Finding a hacker that understands music?
physcab: I think you are best served by diving head strong into a programming language in order to make your idea a reality.  When you struggle, get on mailing lists and forums.  Go to Hacker meetups.  Hang out at your nearest school's computer science lab.  Contribute as best you can.  Through that you will build connections and then you will be at the point of asking them to join you.  However, if you have money, there are plenty of willing programmers who would be quite interested.  What's your idea?  How do you plan to differentiate yourself where other music startups have failed?Disclaimer:  I'm a programmer at a music startup.