yea that's true. I would rather work at a big studio where estalished artists come through more often. If i get a shot i will take it though. until then, i'll eat the crumbs off this table
and @bullet...It depends on what your using. I mean, Pro-Tools comes with some good plug-ins, The Waves mastering bundel has a nice selection(. But, when it comes to mastering you have to know what your listening for cause to you it can sound good, but to someone else it can be blah.
a quick rough mix i use for vocals is:
LinMB multi band comp
LinEQ Linear phase eq
L2 brickwall
but this is pre-mixing and mastering. Good for a low budget mixtape