Well, I grew up learning how to play bass guitar on an Epiphone SG bass, it wasn't until recently that I got into making dubstep/hip hop beats...
Casio WK500 keyboard.
Reason 4.0, Propellerhead ReCycle, Audacity.
Novation ReMote 61 SL, Cakewalk MA-15D Studio Monitors(I'd like to get a pair of some nice sounding Mackie's or KRK's, though), and Mac mini (Snow Leopard 10.6)
Track that's getting play time on my iPod now is "Knife Play" by NastyNasty.
There are way too many to picking just 10 out...
DJ Shadow, MartyParty, NastyNasty, PantyRaid, Ooah, Basic A, mimosa, Geoff Johnson.
Myself
I'm an IT guy during the day, at night I try to get better at making music.