Hey Jonathan,
I apologize for the delay here!
Do you have a link to the tutorial that you were using to configure this type of set up?
I agree that this feature would be awesome and is something we’re actually working toward having available, however I don’t believe this particular setup can be accomplished on its own with those types of settings.
However! I do believe there is a work around that could work for you here.
You can try to set the event up just like you have it with one major change. Have the main event dates be the day before the actual event. That way, when you create your custom recurrences, you can have them set to daily and to end the day of your actual event.
Once the events are created, you can take the main event, the one for the day before your actual events and break it from the series to delete it.
Let me know if this helps.
Thanks!