Starting a website- just get me started

I want to create a website for my video business.... but, am sitting here a little clueless.
Never had a mobile me account (except to use for my "find my iphone"), which is going away mid-2012 anyway to my understanding.
So, it appears, iWeb is being discontinued as well. But, since I already have the program, it will continue to work for me. Of course, "work" is a loose term as I really haven't put it to work yet.
I have played around with the different pages, and have more fine tuning to do. But, I don't necessarily want to put loads of time into something if I am going to have to switch gears (not use iWeb for some reason).
These are my assumptions:
I can create my website in iWeb.
Once it's complete, I will want to find a host (such as iPage or BlueHost), which all charge between $3.50-$8/month - some are promotional rates)
Is there any additional upfront costs, such as a domain name fee to claim a www.#####.com address? Or is your website based on what the host offers?
Do I need to worry about storage space allowed on a domain server? I am going to want to have photos and video on there (assuming though that I'd want lower resolution else it might take too long for downloading). Or do they pretty much all allow unlimited storage space?
Email isn't as big of a deal... but, I suppose if I can get an email that ties in with the www.#####.com address, that'd seem much more professional. I wouldn't need more than one.
Is there a host that is best for the services I need?
Is there a way to have some photos or video only available if a person has a particular login username and password, or somehow a unique website name so it isn't so easy for anyone to see photos or video that I have posted for one family?
What concern would I have if said videos have copyrighted music on them? I am not going to be this big conglomerate like Olan Mills (nationwide) that will have tons of hits... I am a local person providing services in the area.
Is the username/password something iWeb can handle or is it something within the domain server I'd be further manipulating?
Business name.... is there any concern on your business name?

Copyright is copyright whether you site is small or large. Music licensing is not that expensive and there's also lots of royalty free music around. Licensing info can be obtained from any of the major performing right societies...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/DistributeandPromote/CopyrightPublishing.html
When I went to BMI, it appears I'd want a license that seems to cost $335/year (plus a fee on number of hits on my website) just to have music on my website (at least I think that's the license I'd need). I am just starting out.... and outright paying $335 out of pocket seems expensive. If I had a client base, then maybe it'd seem minute. So, unless I am mistaken, this seems expensive to me when I have no capital to speak of. Of course, then, I might need an additional license to actually distribute the videos I create? (and, does this cover any number of songs I have on my website, whether individually linked or somehow integrated into an example video, which usually has 1-3 songs in it?)
I do memorial videos (birth to death) slideshows to show at funerals. Do the birth to graduation slideshow for graduation open houses, etc. I've really only done for family and friends of family at this point. I had also videotaped my nephew's wedding and created a DVD using the footage. But, would like a website to advertise my work to local area (1 hour radius). Or, even a place for an established client to preview the work before I burn to DVD.
But, ideally, this would be a place that someone could refer to learn more about what I do, some examples, some music selection that would be appropriate for each type of video (graduation, 90th birthday party, anniversary, wedding, engagement, funeral, and so on) with "links" to the actual music I have on iTunes.
My business may go nowhere and I may only do a few a year. I, of course, want to earn money for my time. But, I don't want a lot of overhead costs having to be included in my fee-I want to keep costs low for my clients. And, unselfishly, my ultimate goal is for others to chronicle their memories in another creative way -economically in the current economy as it is now.
So, I am telling you my intent so maybe you could give a more detailed view on what is the most economical and lawful way to go.
Thanks for your help!

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