Hi Krissovo,
I think you be fine using your more mathematical approach.
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Originally Posted by zappa
i guess i should add that music is in itself a science anyway - of the mathematical kind.
in a song you have a basic beat which could be divided into 4/4 , which is a fraction .
each beat can then be divided into however the musician want the music to feel .
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I'd completely agree with Zappa there. There is great deal of mathematics and science underlying music if you want to explore it. It's not absolutely necessary to do so, and some people hate theory. But nevertheless it's there.
There are scientific relationships between the frequencies of the notes and tunings that we use. Much experimentation and discussion has been done over the centuries before we settled on the system that most of us use now (I say "most" because it's not universal - just common to most of Western Music). There are also agreed relationships and formulae governing keys, harmonies, chords and so on.
Some people prefer to feel their way through music and learn what goes with what, and what effect it has, mainly by listening and doing, until they have a bag of skills that they can assemble in various ways. However, it's perfectly possible to approach it from the theory end instead. Or indeed to do both.
Some of the old Classical composers were highly technical in their approach, but that didn't mean that their music was soulless or unemotional - far from it. But they knew
technically which intervals or patterns could be used to create which moods or emotions. There are very well known ways to use, for example, minor keys or certain rises or falls between single notes, to make certain emotional impacts. This might be the way that suits you.
When we talk about the ability to be 'creative' we often think of being innovative or new. But in fact true innovators aren't all that common. Most people learn to create things by using a known set of materials and patterns and just varying the mix a bit.
A bricklayer or carpenter can create a beautiful house without having designed the layout, or devised the techniques that they use. Same with musicians. Some are truly innovative but most just learn how to rejig previous discoveries. You can do your re-assembly in a mathematical type of way, or a more experimental way - but it's all good.
Cheers,
Chris