i could be wrong, but i recall you saying that you're self-taught musically. if so, what was your strategy for learning theory? are there any resources you would recommend for learning theory today?
it depends whether you mean theory or literacy. i think the 2 are often mixed up. music is so crazy that it's basically your job to try to make theories about how you think it works, and then get your mind blown repeatedly when the music slyly twists and bends to both evade and re-affirm your theory(s). Literacy, on the other hand, is something totally different. that's just knowing how most of the world writes things down, in case you ever want to read or write things to or from other people. that much i'm sure you could learn on google in about 10 seconds (assuming you already are familiar with music), but google wasn't around back when i learned it...... might have been some books lying around, but i picked it up easily (because i was already familiar with music)