https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/do-you-need-music-theory-to-use-a-daw https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/do-you-need-music-theory-to-use-a-daw Do you need music theory to use a DAW? No. You can make complete songs without reading notation or naming chords, and in 2026 the DAW and its AI tools fill in much of what theory used to gate. Theory is still worth learning, a little at a time, because it makes you faster and helps you explain what you want. Here is what you can skip, what to learn first, and where AI fits. Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:30:00 GMT We are the music makers daw-101music-theorybeginnersai-dawchordsear-training https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/write-chords-in-a-daw https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/write-chords-in-a-daw To write chords in a DAW without theory, stack three notes in the piano roll (a root, the note four semitones up and the note seven up for a major chord), repeat that shape on different roots, and loop four chords. The AI-assisted way drafts progressions in a mood or key that you pick from and edit note by note. Both routes, and how to use one to learn the other. Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:30:00 GMT We are the music makers daw-101chordsmusic-theorypiano-rollbeginnersai-daw