I figured I'd make a quick list of tools for animating, art creating, and making music.

ANIMATION
Adobe Flash CS5 and previous versions-Games and Movies
Toon Boom Animate-Movies
Anime Studio Pro-Movies
Blender-Movies
Easy Toon-Movies
Pivot-Movies
Poser 8-Movies
Anim8or-Movies
Pencil-Movies
Adobe After Effects-Movies

ART
GIMP
MS PAINT
GraphicsGale
Adobe Photoshop
PhotoScape
Toon Boom Animate
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Flash CS5 or previous versions
Artweaver

AUDIO Recording
Audacity
Sound Recorder
Wavepad Sound Editor
RecordPad Sound Recorder
Audio Record Wizard
Sonar 8 or previous versions
Focus MP3 Recorder Pro

AUDIO Creating
FL Studio 10 or previous versions
Cubase 6.0 or previous versions
Blue 2.1.0 or previous versions
Mixcraft 5.2 build 150 or previous versions
Reason 5.0.1 or previous versions
GarageBand
Beat Making 1.3.0.5 or previous versions
Sonar 8 or previous versions
Sounds 4 or previous versions

I hope this list helped you and if you need anymore program lists or just need help finding one of these just send me a PM.

Also please check this out and tell me what you think there or send me a PM.