Changes

Beavan began his career as a musician and engineer in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, playing bass and singing in various local bands. During this time, Beavan begin mixing live sound for [[Exotic Birds]] and other bands that Trent Reznor was playing keyboards in. This led to a friendship with Reznor and a job engineering at [[The Right Track]] studio in downtown Cleveland where Reznor worked as house programmer, Beavan having been lured away from his job at another Cleveland studio called Great Tracks.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0wkoxmLGGA] The two played together in the band [[Cool Down Daddy]], which Beavan sang in, and which also featured future NIN live member [[Nick Rushe]].[https://cplorg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/singleitem/image/p16014coll5/38961/default.jpg] Beavan was involved with NIN from its earliest days, as he was the recording engineer helping the first live band incarnation record its rehearsals at the Right Track for the [[Skinny Puppy ]] [[VIVIsectVI Tour]] support.