Yeah man! I don't have any experience with this topic to share with you, but I've been playing bass for ages now and have thought about doing what you're doing once of twice. I'd love to hear updates from you as things advance. Are you looking to break into a specific "scene" or just any studio at this point? Can you refresh us on your musical background? Best of luck!
Essentially I just want to play and make enough money that I'm able to survive and continue to play. I'm not sure if that'll be studio work, but that is an avenue that some people take to make a living through playing music. I went to school and got a jazz degree, but I enjoy playing good music, regardless of how iTunes wants to classify it. It's interesting that we still use genres considering how diverse music is getting. I write music too, for a funk sextet. I'm getting instrumentalists together now that I'm settled down in Portland. It'll be funk once it really gets going.