If you really wanna do some decent sounding bed tracks I'd suggest first of all getting a decent recording program like Cubase or whatever.
Then invest in a couple of VST synths like Plex or X-Phraze.

Once you have those, you can pretty much write any song you want just by clicking a couple of buttons.

Like... this one was done with X-Phraze just by painting in a one midi note:

http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/guitartricks.mp3

All the drums, bass and synths are played by the instrument.

On this one, I just did the same sorta thing but added guitar and bought a Dance Drum Loop from PLP.

Basically, just hit the keys.. then add the guitar and a few sound effects and loop the drums:

http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/orbitdance.mp3

This is what the original sounded like.... again, it was just holding down a few keys:

http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/Orbit.mp3

The whole song took less than 30 minutes to write & ended up getting nominated for best song at JPF.

This is the original with the