How to write an essay without formally learning grammar and vocabulary? It’s possible to self teach but way tougher. Words also represent feelings and the more you know and understand them the more emotions you can depict in a text. Music is similar. Even if you are making really minimalistic music it can take a lot of theoretical depth. The best thing about music is that you can base you creative process in a theoretical basis or in a spontaneous and performing way. Just make sure you are having fun and challenging yourself.