I make my living in highly technical fields. Music is something that feeds my artistic side.

Back in high school, I played trumpet in the band, the orchestra, and a couple of marching bands. I had to sight-read sheet music for that stuff, but when I picked up guitar, it was all learn-by-ear, and I've never looked back. I sometimes look in on the discussions in the Music Theory part of the forum, but I always back on out of there with my eyes glazing over.