Studio session work is almost all about contacts and invites .... it's assumed that you can do the job and have quality equipment to do the job with. It can be a long process to get in line and wait .... or you can get a few lucky breaks and shorten the time a lot.
I do a reasonable amount of session work, all of it very local and pretty much low end stuff .... commercials for cable stations, some stuff for AC casinos, some over-dub for demos when the bands bassist couldn't cut the track, etc. I work for three studios, two of which I am the 3rd call bassist and one where I'm the 2nd call. If I get the call and can't do the session every now and then, that's kinda okay. But if I were to repeatedly turn down the calls, I'd be out the door super fast.
It's a hard business to get established in and the work gets leaner each year. But it's all about the contacts, so get some very good demo's together showing a ton of different playing styles and spread the word ..... and wait
