My advice would be if you are going to take up music production then throw yourself in at the deep end,
Get yourself a copy of cubase sx & reason 3 & get some tutorial books or tutorial cds on it mate, you will pick it up eventually
I have a great cubase sx tutorial cd rom, it gives you a full video tutorial of all the aspects of cubase & what each feature within cubase does, its a great tool & has helped me no ends. Drop us a pm mate & i can wing it over