The gear you always wanted.

[Icky]

Everything in there.

Who are the people and where can we buy them?

Luc van Veghel and Michel Pollen, doubt they are for sale but knowing Addictia he'd probably lock them up and force them to teach him all their stuff. Stephen King's "Misery" style.

[MatthewMosierMusic]

Logic Pro or Reason or some kind of solid recording software suite with a real PC to run it on instead of my garbage laptop.

[Kromium]

Logic Pro or Reason or some kind of solid recording software suite with a real PC to run it on instead of my garbage laptop.

You should build your own comp... saves some money and is better up to date than other "retail" computers.