DAY 13 - Spent a few hours today combing through Craigslist ads and Myspace pages looking for a select few people who know their instruments better than I know mine. Yep, it’s time to put the band together.

I live in L.A., which is both a blessing and a curse. I found 20 quality bass players yesterday inside an hour. But everybody already has their own projects going on, or they are beginners looking for their first band, or they are “GUD.” (That’s an L.A. term for Geographically UnDesirable” — basically if you live more than 20 miles away, forget it. Traffic will drive you crazy.)

So the emails have been sent. I’m starting with drums and bass. Everything else right now is lagniappe until we build the foundation. And I need a groove…