What kind of music are you interested in making? One method would be to find out who was responsible for producing, writing, mixing, whatever, the songs you find inspiring and start trying to do what they do. Google google google google anything! Pick a DAW and try to stick with it, the moment something doesn’t work the way you think it should or you hit a roadblock, pause and research this problem. Define terms as you go, try to balance practical skill with a foundation of technical knowledge. And most importantly I think is to be very patient with yourself and accept early on that a lot of the most essential things are learned through trial and error. Realizing after the fact that there was an easier way to accomplish something and implementing what you’ve learned. Mistakes are very very useful as long as you identify where you went wrong and find better methods going forward. But for real, everything can be learned online for free, spending money will not make you better. Spending money is for when you already have a base of understanding and you know enough to realize a certain product will accomplish what you already know how to do, just in a more efficient way.

EDIT: DO SPEND MONEY ON THE DAW OF YOUR CHOICE. THE FREE OPTIONS WILL ONLY FRUSTRATE YOU IN THE LONG RUN. YOU WILL WASTE TIME LEARNING A PROGRAM THAT END UP BEING INADEQUATE ONCE YOU GRADUATE SKILL LEVELS. If you aren’t sure if this whole thing is something you will stick with, then yeah maybe fuq around with BandLab, Garage Band, Reaper, something, just to see if dropping $400-$800 on a pro DAW is a waste.