Making Music
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This is so refreshing to see people who are a little more like me (primarily a designer but also an engineer) getting pissy about recording gear. It's so much better than the dickheads on recording forums like gearslutz.com.
Anyway, I'd just find a recording program that you feel comfortable with. Start with Garageband. I've been playing music all my life and have sunk a huge chunk of cash into recording gear, yet a girl I dated a while back recorded some shit with an acoustic guitar, the built in mic on her fucking macbook and keys played on the laptop keyboard... it sounded AMAZING. It drove me crazy.
So yeah, it's all about the performance, not the tool (ahem, just like design). Maybe one day if you want you could upgrade to Logic. Live is great, too. Pro Tools isn't very songwriter friendly. Beyond that, maybe a couple of nice mics, a preamp, a good converter and some monitors. Make sure you really enjoy the hobby before you get into spending crazy money, because it's addictive.