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https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	how does one make a "breakthrough"	get born
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	and how will you know when you've "made" one	you'll be in a strange place and you'll have to learn a language and what everything does
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Would you rather corrects someone for their bad grammer or continue conversating?	continue talking
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	How much grammer do you feel is enough grammer?	just enough to understand, and, in some cases, to enjoy life also
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what i do in ohio?	go to indiana
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	will i notice when i do the right thing	sometimes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what do i do in english class	that all depends whether it is a second language or first language course
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	What is the best beverage to drink when you're in an airplane?	water
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	first of all, i am asking two questions so apologies in advance if the website collapses. so, is it possible to make music using the same logic as the infinite monkey theorem?	there is no infinite monkey theorem. there is only 1 monkey. it's you. you are monkey
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	secondly, is it wise?	yes. you are wise monkey
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you like the saxaphone?	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Since when did you star juggling???	i tried it when i was young but i didn't get very far
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what is steve's real name	the same as yours
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	got any tips for how?	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	i wanna make websites for small business owners and use those websites as a description for city guidebooks, but i feel like it isn't revolutionary. what do you think is revolutionary?	everyone believing in each other
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what is the meaning of life?	time
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	how much can variables vary by	all the way
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you struggle to visualize trains or are they easy to comprehend	i can comprehend and visualize them generally, but not at an expert level
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	is it true that you're making more than one video at the moment?	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	hi bill i miss the old me so much man	in that case, enjoy the current you now, because you might miss that person later
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	are there any parts (melody, rhythm, lyrics) in any of your songs that were originally supposed to be part of another one of your songs?	sure. it happens all the time, but i can't think of any examples. i had something in "i'm a princess" that was supposed to go in another song but i re-wrote it so it no longer contains that part, so now that other part is still available to go in that other song which has not been recorded yet
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	on spotify why do all your songs have capitalization until "the ground plane", where all songs after are completely lowercase?	Title Case used to be required. then eventually it was not. then eventually i got the courage to start trying it the way i wanted
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you plan to release multiple videos at the same time?	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you think that jupiter has better moons than our moon? like does quantity matter over quality for moons, or are all moons of equal quality?	i don't know
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	whats the best game	"what's the game"
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	is there a pdf of the sheet music for you're free to do whatever you want to	no, it's just an image file of the handwritten song, which was written in 2010 and does not include the revised ending
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	is this a reasonable question?	just about
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	i am confused what is happening	the world is giving birth to itself
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Are you the world?	sort of
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what's the favorite ligature you've seen (like the "fi" the f and i are joined, special case for that in fonts)	how about when you put all the O's inside each other
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	how do you tune out haters of your own art	try channel 10. only likers on channel 10
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	does the day go on	yes, how did you know
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	how do you make time seemingly pass by slower?	travel extremely fast
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	What do you do for fun - to get yourself away from work?	learn languages
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	can you give me a puzzle to solve	if a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs can 1 hen lay in 1 day
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	How many bees are there?	1 bee per bee
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	You reckon Billy Joel really does love us just the way we are, or was he just trying to make us feel better?	that song might be dedicated to a woman, but still i think the answer is yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	The Dow Jones just fell down to zero and it's gonna be a fine, swell day And I wonder if it's gonna be as good a day as yesterday All of these business suits that I've just purchased Gonna have to throw them all away And slip into something more reasonable and then dance the night away	i see where you're going with this
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	How do I reduce my stress level?	sing or walk
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	What games do I play on a blimp?	i have no idea what happens on the inside of a blimp. i suspect it's an alternate universe, from which the original universe outside the blimp appears to be inside the blimp, in relation to the blimp universe
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Is a toaster automatically wise by being a toaster?	i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	i see that sometimes you have a back and forth conversation with people,	not really
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	how is this coded? does the site track who sends what questions in and allow them to respond,	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	or do you press a magical button that makes them respond,	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	or is it all just one big question that you cut into bits and answered one bit at a time to make it easier to read and comprehend the answers?	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	When you're working on a project, do you have the odd day where you say "I'm not working on this today I can't even listen to/watch it" because you're just not in the mood for it?	it happens
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what inspires you to make your videos	ramps, slants, basically any time i see anything diagonal, it inspires me
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	has there always been sentimental value on objects?	i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what to do when waiting for the lights to change	try to solve the riemann hypothesis
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	upgrading and downgrading audio production environments often achieve the same thing for the listener	that makes sense
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	can you find europe for me?	no way. that thing is impossible to find
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	why do the zeros have a dot in the font that i see when im asking a question	that's just they way they designed whatever font you are using for your default font
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	im craving a pretzel, what do i do	seek a pretzel
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	does number adds plus the number equal another number?	sometimes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	or is is theoretically possibly that the number minus a number equals a quick reaction force that murders everyone in the world at the same time.	i doubt that. but some numbers have zero value, and therefore can result in the same original number when added
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	oh, by the ways in the universe are so much better and the way we can do it in a very very long way.
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you think 5/8 is cool i think it is	if it's cool enough for you, then it's cool enough for me
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Hey Bill, are you aware of the spelling error that occurs upon sending in a question? It reads "thabk you" the correct spelling would be "thank you".	that may be true, but i have an artistic license
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	This is absolutely unacceptable and needs to be fixed immediately.	that's not true
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	does a song ever truly end	i was going to say yes but now that i think about it no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Why does my composition teacher say that music written in sharp keys sound brighter and music written in flat keys sound darker? Surely because intervals are all relative, the absolute pitch around which the piece revolves doesn't matter?	it doesn't matter unless you change keys in the middle. and if you change by more than 6 degrees, it will actually sound like you went the other way around
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	I am scared about life!	that's normal. almost anything can happen
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	I think "kaliedescope" is a really fun word to say	that's true
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	when was the last time you played a video game in 1997	dec 31, 1997
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	is jupiter any better than earth	better for hosting multiple moons
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	maybe music doesn't just CONTAIN meaning. maybe music IS itself a form of meaning.	yes, that seems to be true
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you have any rare languages only you may speak at?	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do letters and numbers have set colors in your mind	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	favorite frog?	i don't know of any frogs
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	why are your videos and songs actually good?	to 'influence' you
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	I know everyone has a different path of learning how to make music, but what do you think are the bare bones "music theory" (I don't like that phrase, I prefer to call it "music terminology") essentials for a beginner?	maybe it would be cool to find some kind of piano keyboard and start playing with it
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	I think knowing the names of the notes ( just knowing what notes you're playing) and knowing basic chord names are really the most important things.	that would be useful for communicating with other musicians
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	I was thinking maybe understanding key signatures, but I think you can probably write a chord patte rn/melody without fully understanding what key you're in or that this chord is the IV or that chord is the vii or whatever..	i'd personally like to ditch the roman numerals. they're just numbers, and i think the roman is much harder to read. i prefer arabic numberals instead (1, 2, 3, 4). also sometimes called "nashville numbers"
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	although that would probably be the next thing to learn after basic note names/chord names. Maybe understanding rhythmic counting?	yes, that is definitely good
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	But I feel like if you have a good feel/timing you can probably get by without knowing all the rhythmic terminology and how all that stuff works. Learning to read notation, I think opens up more gig opportunities if you're a working, professional musician... Buts lots of musicians don't know how to read music, so I don't think that's essential for a beginner. I was thinking about getting into teaching, but I started so young that I have very little recollection of first learning.	teaching might be very frustrating for you
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	By the time I started piano lessons as a kid, I was already self taught to the point that I had developed enough feel to play simple stuff by ear.	yes, teaching will be very frustrating for you. except for that one student who is already a self-learner, who you will love, who also won't even need your help
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	And lessons for me were more learning the terminology, scales, chord names, key signatures, reading notation, etc. But even with that, I was like 4 or 5 years old and I don't really remember much specifics from my very early lessons.
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	You ever just think	yes i do
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what is the most recent animation technique you learned?	i programmed some things to make speech bubbles easier to resize
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	How do I not speed up when playing?	try using a metronome
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Also why is cut time a thing its a stupid thing to exist.	it reduces the number of beams you have to write
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Do you like chairs	yes, but not as much as stairs
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what's an argument you regret having	i don't recall having any arguments
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	How would you answer a question about bees?	correctly
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Why do people keep asking you about bread?	bread is famous
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	out of all of your songs, which one do u like the most rn	i would prefer to make a new one to be my favorite
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	why do you never use capitals?	the reason it may appear that way is because you are paying very little attention
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you ever just find a song that you just want to be trapped in a void while listening to it because i mean you like it but you cannot pair it with any of your other senses	not quite, but it would be nice if there were songs like that
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what advice do you have for someone starting a new business?	the world can't live without your product
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you ever wish you could just say the things you wanted to without being limited by the confines of the English language	yes. that's why i got into music, and other forms of creative expression
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you ever find yourself striving for reasonability to the point of unreasonability	yes
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	is your new video's runtime over at or below 2 minutes 56 seconds	some are less, some are way more
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you know a tip for remember which of cos and sin is x?	if you are the angle, the cosine is like your co pilot. it's the side right next to you (divided by the hyp)
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	i dont want to ask a question can you tell me how to avoid doing that	no
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	On a scale of one to ten, how much of a silly goose do you consider yourself to be?	0
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	how was electricity created	it's what already existed before everything else was created
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	would you ever eat a cheese	i'll think about it
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	what is the best thing ever	all things are equally good
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	Tips on how to be weirder?	it's just not gonna happen
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-05.html	do you have any enemies?	no

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how does one make a "breakthrough"

get born

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and how will you know when you've "made" one

you'll be in a strange place and you'll have to learn a language and what everything does

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Would you rather *corrects someone for their bad grammer* or *continue conversating*?

continue talking

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How much grammer do you feel is enough grammer?

just enough to understand, and, in some cases, to enjoy life also

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what i do in ohio?

go to indiana

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will i notice when i do the right thing

sometimes

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what do i do in english class

that all depends whether it is a second language or first language course

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What is the best beverage to drink when you're in an airplane?

water

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first of all, i am asking two questions so apologies in advance if the website collapses. so, is it possible to make music using the same logic as the infinite monkey theorem?

there is no infinite monkey theorem. there is only 1 monkey. it's you. you are monkey

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secondly, is it wise?

yes. you are wise monkey

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do you like the saxaphone?

yes

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Since when did you star juggling???

i tried it when i was young but i didn't get very far

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what is steve's real name

the same as yours

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got any tips for how?

yes

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i wanna make websites for small business owners and use those websites as a description for city guidebooks, but i feel like it isn't revolutionary. what do you think is revolutionary?

everyone believing in each other

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what is the meaning of life?

time

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how much can variables vary by

all the way

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do you struggle to visualize trains or are they easy to comprehend

i can comprehend and visualize them generally, but not at an expert level

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is it true that you're making more than one video at the moment?

yes

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hi bill i miss the old me so much man

in that case, enjoy the current you now, because you might miss that person later

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are there any parts (melody, rhythm, lyrics) in any of your songs that were originally supposed to be part of another one of your songs?

sure. it happens all the time, but i can't think of any examples. i had something in "i'm a princess" that was supposed to go in another song but i re-wrote it so it no longer contains that part, so now that other part is still available to go in that other song which has not been recorded yet

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on spotify why do all your songs have capitalization until "the ground plane", where all songs after are completely lowercase?

Title Case used to be required. then eventually it was not. then eventually i got the courage to start trying it the way i wanted

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do you plan to release multiple videos at the same time?

no

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do you think that jupiter has better moons than our moon? like does quantity matter over quality for moons, or are all moons of equal quality?

i don't know

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whats the best game

"what's the game"

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is there a pdf of the sheet music for you're free to do whatever you want to

no, it's just an image file of the handwritten song, which was written in 2010 and does not include the revised ending

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is this a reasonable question?

just about

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i am confused what is happening

the world is giving birth to itself

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Are you the world?

sort of

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what's the favorite ligature you've seen (like the "fi" the f and i are joined, special case for that in fonts)

how about when you put all the O's inside each other

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how do you tune out haters of your own art

try channel 10. only likers on channel 10

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does the day go on

yes, how did you know

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how do you make time seemingly pass by slower?

travel extremely fast

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What do you do for fun - to get yourself away from work?

learn languages

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can you give me a puzzle to solve

if a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs can 1 hen lay in 1 day

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How many bees are there?

1 bee per bee

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You reckon Billy Joel really does love us just the way we are, or was he just trying to make us feel better?

that song might be dedicated to a woman, but still i think the answer is yes

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The Dow Jones just fell down to zero and it's gonna be a fine, swell day And I wonder if it's gonna be as good a day as yesterday All of these business suits that I've just purchased Gonna have to throw them all away And slip into something more reasonable and then dance the night away

i see where you're going with this

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How do I reduce my stress level?

sing or walk

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What games do I play on a blimp?

i have no idea what happens on the inside of a blimp. i suspect it's an alternate universe, from which the original universe outside the blimp appears to be inside the blimp, in relation to the blimp universe

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Is a toaster automatically wise by being a toaster?

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

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i see that sometimes you have a back and forth conversation with people,

not really

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how is this coded? does the site track who sends what questions in and allow them to respond,

no

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or do you press a magical button that makes them respond,

no

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or is it all just one big question that you cut into bits and answered one bit at a time to make it easier to read and comprehend the answers?

yes

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When you're working on a project, do you have the odd day where you say "I'm not working on this today I can't even listen to/watch it" because you're just not in the mood for it?

it happens

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what inspires you to make your videos

ramps, slants, basically any time i see anything diagonal, it inspires me

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has there always been sentimental value on objects?

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

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what to do when waiting for the lights to change

try to solve the riemann hypothesis

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upgrading and downgrading audio production environments often achieve the same thing for the listener

that makes sense

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can you find europe for me?

no way. that thing is impossible to find

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why do the zeros have a dot in the font that i see when im asking a question

that's just they way they designed whatever font you are using for your default font

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im craving a pretzel, what do i do

seek a pretzel

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does number adds plus the number equal another number?

sometimes

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or is is theoretically possibly that the number minus a number equals a quick reaction force that murders everyone in the world at the same time.

i doubt that. but some numbers have zero value, and therefore can result in the same original number when added

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oh, by the ways in the universe are so much better and the way we can do it in a very very long way.

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do you think 5/8 is cool i think it is

if it's cool enough for you, then it's cool enough for me

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Hey Bill, are you aware of the spelling error that occurs upon sending in a question? It reads "thabk you" the correct spelling would be "thank you".

that may be true, but i have an artistic license

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This is absolutely unacceptable and needs to be fixed immediately.

that's not true

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does a song ever truly end

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

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Why does my composition teacher say that music written in sharp keys sound brighter and music written in flat keys sound darker? Surely because intervals are all relative, the absolute pitch around which the piece revolves doesn't matter?

it doesn't matter unless you change keys in the middle. and if you change by more than 6 degrees, it will actually sound like you went the other way around

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I am scared about life!

that's normal. almost anything can happen

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I think "kaliedescope" is a really fun word to say

that's true

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when was the last time you played a video game in 1997

dec 31, 1997

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is jupiter any better than earth

better for hosting multiple moons

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maybe music doesn't just CONTAIN meaning. maybe music IS itself a form of meaning.

yes, that seems to be true

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do you have any rare languages only you may speak at?

no

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do letters and numbers have set colors in your mind

no

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favorite frog?

i don't know of any frogs

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why are your videos and songs actually good?

to 'influence' you

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I know everyone has a different path of learning how to make music, but what do you think are the bare bones "music theory" (I don't like that phrase, I prefer to call it "music terminology") essentials for a beginner?

maybe it would be cool to find some kind of piano keyboard and start playing with it

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I think knowing the names of the notes ( just knowing what notes you're playing) and knowing basic chord names are really the most important things.

that would be useful for communicating with other musicians

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I was thinking maybe understanding key signatures, but I think you can probably write a chord patte rn/melody without fully understanding what key you're in or that this chord is the IV or that chord is the vii or whatever..

i'd personally like to ditch the roman numerals. they're just numbers, and i think the roman is much harder to read. i prefer arabic numberals instead (1, 2, 3, 4). also sometimes called "nashville numbers"

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although that would probably be the next thing to learn after basic note names/chord names. Maybe understanding rhythmic counting?

yes, that is definitely good

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But I feel like if you have a good feel/timing you can probably get by without knowing all the rhythmic terminology and how all that stuff works. Learning to read notation, I think opens up more gig opportunities if you're a working, professional musician... Buts lots of musicians don't know how to read music, so I don't think that's essential for a beginner. I was thinking about getting into teaching, but I started so young that I have very little recollection of first learning.

teaching might be very frustrating for you

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By the time I started piano lessons as a kid, I was already self taught to the point that I had developed enough feel to play simple stuff by ear.

yes, teaching will be very frustrating for you. except for that one student who is already a self-learner, who you will love, who also won't even need your help

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And lessons for me were more learning the terminology, scales, chord names, key signatures, reading notation, etc. But even with that, I was like 4 or 5 years old and I don't really remember much specifics from my very early lessons.

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You ever just think

yes i do

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what is the most recent animation technique you learned?

i programmed some things to make speech bubbles easier to resize

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How do I not speed up when playing?

try using a metronome

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Also why is cut time a thing its a stupid thing to exist.

it reduces the number of beams you have to write

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Do you like chairs

yes, but not as much as stairs

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what's an argument you regret having

i don't recall having any arguments

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How would you answer a question about bees?

correctly

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Why do people keep asking you about bread?

bread is famous

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out of all of your songs, which one do u like the most rn

i would prefer to make a new one to be my favorite

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why do you never use capitals?

the reason it may appear that way is because you are paying very little attention

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do you ever just find a song that you just want to be trapped in a void while listening to it because i mean you like it but you cannot pair it with any of your other senses

not quite, but it would be nice if there were songs like that

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what advice do you have for someone starting a new business?

the world can't live without your product

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do you ever wish you could just say the things you wanted to without being limited by the confines of the English language

yes. that's why i got into music, and other forms of creative expression

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do you ever find yourself striving for reasonability to the point of unreasonability

yes

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is your new video's runtime over at or below 2 minutes 56 seconds

some are less, some are way more

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do you know a tip for remember which of cos and sin is x?

if you are the angle, the cosine is like your co pilot. it's the side right next to you (divided by the hyp)

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i dont want to ask a question can you tell me how to avoid doing that

no

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On a scale of one to ten, how much of a silly goose do you consider yourself to be?

0

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how was electricity created

it's what already existed before everything else was created

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would you ever eat a cheese

i'll think about it

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what is the best thing ever

all things are equally good

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Tips on how to be weirder?

it's just not gonna happen

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do you have any enemies?

no