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Pootkao, I'm from the same city and I know the story all to well. I went to LA and tried interning at a studio, even though they liked me they couldn't afford to hire me after the internship was over. I talked to 30 other studios in LA with references from where I interned and I got 15 go aways, 5 you need to intern again, 5 no replies, 2 we'll keep you on file, and three "get lost we don't hire Canadians". I've looked at all the other major Canadian centers (Vancouver etc) and got similar responses of "We don't need anyone".

I make a living doing Commerical work right now and I love it. I'm really having a great time, hopefully as time continues I will be able to move into doing more music stuff.

So what am I saying? If you truly want to do music you need to carve your own way into it, and yes it will be hard, if not seemingly impossible. I suppose it means taking some risks, big ones at that. It also means really honing your skills too. With two of the bigger studios in Winnipeg gone and probably more on the way Winnipeg is definitely not an easy place to make a living off of music. In fact it is almost impossible, I don't really know anyone who does it - this doesn't mean it can't be done.

I guess what I am saying is you have to ask yourself "what sacrifices, if any, am I willing to make in order to be successful as an engineer/producer?" "Do I want to keep grinding it out, or is it time for something else?" I ask myself these questions on a daily basis.

Wow that was longwinded...sorry.