It all starts to make sense once you start playing an instrument. Personally I think of music theory as a convenience. If I know music theory, then that makes i

It all starts to make sense once you start playing an instrument. Personally I think of music theory as a convenience. If I know music theory, then that makes it easier for me to play with other people who also know music theory, and a lot of musicians know music theory because it's a convention. Of course we can always throw these conventions away and do something completely new, but the problem with that is I'm not talented enough to be able to break away and make something cool like Jazz or microtones. I really just want to have fun playing music with my friends, and 12 tones is enough to be able to do that.