I don't know much of anything about music theory. But I can compose tunes pretty easily, and I can very intuitively tell when some series of notes are good, or when some are bad. I've come up with this idea of composition that models songs/melodies based on the attention they gather from the listener (attention being used, for lack of better word), which seems like a promising way of writing/thinking about songs. A part of me wants to ignore modern music theory and reinvent the wheel as a means of making more unique music, another part of me says that maybe that's a bad idea. These parts of me are getting very upset, and they're calling each other VERY rude names. Can you help settle the dispute?
your theory sounds great. you weren't even too clear about what that other competing theory even is, so from here it seems like a no brainer