The concept of "You don't have to be musically trained to be a musician" was an on-point radical movement to stand against the dogma of the academia and the sinkhole of its belief system, not to become an abyss itself where good work goes unnoticed and show off pays. x1 https://twitter.com/Heinali/status/1286759384882847745

Also keeping in mind that when we talk about learning music in its broad sense and not just the basics of reading and writing, it comes with the broadening of one's vocabulary & point of references, therefore it actually makes it harder to work in the long run, because x2

it’s just easier to make things less complicated!

and anyway, anything that kills a bit of ego in general is a bonus!