MicShazam

I write music myself (self taught, probably not very good) and I insist on reading only very little musical theory when I need it most. I like to explore by ear and not let any genre conventions control what direction I go in. This produces interesting results, since I'm really just making it up as I go along.*

Never been one to sit and analyze music closely. To me, it's all about emotions and atmosphere. The challenge is to deactivate the intellectual part of my brain when I compose, as it often gets in the way and goes "hey, you can't do that! THat's too weird!".*

When listening to music, wouldn't one just listen to what the instruments are playing and let the music show the way? I don't understand why I would want to sit and analyse its structure, scales, etc.?

*(basically saying that intuition will carry you very, very far as long as you're not trying to be Mozart)