"If however traditionalists insist that academic readings are necessary for proof, or that such proofs play any part in appreciating music, then their research models and terminology are going to have to be impeccable. I'd rather keep professorial research away from the self-evident truth of my ears but terms like the people and the process serve to muddy the waters, not clear them."

No-one is "insisting" on anything except you, 'glueman'! And who, exactly, has suggested that "proofs play any part in appreciating music"?

And, in the absence of any coherent arguments (or, indeed, evidence) on your part), I can only conclude that you think that "terms like the people and the process serve to muddy the waters" because they don't support your preconceptions.