Music theory, including concepts like intervals and chords, should be taught in conjunction with ear training.

“They have to be taught together because these terms are really music theory, right? Those intervals, major second, minor second, major third, minor third, perfect fourth. So as you're doing that, and then you... Once you learn the intervals, the 12 intervals in an octave, then you learn 'em both mel”

Music theory provides a method for improvisers to generate musically sound choices when they do not know what to play next.

“there's a positive liberty aspect to music theory that I think is really important which is what is a good guess for something I will do that sounds cool.”

D Smoke asserts that artists should prioritize learning how to record and engineer their own music as a foundational skill.

“If you are artist, I'm going to look in the camera. If you're a artist and you can't record yourself take a step back and go to school, whether that's YouTube, whether that's your engineer friend, learn how to record yourself and learn some things about mixing.”

Handel's music differs from Bach's in that he does not treat the voice like an instrument.

“It's a bit of an axiom among singers that Bach in many cases really does almost treat the voice like an instrument. It's hard to differentiate between the way he's writing for the violins versus the sopranos. Handle's music by and large that's not so much the case.”