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Dos,
Highly recommend getting the "Producing in the Home Studio with Pro Tools" book. It will help you out tremendously. Also, READ every forum in this section. That too will help you out. You DO NOT want to start out producing bad mixes, charging and then have your name washed around in the dirt for your next potential client to hear about cause ya did a horrible mix. Do what a lot of us did at first, find a friend, band, etc and record them for FREE! ABSOLUTELY FREE!!! And take your time working with them. You will be happy because you will learn how to do things. They will be happy because you are woking solely for them, they will get something out of it, and SO WILL YOU! I did that with my first recording band. Started from nothing and ended up learning a ton. Buy that book, it is VERY easy to read and you will learn a lot from it. I recommend that book and the "Mastering Audio" book. Harder to read, but explains things. Talk to people, get into the DUC. I am on here daily, and I just started recording back in January. Not that I know it all, but I can get some great sounds now due to helpful hints and tips from all the great guys in this DUC. Seriously though, work for FREE for your first time and build from there. DO NOT GET THAT NAME SMEARED AROUND OFF THE BAT!

Talk to you later, and hope that this helped!
-Doc