02-21-2019, 01:34 PM
Music Theory is not required to write songs. Some believe it helps with continuity, others say it's too restrictive. I'm of the opinion that whatever works for a particular writer works because the audience is where the rubber meets the road. If they like it and you've employed music theory then that works for that audience, but on the other hand we have "mumble rap" now which doesn't employ music theory, or even most conventional music standards on the whole, but their audience is eating it up. *shruggs* I've had 2 years of music theory. I lost interest.