I would like to experiment a bit with creating some music myself, either instrumentals to create a certain mood, or either soundscapes that I could use as background while reading the poems I write.
Now I never learnt to play an instrument

but nowadays there is another resort, being music composition programs. I know two musicians who compose all their music on PC, and it really sounds great, they do it with such perfectionism that you can hardly hear they did not use a real instrument.
Does anyone know a good composing program? I know Apple Macintosh deliver such things for free, but I unfortunately have Micro$oft who are too greedy to give any type of software for free. But can you get a decent composing program (that is not too hard to use for a beginner) somewhere that does work with Windows XP and is okay for a variety of sounds and musical styles?
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