Sure it makes sense, and to be completely honest with you I've lost interest in this conversation. Talking about theory for hours is getting as boring as learning it, so I actually can't be bothered to keep typing long posts...
Oh, come on Dee.. you play the 'I don't care' card every time you start to fall behind. Funny how you followed that statement with a long post, too. That's quite a post count you have there in any case.
I guess guitar playing's really eating into the time you're spending on the computer posting on forums.
Well, I didn't post a recording of myself because I didn't feel I actually had anything to prove. In fact, my whole point was it makes absolutely no difference. But then, the ones who are most committed to learning theory are likely going to be the ones who practice their playing a lot, too. Sure, you might stumble across the odd thing, I have accidents like that all the time too. I'm not saying someone has to have an exact or specific musical idea, they will have a broad one and work with it. In the same way there are many shades of green, you may stumble on a stunning one by mixing colours.. but it's still green. You may accidentally make an amazing shade of purple.. but that wouldnt be much good when you're painting a country landscape, would it? Unless you're picasso or something...
Ok, so you have perfect and relative pitch (let's just assume). Good for you. Not everyone has this, and it's a hell of a lot harder to develop from scratch than it is to just learn the basics of music theory.
I spend a lot of time writing and recording songs since I play in a band. I write from the 'ear', and I don't use a lot of theoretically advanced concepts. Why? Because they just don't sound as good as more basic things (to me). I also like to break the rules sometimes. But that's fine when you know the rules to be broken in the first place. Theory may be a framework, but it's not a cage!
I've posted plenty of tracks before, I'm not shy to put my playing out there. I didn't bother posting any tracks because it would have undermined my point that playing ability has nothing to do with it. So since you insist, here's a snippit from a demo I sent to the other band members last week:
http://h1.ripway.com/Alcaline87/SoloExample.mp3
Ibanezfreak777, I don't understand that process either and I don't think anyone would agree that's a good way to go about writing songs. Apparently its a common misconception that theory is a tool for song writing when in fact all it is good for is the very opposite; taking them apart!
All I'm saying is theory does nothing but good. No, it's not essential, but it's unbelievable to say it's not important. Anyone would be a better musician if they knew a bit more theory. If you're not interested, then fair enough! It's just a hobby after all and rule #1 is have FUN! But don't tell others who are interested that it's a waste of their time, because that's really not helping anyone.