[IAmPym]

My good friend Dylan runs https://producerdojo.com and I design music instruments for a living.

One of the most underrated reasons to go to that site is the solid and extremely supportive community. You can start with any piece of software. I highly recommend https://ableton.com because it is designed to support live performance and has a very strong following

Beyond that, music is the expression of yourself into the outside world through sound. This can mean ANYTHING. The most effective way I've found to start this and pretty much any other creative task is to follow what you find interesting. Self-motivation is the tough part here and you've already started pushing up against that. Great job!

8-bit music is a place to start and given your list of music you really REALLY should avoid making music software (I HATE the word "should" but in this case I have 4 decades of experience so I'm leaning in). You'll feel comfortable doing it and you'll make cool stuff, but in my experience it pulls you away from the emotional connection to the work. The genres you mention are very feeling oriented.

Get yourself a simple MIDI keyboard or pad machine for drums to start. Use your body. Associate yourself with the movements so you can FEEL it as you make the music.

It will take a LONG time to get to a degree of proficiency and every time you make some music in 10 seconds you'll wish it was better. This is a wonderful and fulfilling lifelong practice if you can avoid psyching yourself out before you get rolling!

[an_aparallel]

ill.Gates (Dylan's) videos are super super inspirational. I'd recommend anyone reading this thread with interest check out producerdojo vids on youtube for a taste. Dylan really contextualises a lot of growth mindset and psychological/motivational tactics and spits a tonne of real talk. - and best of all - its not generic advice - its directed squarely at production!