Ten Day Method

This is the band that never was.

After completing The Butterfly Sessions and winning the bet, Chris and I started having loose and informal jam sessions in JMU's studio A. At that point, I had gotten into the live recordings of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew tours of 69-71 and I was very intrigued at the idea of simply coming up with something "out of the air", so to speak. Chris and I were also heavily influenced at the time by the technique The Beastie Boys had employed off their last couple of albums (notably-Check Your Head) of taking jam sessions and splicing them into feasible tunes--something Teo Macero also did with Miles over his early 70's electric period. What Matriculated was a loose set of musicians who came and went into a cohiesive unit of musicians who genuinely liked to play together. Although I had personally vowed never to be a part of a band again, I found myself in the midst of a very real democratic and really functional group.

Chris Stup:

Lead Vox and Percussion
Jshua:

Lead Vox, Guitar(s), Keyboards and Percussion
Joe:

Bass
Mike Dilorio:

Drums and Percussion
John Fishell:

Keyboards and Sitar (yes, Sitar!)

Fast Forward: Fall of 96' ... We jammed and jammed and jammed. Ideas flowed freely and everyone involved was happy with the results. That's when we touched on the idea of performing out live but, of course, to do such a thing at that time, we would need to produce something tangible for a club owner to hear in order to be booked. Hence: This record, which you now have.

This album is not for sale at anytime, anywhere. Just as the gift was freely given unto us, in turn is freely given unto you.

So, without further adieu.

Long Lonely Time

C. Stup

Chris wrote this one. Originally, this was completely different and wasn't working for my ears, so I re-arranged it, dropped it down and gave it a more low down character. For me this one works pretty well between the half dub/half funk of the guitar. I challenged Mike to play that drum part--big mistake because once Mike locks onto an idea, he's got it down in spades and he's a jazz drummer by trade. That is my only slide guitar performance ever caught on tape and I actually nipped par of the solo from a Zeppelin tune (guess which one). The guitar itself came from Joe's dad's collection. It was a steel guitar that he said dated back to the 20's.

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Maybe Your Baby

S. Wonder

Always loved this song! Guess where we recorded this "live" nugget?

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Justified

jshua

The guys really dug the original demo that I did and wanted to update it. So, we dropped it down to the key of D and the rest is history. At this point when we did these sessions, John had come back from an internship at one of Peter Gabirel's studios in South Africa and was all hyped about this thing called Pro Tools. So much so, that he convinced the university to purchase it and these recordings reflect the first time they were used at JMU. Hence all the crazy splices and sounds.

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Sexual Healing

M. Gaye

I had heard Ben Harper do a version of it and I thought I could make it a bit more "sensual". So, we did a live recording in the studio and Joe brought in one of this father's vintage fender jazz hollow body's from the late 40's and just put it in my hands. Aside from playing Greg Allman's Hammond B3 on music row in Nashville, this was by far one of the most beautiful and delicate instruments I've ever had in my hands; Still gives me shivers. My vocals were actually just a guide track that I was going to re-record once I'd gotten the proper lyrics. We went away satisfied with the recording and the next day, I came back in to the studio to do a proper vocal take and was out voted 4-1. I still don't like the vocal delivery, but oh well...

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Whatcu gonna Do

C. Stup

Chris was way into Jamiroquai at this point at we all went along with it. A couple of the other members of the band were also really digging Tin Machine and those wild guitar solos. So yes, I'm playing that way intentionally.

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We played One gig downtown at a coffee house. The place was packed and we did really well for the establishment when a funny thing happened. We just drifted our separate ways. No fights or anything, no animosity but we just drifed away. We still stay in touch but what can you say? It's only rock and roll, but I like it!