How 2 Make music on IMAC?, HARDWARE SOFTWARE NEEDED? Options

Hi..i recently purchased an IMAC 600 G3 and i basically would like 2 know how i go about in settin up a mini studio? i wanna make music usin a keyboard i dont plan in usin any other instruments eg guitar

so if sumone could suggest what equipment?? keyboard?? i will need
also  what software is the best?? i heard reasons is pretty good ??


thanks 4 ur time

[everamzah]

My mom got me an iMac a couple of years ago.  It's a Rev. B orange fruity flamer.  And I love it.  Actually, it pisses me off a lot.*

I have been using the Reason demo and I love it.  I thought I wouldn't use something like that in the beginning, because it 'looked kinda corny.'  But I realized... it's whatever works.  You know?  And it works pretty good on my 300 MHz and 160 MBs of RAM.

I plan on forking over the $400 dollars (US).

I also want to get a keyboard.  Would be nice.  But I really need to shop around in that dept. because I want something that'll control all sorts of different things.  I need to research that subject.

James

*Does anyone know why my screen freezes every once in a while for about 2 - 5 seconds? I SUSPECT IT'S MY HDD. But... I can still move my mouse and any actions I perform are changed when the system comes to. It's really annoying. I got my iMac on display.