Datasets:
AWeirdDev
/
bill-wurtz

Dataset card Data Studio Files Community
1
link
stringclasses
92 values
question
stringlengths
0
100k
answer
stringlengths
0
19.1k
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
i am writing a pop song.
you can try, but you won't find out whether you succeeded, until after it's released
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
i want drums but like chill drums not a heavy backbeat. how do you write your chill drum grooves?
it's like choosing what clothes to wear. no one knows how to do it. if you figure it out then you'll be the first one
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
and while i'm at it, how do i make a piano playing one chord per bar a bit more interesting, without going crazy?
the answer to that may be different in every song
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
what was the guy from "hi i'm steve"'s actual name
it's your name
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Why is the word "atrocious" so fun to say
because it's just familiar enough to mean something, but just rare enough to feel fresh. dazzle your friends
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Combine every music genre that has existed and will exist into one ultimate genre. What would it be called?
regular
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
How do I ask a question?
i have no idea
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
who in their right mind would make it so actually good websites on school Chromebooks are blocked
their competitors?
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
What's a good way to exercise the part of your brain where ideas come from?
1. keep having ideas, 2. keep having things that are not ideas. they actually come from the same place
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
have you been to disney world?
everyone is in disney world. disney has aquired the rights to what was previously known as the regular world
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Do you eat potatoes frequently?
i don't recall
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
how do i belong
i don't know
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
I'm doing too many different things but I want to do all of them but it's too many things to do
that's true
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
i feel like i get really good ideas, but i can't execute them properly. how to fix this?
go ahead and execute them improperly
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Bill, what's the best word to rhyme with orange?
corn bread
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
I've been thinking about how much something's/someone's reputation affects people's perception... Like, are the songs in the "Real Book" great, timeless pieces of music and therefore were chosen to be in the book for that reason, or have the songs become standards BECAUSE they were put into the Real Book?
there are different types of songs in there. a large percentage of them were already standards for a long time before they were in the book. These are things like 1930s songs with lyrics, many of which were featured in theatrical musicals, and were very popular. There's also a totally different, fairly small category of music in that book, which are songs that were trendy amongst the players who compiled the book at that time. many of those ones are probably not-so-classic, and certainly are not standards. but, regardless, there are plenty of tunes in the book that just, for one reason or another, just usually aren't good, or they aren't good when played from the book. so these are the ones people don't like to play. they turn to the page and say "hmm, let's try this one" and then it's like "eich, no that one sucks" and they don't do it. but then there are some that just shine like the sun, even through the paper. so naturally those ones are the good ones. And very often, the ones that were big hits long before the book, are damn great in the book also, even without the lyrics. what tends to make something a 'standard' is if it endures popularity for many many years. Generally if you look at the songs played at weddings, or in the pubs, you will get a more updated idea of what today's "standards" are
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
If the Real Book was never published, would a whole new set of songs have become "the standards"?
over all, in my opinion, the Real Book has had very little influence on what songs have endured popularity among listeners and players
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Or what if Shakespeare never published any work when he was alive, and nobody ever heard of him until someone in the 21st century just happened to digup some chest in some old crypt that had all of Shakespeare's writings... would 21st century critics still be like "OK, this guy is the greatest playwright and greatest English writer of all time... we must make high school and college students study his work"?
it would struggle against a 400-year language barrier. even though he was spicy fresh with the language, there is no longer a population of native speakers of the language base he was starting from. if he were born in the modern day, he'd surely do it damn great, starting from our language as we know it today and then pushing it forward from there
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Or if Jimi Hendrix wasn't on every magazine/internet list as the "Greatest Guitarist of All Time", would as manyguitarists still think of him as being so great?
if someone "assumes he is probably great", i don't count that. the exposure helps, but in a way it's a curse because some people probably feel pressured to like him so they never can give him a good genuine first-hand listen
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
I remember my dad playing me Hendrix when I was a kid and saying something like "Hey, listen closely, this guy's the best."
yeah, that's a real buzz-kill for music. music recommendation is extremely sensitive, and it can backfire easily
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
All our lives, I feel that we are explicitly told by schools, articles, magazines, parents, etc. "This artist is great because blah blah blah... that artist is a genius because blah blah blah..."
yeah whatever, that's clickbait, don't worry about that. in time you'll figure out what really floats your actual boat
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
You know those little memory-eraser things fromthe Men In Black movies? I wonder if the whole world had their memory erased, but all the music, art, literature, etc. still remained... would peoplestill gravitate towards what is today considered "great"?
no one's true feelings about anything would change. fake feelings however, would be what gets the re-set
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Sorry, I don't know what my question is exactly ... just ramblin on over here.
6.16.23  8:43 pm So this https://billwurtz.com/la-de-da-chorus.jpg was the beginnings of La de da de da da de day oh?
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
So this https://billwurtz.com/la-de-da-chorus.jpg was the beginnings of La de da de da da de day oh?
that was when the title/chorus first came up. but the verse is actually based on something i'd written earler (at the lower date, which is also incorrect, it's supposed to say 09 not 08)
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
you got any tips for someone who is self conscious about their art? asking for a friend
make more, to be even more self conscious. try to set a record for most self conscious, my making more art
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
the sky is grey again, how do i persist in this broken world
start fixing it
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
in your opinion, what is the best name?
tom jones
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
do you try to be unpredictable, and do you think that being unpredictable is good, and/or that being predictable is bad
it seems best to be predictable for some of the time but not all the time
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
I feel like most your songs are predominately in major keys. I know this is a very generic (probably too generic) way of phrasing it, but do you have a preference for major keys over minor keys? Also, would you say that major keys 'feel' different than minor keys?
well typically the first thing we all notice about major keys compared to minor keys is that major keys seem "happy" and minor keys seem generally "sad." And what happens to me whenever i put myself in a minor key, within a fairly short amount of time it tends to launch itself into a major key somehow
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
how do i pave the way all the way from yesterday to another day
i'm not sure if anyone's ever done that before
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
can you explain your video/song process with no comedic relief whatsoever
sure
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
what's your favorite pizza
2bros
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
where'd all the genres go
into each other
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Is it wrong to dip ketchup into your steak?
that would be 2 wrongs
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
How do you know if you're cool?
try a cool thing and see if you feel like yourself
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
When working in a new project,, do you think it's better to work on it for a set amount of time every day, and set a schedule, or to just work for whatever time whenever you feel like it? I'm planning to work on an animation this summer and I don't want to leave it halfway done, but idk which approach is better
neither way works totally. try both. either way, you will probably mess it up. so try one way, mess it up, then next year try another way and mess it up a different way
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
do you have a favorite state in the U.S.?
no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
how can i incorporate solos into songs which are meant to be chords played on a ukulele or keys and sung. also i can barely do melodies and chords at the same time on keys
how about singing the solo
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Am I your illusion or are you my illusion?
we are all each other's experience
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
do you consider yourself to be a poet?
that definition sounds slightly too archaic
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
where do i start
in the middle
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
do you obsessively listen to your own song demos again and again until you perfect them?
no. once i'm working on completing or perfecting a recording, that means i'm way past the demo and it's not called a demo anymore
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
do you own a drum set
yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
have you tied a piece of bread to a piece of toast?
no, but i've used gravity to attach them
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Do you feel random?
no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Like potato
potato is not random. potato is one of the most common words for people to think of, when intending to evoke 'randomness'. therefore it is not random, but instead rather predictable
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
do you/have you ever dabbled in decryption before
yes, just with letter substitutions in english messages, as a casual game
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Would a flamingo look good in a tuxedo?
yes, ....but now as i think about it more i realize that i may have imagined this different than you have. i was assuming there is already a person wearing the tuxedo, and the flamingo is perhaps in one of the pockets
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
What should i tell to a friend of mine that get really afraid of talking in front of people,he gets in a strange mood. I wanted him to feel better about it.
there is a magic cure for this. the good news is, the cure always works. the bad news is, it only works gradually. and the cure is to keep speaking in public, frequently and often
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
got any cool bug facts?
they're small..... usually
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
what is the most asinine/foolish thing that has happened to you recently?
i finally gave into peer pressure and stopped wearing a mask in public indoor spaces because it's "not necessary" and "nobody does that anymore, you absolute weirdo". then a week later i promptly got a fairly uncomfortable case of covid 19, which, unfortunately, violates one of my major life-goals which was to not get it. fortunately i can still remember all of my multiplication tables, and smell them too
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Is "ueqstions" pronounced questions
yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
How do I live in a small wooden box?
choose a box that is slightly larger than you
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
when was the last time you ate a barbecue-flavored potato chip?
i assume it was last february
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
can i translate your songs into german
translating songs requires a total rewrite, from scratch. all music, melodies, and words need to be re-imagined in the target language
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
what the heck is a pizza
it's a combination of Lasagna and a plate
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
hey bill have you ever considered the possibility of there being a drink called 'dr. pepper'?
no. that doesn't make sense
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
i have and i'll tell you my friends all thought i was crazy.
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
if there is a Lake Superior, where is Lake Inferior?
off the coast of Ohio
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Is it called "junk food" because you feel like garbage after eating it?
i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
So does the story in "2 friends" continuously circle around forever?
no, just once
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Like does it go beach, painting, restaurant all the time?
no. starts at the beach, then the art gallery then the road, to the restaurant, then back to the beach. the end
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
how to count to 3?
1, 2, 3
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
how can i count higher than that?
1, 2, 3, 4
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
What radio frequency was the radio station in "Slow Down" broadcasting on?
'different'
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
whats your favorite article of clothing
the 'outfit'
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
When characters in a cartoon draw cartoon characters, do those drawings look like cartoons to them?
only if they are indeed drawing "cartoon cartoon characters". it's hard to tell whether that is what your question means, because it is sometimes assumed that everything in cartoon world is cartoon, so possibly the second cartoon factor may or may not be inferred, given that it was already said once
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
can a hurricane swim?
i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
If so, can it dance?
yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
if so can it BECOME?
yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
What is one kind of character you have wanted to write but haven't because you don't yet know how?
i wouldn't know. if i can think it, i can write it. so if there's something i can't write yet, it means i haven't thought of it yet
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
what color is too color...ey?
grey
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
What should I do if I get bored?
try to build Rome in a day
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
is transcribing/learning keyboard solos from songs i enjoy a good way to improve my improvisation skills?
it almost seems like it would be. and i did that a lot when i was younger. it was a neat exercise and it expanded my mind slightly, but it does not feel like it was particularly helpful for my improv. because, the mental process that i'm going through while playing scripted material is completely different from what the original improviser was experiencing. However, it does seem to perhaps give a sneak preview of some of the things that may be possible later when you actually learn to set yourself free like they have. something to look forward to
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
or is that bad, because it locks me into learning predetermined stuff, which is the opposite of improv
it won't hurt you. but i think the magic of improv is going to come from somewhere else. somewhere no one else has been before
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
can you uninvent capital letters?
nope. still need them
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
favorite instrument
the floor
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
opinion on cherries
i wonder if you can put something on top of a cherry
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
I had a dream and you were in it. Sorry
that's ok
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
does pizza belong under pineapple?
AROUND the pineapple
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Is North Carolina or South Carolina the superior Carolina?
it's a tie
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
whats your opinion on being serious
hilarious
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
have you ever befriended an entire island?
not real ones
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
i had, and it's mostly pleasurable
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
opinions about oysters?
too real
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
How can I express myself
anyway
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
I just want to say that I could probably write an essay on why watching your videos and reading these Q&As is such an extremely cathartic, relaxing, and mind-centering experience, but for now I think I'll just chill here for awhile.
holy smokes, you are very friendly
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
how do you fill your music with such minute details and interesting one-off sounds? is there a philosophy you keep in mind when adding those?
part of the trick for this is a backwards process: instead of searching for a sound to fit the moment, search through the song to find which moment in the song needs the sound you have on hand
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Do you ever incorporate classical music when you write music?
i don't see why not
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
do you ever watch your own videos after they're made
not very often
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
What is the meaning of the lyrics in Might Quit?
it seems to have themes of independence, finding your way in the world, etc
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
i need ideas of stuff to write in my notebook its a secret notebook that i hide under my bed
write everything. it should fit in there
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
make a list of all the things about your parents that upset or disappoint you and then see how many of those qualities you have accidentally picked up and then find ways to stop doing and being those things
somehow it seems like it would be more effective to make a list of the good qualities, and then try to assume those qualities. then you probably won't even have time to count the bad ones
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
hi bill, i find myself overwhelmed with college choices. like, i know im on track for applying, but instead of knowing what career or major i want if at all, im just kind of in several interest areas that keep changing. do you have any advice for me
no. i have no idea how college works. it seems confusing and intimidating to me
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
why do my friends on the internet care about me more than the friends ive made in person
perhaps because you have access to more people through the internet (potentially almost the whole world actually), that increases the chances that you can find people who are more compatible with you
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Bill I think I like music with lower/deeper notes (either electronic or piano music), is there a term for this, and how do I get more such music?
the best way, is to make it yourself
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
What's the weather like over there?
the sky is bright grey
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
no, that's because i don't know your starting location
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
Have you ever used doors as a source of sounds in your songs or videos?
sure
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html
If so, what are some examples?
the door sound in the 'out to lunch' video is a real door sound