[monocasa]

Wait, he's the snob for suggesting that you don't need to have gone to a prestigious music school to be a well accomplished or well known musician?

[goldbrick]

Are you illiterate? He's sniffing at pop stars who haven't gone to the right conservatories.

[busterarm]

You've got it flipped. I'm saying that having a deep knowledge of theory isn't what enables you to make great music. I am also saying that most working musicians' knowledge is extremely limited and that absolutely makes their work outsider art. That's not saying that anyone should go to conservatory (anything but - if you want music ruined for you by all means go), but yes probably every musician _writing music_ should improve the knowledge of their craft.

[goldbrick]

I used to work in the music industry. I think your beliefs about writers' knowledge of music theory are way off.

[busterarm]

That's cool, don't really need your validation.