Allot of new stuff that I know little about

Finally get to start the real fun. Record some songs, listen to them over and over until I decide I don't like it and make it better, get some feed back on how they can be better.. then record them all over again. Going to be slow while I'm learning how to use the software/hardware. I havn't had much time to play with it yet due to work, only the late hours of the night. I'm actually working so much at the moment that i had no time to mow my lawn.. now its a jungle and I have to pay to get it done because I still don't have time.
So I was trying to learn how to use the movie maker that came with Windows 7 so made most the blog in video form this time around. Few things to note that I will try to change for future.. the microphone on the webcam is crap and when I play stuff to loud it goes all muffled and stupid. So apologies for that.. now that I have microphones I will probably use them in future. Also.. new to windows 7.. havn't figured out how to put my own pics in the desktop slideshow yet.. so Tim's practical joke of putting spice girls.. S club 7 and other assorted genius's on my desktop is still present.

Also, if anyone actually has experience using Cubase or similiar recording software.. or has suggestions for some useful plugins etc message me.. more input the better really.