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https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	shouldn't i do best when i am naturally inspired to create, without any pressure?	creative possibilities are infinitely vast. so when you are allowed to be infinitely vast, it's too much to do. too much to even comprehend. infinite confusion washes over you
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	why do you make randomness seem so amazing	must not have been random. look at your face, for example: definitely not random
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	I saw a thing that said Unholy (by Sam Smith) uses the "phrygian dominant" scale. I'm confused about what that means because I thought the phrygian scale already has the b7 in there.	certainly what they are saying is that it has a natural 3rd (which phrygian wouldn't).
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	Also, that song definitely uses the major third and not the minor. I guess that's what makes it "phrygian dominant"? (since the min7 chord doesn't have the tritone in there that a dom7 would). But you don't hear C mixo being called the "C dominant scale"? (Maybe you do, but I've never heard it called that).	i personally avoid the word 'dominant' because nothing's actually dominating anything. misleading. indeed, phrygian nat3, is what i'd call that mode
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	I know all this stuff is just terminology and isn't super important.	it's nice to have a handy way to talk about which set of notes you're using for the song
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	I can play and improvise around the melody of the song regardless of the name of the scale that the notes are coming from (mostly root, b2, 3, 4, 5, b6, b7)... But I don't know, just out of curiosity, do you have any insight on this? The name "phrygian dominant" threw me for a loop.	'phrygian natural 3' would be fine. but a lot of people maybe don't know the word 'phrygian', in which case you'll have to spell out the numbers like that. and if they don't speak numbers then you'll have to just show them which notes to use and then you're good
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	How did you make the TV in a TV in a TV (and so on) effect in "I like to wear soft clothing"	start with the tv blank, then render it out, then put the rendered video on the screen, render it again, then replace the screen with the new render, then render it again, etc. and keep doing it until it gets so small you can't see it
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	how to stop getting writers block at the bridge of every song i make	not that there has to "be" a "bridge", but let's assume you are talking about that place around 1 or 2 minutes where the whole regular cycle of the song seems to have expressed itself sufficiently (perhaps twice already), and the question is "what now?". This is similar to the feeling that you have just invented a peanut (or something) and now you have to figure out why that's important, or what to do with it, or where to bring it. and truly this can be a big question. here are some questions you can ask, if you haven't already: can the whole thing just end right there? (you'll know if the answer is yes, or no). can it be sent back around again for a third time, in some different way? (you'll know if the answer is yes, or no). would it be cool to jump to something unlike anything that's ever existed before? (you'll know if the answer is yes, or no). if all else fails, try doing it wrong
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	favourite nail polish remover?	take it a step further, how about a nail polish remover remover
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	Do you like buzzy bees that go buzz buzz?	i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	how to do academic research because it seems academia is all about it	you have to either be a school or be friends with a school
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	If you ever stop by Michigan can you let me know so we can hang out	sure
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	What are your thoughts on asemic writing?	that seems useful. it also sounds somewhat like drawing
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	Can I eat a house in 30 seconds?	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	Favorite type of duck?	huge duck
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	how do ypu organize your ideas mine are the big messy	chronologically
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	most of the time when i write music, i end up writing all very similar songs, and when i deviate too far from my comfort zone, i end up confusing myself and not liking it. do you have any tips on breaking out of that?	try to confuse yourself even more
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	thanks. i want to make music but i dont want to learn music theory. i don't mean that i don't want to understand music, or want to make music without doing any work, rather i want to learn by doing and just come up with my own understanding of music and how to make it good as i go along. is this possible?	of course. and probably necessary also
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	does this make sense?	of course
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	is this reasonable?	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	How many instruments do you play	i am unfortunately not very good at counting instruments
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	and which one is your favorite?	blending them together
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	does the one who has the last word get the last laugh?	no, they will have one of the middle laughs
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	thoughts on the blues?	they are actually indigo
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	how do you read a clock	look at the center. all of the information is in the center
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	do you think the world would be better if everyone in it is impulsive?	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	Do you like indiana jones	i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	can you use spaghetti as guitar strings	no, but you can use it as the rest of the guitar
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	what inspired you to make music,	music
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	and start editing?	mistakes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	why am I only sometimes in the mood to listen to music that I haven't heard before, like I'll be getting really into it and enjoying it, but other times It's just like I hate this completely	you might be..... 'alive'
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	what are some good funny numbers besides 69 and 420?	those numbers aren't funny, those are just 'popular' numbers. 0 is funny because it breaks things
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-06.html	If the grass on my front lawn is looking rather delectable today, should I eat it?	it might be a trap
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	imagine the last thing that made you laugh, please.	finding a plate of ribs, and then being informed by the producers that you should ignore it, it's a "mistake". and then pondering what kind of scenario would result in a plate of ribs by mistake.
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	was it meant to make you laugh?	the original situation was a mistake, but the analysis of the situation was indeed meant to evoke laughs
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Do you think you could escape "The Crumbling Tower of Pizza"?	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	are you in favor of peace and love	yes but that's not all
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	How do I pull myself out of a barren waste land?	just slip into the next barren waste land over
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	What planet are you from?	planet 1
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	how many bars do la de da, and the day goes on and long journey have altogether	i'm not sure
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	does the next big thing replace the current big thing or can there be more than one big thing simultaneously?	it is always multi-thing
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	hi bill, how do you make a sandwich	put everything in between each other
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	i've recently started writing for the first time in my life and just finished the prologue to my story. but, when i read it myself, i feel entirely detached from the story, like it's not engaging in the slightest. i think it's good writing and a lot of people liked it, but i just don't feel engaged when reading it. is this normal? if not, what can i do?	try writing it really bad. this might be way more fun for you, and certainly less boring
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you plan on producing more songs to add to Spotify?	oh hell yeah
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	How do you feel confident in the music your write? I've been going to guitar lessons for quite a few months now, and I've been wanting to start writing my own songs. But every time I start, I never end up writing anything because I feel like it's not "good enough"	the magic trick to start, is when you realize just how awesome 'bad writing' is. go ahead and write something worse than anything that's ever been written before. this is a fairly easy and exciting record to break
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	I can get very in-touch with myself by meditation, but am often out of touch in social situations for no reason. Like a joke goes over my head, I take something too seriously, etc. How can I change this to act more "normal" or at least in touch with what's going on?	how about hosting a television show and inviting normal people on as your guests
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	reddest color to ever not be red ?	orange
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what is a song?	if you get rid of everything that can be clearly explained and understood, what remains is a "song"
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	how do you make videos	we'll see
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Are there negative bpm	sure, if you play the song backwards
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	How do u eat water? (asking for a friend...)	freeze it
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	in "Perfect." how were the cars performing the "avoidance war" while also being self-owning and self-driving? how are they avoiding eye contact?	we don't know
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	i'm writing a story but i'm bad at naming characters. can you give me 5-10 random names to name them off the top of your head	aa, ab, ac, ad, ae
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	In "9 8 7", what does "I'm feeling you" mean?	hmm... "you" could be a mood. like "happy", "sad", ..... "you"
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	can you help me with my homework?	sure
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what's the key of the most recent song you can remember writing	it has parts in D, Amin, G, C#min, Db, and Ab
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	There are parts of "I'm A Princess" that make me feel like it's a spiritual prequel to "More than a Dream". Is this just my brain drawing correlations where there aren't supposed to be any?	they have some similar feels
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Is a book just a funky collection of words	not just
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	How do you scare a Penguin?	put out a story on the Penguin News channel saying how penguins hate penguins
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	should i go to school tomorrow?	sure
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	How do you decide to do creative things?	give yourself a multiple choice question: "should i do creative things? y/n". then you have a 50% chance of getting it right. you also have to factor in the fact that sometimes being creative is not creative, and being not creative is creative. so when you factor that in, it still comes out to be a 50% chance that you will be creative
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what seems like a delicious chord	the 'different' chord
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Helpppp in a moment of inspiration I started writing a song that I'm really happy with, but then the inspiration passed and days later it's still where it started and I can't seem to figure out what to do with it now	this is normal, except for those rare cases where you can improvise an entire song. Most of the time you will find yourself in this situation, the 'second' half of the process, where you will be tasked to 'work' on the song, and find ways to coax or conjure up those inspirations again. i have some tricks. One trick is to just look to the original moment for answers. continue to tell the story of where you were and how you were when that first part came up. and another standard procedure is to run through the entirety of what you have, in order, in real time. another standard procedure is to ask categorical yes or no questions about it. "can it end here"? .... "does it want more of the same patterns?".... "does it want something completely different?" .... also another thing that happens is if you think about it for a while and then stop thinking about it, you might get the answer when you stop thinking about it. thinking scares music away sometimes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	how long does it take to start a fire with sticks	forever
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Do you make bad music	i'll see what i can do
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	is it possible to go backwards in life?	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Do you ever feel like the task ahead of you is impossible?	improbable
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	is the statue of liberty hot	yes it is
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	are you from america?	'to' america. or is that 'too' america, i'm not sure
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	who is the true sexyman	rick steves
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	how to be cool	you'll wanna go ahead and build Rome in a day
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Favorite genre of music?	regular
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what is consciousness	it's you
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	I try to write down every idea i get but i always find them embarrassing when i come back to them later and I can barely keep myself from completely erasing them. Do you ever deal with this	no. i've discovered that every idea is bad, and any one of those bad ideas can be used in great ways. so i continue to collect ideas, all of which are very bad
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	it feels like anything that "happened" happened so long ago, that the details became distorted at some point. now, i'm an amalgamation of happenings, trying to parse reality from fantasy. do you ever feel this way?	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	How can I be funny in three steps?	do it in 2
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what happened during those 2 days in 2007 that made you think you were a piece of garbage	i was feeling that way for a lot of that summer. i just didn't know where i would find the courage to put together all the skills and process i would need, to accomplish my goals, which i also didn't fully understand
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	when counting to 1, would it be optimal to start with 0 so as to establish a base, rather than jumping straight into 1?	optional
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	opinions on a chord like F/G as a "dominant" and what do you call it	i don't like to use the word dominant because it's misleading, but indeed i do use F/G as a 5 chord in the key of C, and also sometimes refer to it as G7sus4, or, more accurately, G9sus4
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	how does one "music"	let the music music you
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	I tried so hard and got so far, but in the end, it doesn't even matter. What now?	try rapping out some of your woes during the verses
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Will some of the videos be set in a fictional location not based on anywhere in the real world?	that will occasionally happen, but, like real live action cinematography, it is more rewarding to play 'location scout' and find real locations, even before the writing, so i know what i have to work with
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Are you ok	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you make good music	i'll see what i can do
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	I'm thinking about taking a trip into the future,	that already happens naturally
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	though I'm scared of what might happen If I don't make it. Will everything still be there?	some things change gradually
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what do you consider as "perfection"	if anything were perfect, then it would never change. it would stay exactly the same forever in that perfect way. but i think it's clear to see that nobody wants this
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you like blue pillows	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	how do i make my car go slower (its too fast)	shrink the wheels
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	my window is broken what do i do	you can do anything
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	is blue blue or is blue red	let me perform some calculations
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	What's your favorite food?	water
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	is it a smart idea to start a ludicrously large archive of everything cool i come across on the internet?	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you ever use any silly names for your tracks/layers in daw or animation software?	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	What's your favorite song made by you?	i would prefer to make a new one to be my favorite
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what is the superior fruit	big. the big fruit
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Is there any particular reason you have to capitalize song titles on iTunes? There are tons of songs there now that have no capitalization whatsoever	well then i guess i'm just not high enough on the social ladder
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	is there a Bill Wurtz Cinematic Universe?	i wouldn't call it that
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	If so, is it called the BCU?	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	any tips on staying motivated? i still have exams left, but i've completely run out of motivation to study now that i only have 2 weeks left until summer	i guess you just have to figure out what they mean to you, and why they are important to you. if they truly are unimportant to you, then you can't expect to be motivated

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shouldn't i do best when i am naturally inspired to create, without any pressure?

creative possibilities are infinitely vast. so when you are allowed to be infinitely vast, it's too much to do. too much to even comprehend. infinite confusion washes over you

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why do you make randomness seem so amazing

must not have been random. look at your face, for example: definitely not random

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I saw a thing that said Unholy (by Sam Smith) uses the "phrygian dominant" scale. I'm confused about what that means because I thought the phrygian scale already has the b7 in there.

certainly what they are saying is that it has a natural 3rd (which phrygian wouldn't).

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Also, that song definitely uses the major third and not the minor. I guess that's what makes it "phrygian dominant"? (since the min7 chord doesn't have the tritone in there that a dom7 would). But you don't hear C mixo being called the "C dominant scale"? (Maybe you do, but I've never heard it called that).

i personally avoid the word 'dominant' because nothing's actually dominating anything. misleading. indeed, phrygian nat3, is what i'd call that mode

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I know all this stuff is just terminology and isn't super important.

it's nice to have a handy way to talk about which set of notes you're using for the song

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I can play and improvise around the melody of the song regardless of the name of the scale that the notes are coming from (mostly root, b2, 3, 4, 5, b6, b7)... But I don't know, just out of curiosity, do you have any insight on this? The name "phrygian dominant" threw me for a loop.

'phrygian natural 3' would be fine. but a lot of people maybe don't know the word 'phrygian', in which case you'll have to spell out the numbers like that. and if they don't speak numbers then you'll have to just show them which notes to use and then you're good

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How did you make the TV in a TV in a TV (and so on) effect in "I like to wear soft clothing"

start with the tv blank, then render it out, then put the rendered video on the screen, render it again, then replace the screen with the new render, then render it again, etc. and keep doing it until it gets so small you can't see it

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how to stop getting writers block at the bridge of every song i make

not that there has to "be" a "bridge", but let's assume you are talking about that place around 1 or 2 minutes where the whole regular cycle of the song seems to have expressed itself sufficiently (perhaps twice already), and the question is "what now?". This is similar to the feeling that you have just invented a peanut (or something) and now you have to figure out why that's important, or what to do with it, or where to bring it. and truly this can be a big question. here are some questions you can ask, if you haven't already: can the whole thing just end right there? (you'll know if the answer is yes, or no). can it be sent back around again for a third time, in some different way? (you'll know if the answer is yes, or no). would it be cool to jump to something unlike anything that's ever existed before? (you'll know if the answer is yes, or no). if all else fails, try doing it wrong

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favourite nail polish remover?

take it a step further, how about a nail polish remover remover

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Do you like buzzy bees that go buzz buzz?

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

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how to do academic research because it seems academia is all about it

you have to either be a school or be friends with a school

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If you ever stop by Michigan can you let me know so we can hang out

sure

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What are your thoughts on asemic writing?

that seems useful. it also sounds somewhat like drawing

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Can I eat a house in 30 seconds?

no

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Favorite type of duck?

huge duck

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how do ypu organize your ideas mine are the big messy

chronologically

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most of the time when i write music, i end up writing all very similar songs, and when i deviate too far from my comfort zone, i end up confusing myself and not liking it. do you have any tips on breaking out of that?

try to confuse yourself even more

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thanks. i want to make music but i dont want to learn music theory. i don't mean that i don't want to understand music, or want to make music without doing any work, rather i want to learn by doing and just come up with my own understanding of music and how to make it good as i go along. is this possible?

of course. and probably necessary also

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does this make sense?

of course

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is this reasonable?

yes

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How many instruments do you play

i am unfortunately not very good at counting instruments

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and which one is your favorite?

blending them together

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does the one who has the last word get the last laugh?

no, they will have one of the middle laughs

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thoughts on the blues?

they are actually indigo

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how do you read a clock

look at the center. all of the information is in the center

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do you think the world would be better if everyone in it is impulsive?

no

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Do you like indiana jones

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

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can you use spaghetti as guitar strings

no, but you can use it as the rest of the guitar

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what inspired you to make music,

music

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and start editing?

mistakes

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why am I only sometimes in the mood to listen to music that I haven't heard before, like I'll be getting really into it and enjoying it, but other times It's just like I hate this completely

you might be..... 'alive'

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what are some good funny numbers besides 69 and 420?

those numbers aren't funny, those are just 'popular' numbers. 0 is funny because it breaks things

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If the grass on my front lawn is looking rather delectable today, should I eat it?

it might be a trap