Do you really need to know how to play an instrument?

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This question is very controversial, some people emphasize that you need to know how to play an instrument in order to compose music or write songs, others think that you don't need that, the only thing you need is some songwriting techniques and ideas + a good music writing software that you can mix all together to produce a song.

Well, the 2 sides have a point, but let me explain to you a little. It's true that you don't need to know how to play guitar or keyboard to compose music, because these instruments are just an application of the music theory you've learned, you can use a songwriting software to compose you music, but...!

While this is true, i totally encourage you to learn at least one musical instrument, because this is what music is all about, music is meant to be heard and played, the other thing is that it will take you forever to learn music theory without an instrument. The instrument will give you lot of shortcuts and make your learning very fast.

So take my advice and start learning a musical instrument, but it's OK if you don't have one, because you just need a songwriting software or even a paper sheet to write down your songwriting ideas.