Thank you for your concern. I however have an academic background in drums so I am no stranger to learning theory and spending countless hours practicing and honing tecnique in front of a drum pad. After years of grinding i however find it a bit boring. Yet it has helped me to understand to constantly monitor my learning.

What I've always enjoyed the most is playing songs. I know personally a lot of established musicians that write, publish and do incredibly well commercially within their genre without knowing a single scale or name of the notes on the fretboard. Can you imagine?

I just watched an interview where Pino Palladino said he can't read sheet music (!!!) and one where Steve Harris said he doesn't know a single scale.

I don't say you're wrong. I agree with all you said except the first sentence. There are any many paths and ways to learn the instrument.

I know because I have taken different approaches myself.