I carry a couple of outboard pieces if I ever need them. Sklar says that unfortunately today's music industry creates challenges that he didn't face when he was breaking in. There's not nearly as many studio projects going on. There's not as many clubs around as there used to be. I made a lot of connections just by playing and jamming in clubs and meeting people at that point.
Studio is really quite different than it was back then.
There was so much work going on, especially for me back in the beginning of the '70s. The L.A. studio scene was really vibrant. At this point it's very difficult. My suggestion to most young guys that are starting out is go to clubs, meet people. If you have anything that you can get on tape with other friends or something, I would say get it on tape as good as good as you can, and send it off to producers.