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Originally Posted by Dopamine  I
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1) Hook up with the up and coming production team(s) in town. Problem is most up and coming production teams want to impress their clients(record label A&R's and talent).
So you have to go where they hang out, which leads to #2:
2) Go freelance or become an assistant at the top studios in town.
If you want to get noticed and make the contacts that matter you have to go in the lions den and out of the comfort zone.
For some guys this is a problem since they feel where they are at "the mountain should come to Moses" but it just doesn't work that way.
But trust me if you are really good they will ask for you every time and kick you work. Eventually the labels and managers take notice as well as the artists. The hard part is getting them to trust you enough to mix a major label track. There are a lot of politics involved.
Some production teams are very rigid on who mixes and who tracks. I did engineering work once for one popular producer(who's name rhymes with "heaven"), who made you sign a mini contract letting you know that in no way you should expect to mix anything and just be responsible for pre pro.