Brian brought his drums over and set them up in one room of my studio, where I already had the guitar set up. It’s far from an optimum rehearsal space, but it’s good enough.

At this point, I was pretty much groping in the dark about how best to use the Digital Les Paul. I heard certain sounds in my head, but didn’t know how they would translate into reality. I also had a lot of questions about what gear would work with it and what wouldn’t.

Although we both talked about what we were going to do, Brian was on the road and I had my own obligations to attend to. Finally on July 4, Brian came over with his family for a fourth of July party with some friends.

I met DJ Johnny Juice over dinner with some people from Cakewalk music software after a trade show, and he said that Brian Hardgroove, the bassist for Public Enemy, was moving to Santa Fe and as I live there as well, we should get together.

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