these are questions with a link made specifically for bill wurtz's questions page.
7.2.16
3:03 pm Hey, it's the "your site is moving slowly" guy. It's still not lightning fast - took about 3 seconds for the cursor to change when I moused over the question box - but it's definitely better.
are you sure that's not happening to you on other sites as well? on mine, this site runs faster than any other site. if anyone else is having problems please let me know. so far i have not heard this problem from anyone else. Here is a version of this page with only one question on it. can you test this to see if you are having the same problem?
7.2.16
2:16 pm Do you have opinions on Brexit, or can you not be bothered?
6.30.16
12:54 pm are you?
6.30.16
12:49 pm bro
6.26.16
11:46 am have you ever thought about doing a collaboration? if so, who?
6.26.16
1:05 am How many times have you heard people say "bill is the wurzt" ?
6.24.16
1:44 am So do you like vaporwave bill? as what you write sounds like vaporwave to me man.
6.23.16
3:58 pm How do u get motivated?
6.23.16
3:56 pm So I was thinking about snail time and I thought of.....WHALE TIME! what do you think?
6.23.16
3:47 am do you have any pet peeves?
(yumi's note: this page doesn't seem to exist now.)
6.21.16
10:23 pm What's the history of "i can play"? (I can't get this song out of my head.)
it was originally written in 2 different 2010 library sessions. here is the chart for the original version. as you can see there are 2 dates on the top, i think the split point is somewhere at the end of the second chorus, that's where i stopped and picked up again in the second session. that was in 2010, and it looks like all the lyrics and sections and pretty much the whole song was there. in 2013, i looked at it again, and made an update. here is the 2013 update it looks like it was transposed, and the chords are clarified and slightly adjusted throughout. but the biggest change is the second chorus -- looks like the second chorus was totally re-written, and now goes on a harmonic adventure through key changes. and the end vamp is re-worked. the song was recorded in 2014 for a wednesday song release, and these charts are obeyed almost exactly. on a tight weekly/daily schedule, as with most of the releases in 2014, any song over 30 seconds is under severe time constraints in the production process, so as a result this recording is very hasty, and i hardly had time to mix the vocal at all, so some of the lines are too loud, and the whole thing is pretty hasty
6.21.16
7:46 pm what fonts do you like and why?
6.21.16
5:36 pm what is your favorite answer to a question?
i think this one is pretty good
6.21.16
12:17 pm help
6.21.16
3:51 am in expert mode, what is vacationing in the center of the earth? it's the only one that doesn't link to anything.
if you think that's the only one that doesn't link to anything, you have not gotten very far
6.20.16
7:06 pm whats the of this wonderful website? of this wonderful website?
6.18.16
8:30 pm Have you ever considered changing your name to Will Burtz?
6.18.16
8:30 pm Have you ever considered changing your name to Will Burtz?
6.18.16
8:20 pm Ever have a lucid dream?
6.17.16
6:41 am Have you ever gotten asked questions that simply say 'Answer this question'?
6.16.16
2:56 pm Have you suffered from an existential crisis recently? How have you coped, if at all?
6.14.16
5:16 pm have you shaved your piano recently?
6.14.16
5:16 pm What are your thoughts on the phrase "Born to late to explore the earth, but born to soon to explore the galaxy."
born just in time to...
6.13.16
5:57 am do you have any pets
6.7.16
1:33 am Have you ever simply been sent 'hi'?
6.6.16
10:42 pm can you reveal, or have you already, which song(s) made no sense that you wrote outside the brooklyn museum?
let me see if i can explain this clearly... 9.17.10 was the actual writing session, actually sitting outside the brooklyn museum, with a binder (with paper). i was writing really short stupid tunes. the first one was called 'run.' the second one was called 'write me another.' 'write me another' got recorded a month later, along with many others. 'run' never got recorded.
much later, in 2013 during a year-long writing sweep, both of those songs came up for evaluation/re-write/delete consideration. 'run' actually got split into 2 songs -- i basically separated the 'run' part and called that its own song (run), and then i took the 'looking glass' part and added a new ending, ('elf') which actually carries on the original narrative and explains more details about the 2010 writing session (fine morning in brooklyn, etc etc). 'write me another' also got a 2013 evaluation (which was unusual for already recorded songs, but for some reason i thought it was worth looking at) and one of the possible endings i was looking at was "i'm gonna plan my day"... but that line ended up being its own thing. another option was 'i just wrote a song and it made no sense, i'm here outside the brooklyn museum, etc etc" and that is the one i ended up going with. so, again, this actually explains more details about the original situation, despite the fact that that part was actually written years later. later still, in 2014, when i was doing 4 videos a week and 1 song every wednesday, the new version of "just wrote a song (now called brooklyn museum)" got recorded. so as a result, there are 2 recordings that start with the exact same line (i just wrote a song) one recorded in 2010 and one recorded in 2014. the 'i'm gonna plan my day' bit also got picked for a wednesday during 2014. also, the 'elf' bit got picked. it's important to remember that during 2014, i had to pick short songs way too often, because there just wasn't enough time to do anything of length, and anything short that was any good got picked earlier in the year, so by september (or whenever it was) i was only left with the worst ones (like these ones, or macys, or whatever). basically i'm apologizing for this crap. it was all written way before i knew what i was doing (2010), and through a series of circumstances ended up being recorded, hastily. i hope that makes sense
6.6.16
5:23 am is it feasible to live in new york having dropped out of/not gone to college?would you recommend it there?
i think my response is too big for this page
6.6.16
2:52 am Are you dat boi?
6.6.16
12:12 am What smells do you like
6.2.16
5:43 pm do you like memes
5.31.16
9:45 am have you even been to Alabama
yes
5.29.16
10:24 pm life is uninspiring, and then you die. what makes potatoes so delicious? is it the texture? the taste? the sound? how do you make music with potatoes?
5.29.16
10:04 am Have any of your fans called you 'dad' yet in a creepy fetishistic manner?
5.25.16
7:54 pm what do I do about someone who doesn't support what I want to do with my life but is at the same time extremely important to me and a big part of my existence?
here's a suggestion
5.18.16
11:07 am Have you ever been to Japan? (No, I am not asking whether or not you will be making more "history of" videos.)
5.11.16
8:55 pm Do you play video games? If yes, what game do you play?
5.8.16
6:57 pm What is your favourite genre of music?
5.7.16
4:09 pm okay i know you have a "yes" video and a "no" video but did you also make like a "maybe" or "i don't know"? or did i imagine those
maybe
5.2.16
2:42 pm Why?
4.20.16
10:33 pm what's your mbti
4.17.16
10:05 pm what is the meaning of life, senpai?
4.8.16
3:32 pm Are you going to continue making history videos similar to the history of japan video?
4.8.16
12:50 am What's your zodiac sign ?
4.5.16
1:53 pm Where'd you learn all your stuff?
here
4.5.16
1:43 am Where would you like to live if you could move anywhere? What country do you live in now?
here
4.4.16
11:19 pm Do you find yourself trying to make everyone happy? If so how do you check yourself?
all the time. i try to remind myself this
4.4.16
7:21 pm Has anyone asked you this question before?
yep
4.3.16
7:51 pm What's your favorite song?
favorite
4.3.16
7:25 pm are you rich enough to ~h i r e a s a m u r a i~ ?
important questions
4.2.16
4:48 pm I wish I could give a hug to you :'c Are you ok with it?
4.1.16
9:33 pm can u make a history of korea and china video pls thnx
country requests
3.31.16
11:41 pm What's your favorite chord?
favorite chord
3.20.16
5:03 pm whens ur birthday, stop being scared of astrology... i dont even need the year
i'm not scared of astrology, astrology is great. but not like 'horoscopes' in the magazines. real astrology looks more like this
2.25.16
2:14 am what is the hippest and/or most out lick
hot lick
2.12.16
5:55 pm what's the coolest II-V substitution you've ever heard that you remember?
i always thought this one was pretty cool
10.05.15
12:17 am Out of curiosity, what inspired you to make a video history of Japan before any other country?
why japan
10.05.15
12:17 am Do you derive influence from Bruce Hornsby? Or at least listen to him? You've got this syncopated, weather-channelling jazz sound that reminds me of his stuff.
i've thought about your question, and my best answer is: everyone Sees, The, Long, Day, Thru