What is wrong with Michael Scott?

name not unique enough. too many michael scotts. i've met 3 personally

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What the fuck is a kilometer?

1000 meters

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opinion on music

it's ok

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will you ever have a live show?

it's possible

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I'd pay to see that with everything I have

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Can you give me some motivation to register for my college classes?

no. i don't know anything about the benifits of doing it, or the consequences of not doing it

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Do you sometimes feel like you are a fish?

no

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I'll be taking an international flight soon. How do I avoid heating my porridge for the wrong amount of time when I'm at the terminal?

press the 'porridge' button

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how should i go about getting better at drawing.

continue drawing

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also whats something i should try putting in a salad

meat

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why does the URL for this page say "questions.html" if it's the "ueqstions" page

it's actually the "questions" page. a page of questions

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Opinions on communism?

"it just works"

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what instrument is that dancing between two notes at the beginning of fly around? it's unfamiliar!

sangba

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Is it important to be funny?

i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes

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if you had to collab with someone who would it be and why?

you, because you asked

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Why did you make this site

because it was more efficient than emailing all of the items to everyone individually

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Why are the song dates in the song category different from the song upload dates on your YouTube channel?

generally i consider the song date and music video release date to be the same, but in rare cases it differs so drastically that it would simply be a lie to claim the song was made when the video was made. However, most of the time, they are close enough that i use the final video release date as the song's date on the song page. so the majority of them should indeed be the same. the only recent difference i can think of is "i'm a princess" where the song was entirely audio-locked by april 2019 but the video wasn't completed until 2021

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do you think i should go to another country for a few months once i have enough money?

sure

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how to overcome death?

i'm not sure

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why is everything so hard man

to give you something to do

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I am writing a song and I love the "rap" (at least just lots of word/syllable focus) section and I'm struggling to write the rest with a darker feel similar to it. The problem is I've already written the verses and chorus but they don't match the rap section. I know wacky transitions can be cool, should I try to make the whole thing a more consistent listening experience, or find a cool way to transition the sections? Although I'm thinking I may just have to break traditional structure and just do something entirely else that works.

i'd say there is no need to EVER think about 'traditional structure.' always just treat the song at hand with love and care. it may very well end up aligning with 'traditional structure' anyway, but certainly don't try to do it like that on purpose. That would be like trying to make a brand new rotten apple to match last year's best-selling apple (which now happens to be rotten)

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i know from your content you can put apples in a video, but can you ride on a shark?

i can't, but maybe someone can