Upgrading from SL - Lion or ML?

I just recently got the iphone 5s and want to take advantage of iCloud. I also would like to use some of the other apps ( Facetime, imessage, etc). Snow Leopard has been pretty stable for me. Main thing I do on my Mac is music. I use Logic Pro, Reason 4, and PhotoShop sometimes. I'm just looking for opinions. What would be the best to upgrade to based on these specs?
Model Name:
iMac
  Model Identifier:
iMac7,1
  Processor Name:
Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:
2 GHz
  Number Of Processors:
1
  Total Number Of Cores:
2
  L2 Cache:
4 MB
  Memory:
3 GB

Before you do anything check that your existing and much loved apps etc will work on Lion or Mountain Lion.   It is a totally different system; it does not use Rosetta which means that all PPC programs are defunct.
Then, if you decide to go ahead upgrade your memory.   Your machine will almost certainly take 6GB which is fine for Mountain Lion.

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