I got a dodgy full copy of Band In A Box a couple of years ago, intending to use it but never yet got round to it.
I have an electronic Traps drum kit in the garage which was starting to show it's age but as it happens, yesterday I opened up some of the pickups to see what's inside and it's now playing a lot better - through headphones at least. I just play along to favourite music on my iPod, and I think I'm fairly proficient for a self taught but I really don't have the patience to drum along to whole tracks - I like intros and fills. It took me years to disengage my limbs from one another so that each foot and hand can be tapping out a different beat. This is the kit www.musicradar.com/reviews/drums/traps-e400-electronic-drum-kit-27151
Keyboard is a Casio CTK-7200 www.casio-intl.com/asia/en/emi/products/ctk7200/ . I was stuck with what to ask for at Christmas one year so I said I'll have one of these for "when I retire". I reckon that was when I was 56 or 57. I retired at 59 and am now 66 have still barely touched it. It may not even work any more, and it looks quite complicated to use all the functions, but I don't want to learn classical scales and pieces, I just want to play along to blues/rock stuff, either as keyboard or bass (which also is tedious for a whole track). I think it was a bit over £300.
I'm forever gathering other bits to help me learn - I have a load of video courses on drums and keyboards, I have an app which slows down music playback on the Android in case it's going too fast, and can change the pitch. There's loads of free technique stuff on YouTube too. JJazzLab is now on my PC, though like BinaB I think I need to do some learning about chords etc before I can get very far with it. :-)
I should add I have no ambitions to be in a band, or ever play publicly!!
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