Thanks for the comments guys. I've actually been playing for a number of years now but haven't really seen much improvement in the last little while, so just kinda looking for a teacher to take me to the next level, so to speak.
Hydropsyche,
I just purchased a USB interface for my computer and it came with Cubase LE 4. So far Cubase seems to be a pretty sweet program and alot easier to use out of the box than other programs I've used in the past like cakewalk. I've also got a keyboard that acts as a midi controller as well so that's what I've been using for my drums. In the program you can also manually plot out the midi instruments and create loops. Lotsa fun for sure!
Cheers