Usually, you will end up buying both! If you have the space, the money and the environment that will accept the sound from a full volume acoustic upright piano, then an acoustic upright is a great choice ($4000CAD - $8000CAD new). You will be practicing the subtle touch of the keys to get the mechanism to strike the strings and make the sound in the most artistic way. A hybrid piano will let you do that, and play silently at home. If the environment or budget is not amiable to those prices, then an excellent digital piano will get you started. Even if you bought an acoustic piano, as you keep playing and continue to develop, eventually you will need a portable instrument to perform on, so you will also buy a quality portable digital piano. Then you might also want a synthesizer for those pop gigs, and an organ for those jazz gigs, an MIDI controller for your DAW and... and...