I've been making tracks for a few years now but am only just getting serious about making finished articles for the last year for so. Just wanting to learn as much as possible but your advice appeals to me cos its so easy to get frustrated by the sheer amount of gear and knowledge that faces you even before you put a couples of loops or riffs down!!!
I use Ableton myself gonna check out Logic next. I like to learn one bit of software thoroughly before moving on to anything else.