Well I contacted a game developer and it looks like he's interested in hiring me to do the music for his project. In his e-mail he liked my samples and wanted to know my "rates". I have the support of the lead artist for this project so I could probably hit him up about questions. I'm guessing my next step is to respond asking for more detail about what is needed in terms of music. Would it be right to ask for the music budget? Respond if you have some experience in the music business. Thanks for your help! I'll be around to respond.

Might want to post this in the business forum.

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/forum.asp?forum_id=5