I just recently transferred from Grand Canyon University (an abysmal school with an even more abysmal music program) to Arizona State University. And I am suddenly feeling very overwhelmed and very much an outsider. From a professional standpoint, this is a terrible, terrible thing for a composer. We need contacts and performers to bring our music to life and I am sure I am not the only person here who has struggled making contacts. So, I was wondering, how did you make contacts as a composer in college, if you went to college, and if you did not go to college how did you make professional contacts. Also, how long did it take you until you felt like you had a really solid set of contacts to collaborate with in your music?