some other peeps have recommended a "phased approach", which i don't really agree with, but i guess it worked for them. anyway, the suggestion was to build up a small studio that barely covers the basics, put out a couple of cheezy commercial releases (trance or garage or whatever), then spend the proceeds to upgrade your studio and move on to more serious tunes.

but the way i see it, making tunes that i'm not into, just for the money, would be no better than keeping my job and buying toys that way. besides, i have my doubts about there being any cash to be made anyway - afterall, i bet there are a million people sending crappy crap to crap labels.