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Mirrored from the latest entry in Daron's Guitar Chronicles.

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If I just describe what we did over the next two weeks it sounds like we worked like maniacs, but really we didn’t. We weren’t going round-the-clock, and it didn’t feel like “work”–like a slog–because it was exciting and satisfying even when it was sometimes nerve-wracking.

Five days a week we spent eight hours a day rehearsing. Sometimes in the mornings I’d go work out with Christian and then I’d get to the rehearsal space (I’d dubbed it The Hangar) around eleven and maybe work on some stuff before everyone else came in. The rest of the band would arrive at noon and we’d work on arrangements and run-throughs until Ziggy arrived around four, usually bringing “lunch” with him for all of us. Then there’d be three or four hours of rehearsal with him and then we’d knock off for the night by eight.