Comment by ucacian

This is a very good advise. Thank you. I agree that lots of practice without theory does not get you very far. I know this because I made exactly the same mistake. I used to want to be a musician. I have copied countless of pieces and done many improvised jam session. And yet, I still had no idea how complex music actually works. In retrospect, although I studied basic music theory, it was not enough to crack the secrets of music.

Now I am a senior CS student and doing pretty well. I respect science in general.

BTW I am an Asian introvert. I really feel the author. I am going to go read the rest of the comments.