Freelance exposure?
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ah haha sorry for the confusion on the t-shirt.
Believe me I totally understand how it is to only have club flyer type stuff in your portfolio. I interviewed with Argent Mortgage a couple years ago and all I had to show was club flyers. It was a little embarassing.
What I did to start breaking the cycle was to pick the clients you want. Take a day and workup a few peices...it gives you practice, if it turns out good it gives you something to put into your portfolio. It also gives you a really good way to approach a new client. Sure you can call them or email them, but nothing says determination like sending a client some samples of work with their logo on it.
I did this for design agencies I wanted to work for. I did a whole package, spent probably 10 hours or so mocking up different pieces for each one(a brochure design, website and even packaged them each differently). I put a lot of work into these and unfortunately it was simply bad timing, it was right after the dotcoms so I didn't get much feedback on them because the industry was saturated. However a little over one year later one of the guys who owns one of the design studios called me and asked if I would be interested in a job as the Art Director for the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. He said he was impressed with the package I sent him and he kept it next to his desk since he recieved it. I got the job (which ended up being a nightmare) but still it goes to show that the more you put into something the more you get out...ya know?
Hopefully these ramblings make some sort of sense. In short, bust your ass making anything and everything that isn't what you are doing now and get the finished peices into the hands of the people who can hire you. Worst thing to do with your career is to do the same shit over and over again.