Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. I mean its amazing going towe played in South America that we hadnt done before. mark into a region where Brown Sugar never went, and that Baduizm only flirted with. Life+Times: What do you aim to do differently with your live sets each time you tour? Its not an incredibly professional way of working, the way that we work, so its always going to come out a little quirky. Although, official solo music could be coming soon. People would get together there one night a week; it was outside of London and the stage was made from beer crates. The more input you get from smart people, the more success youll have.. It doesnt matter. Stuart Matthewman: We knew that we were going to have to play a lot of the old songs but we didnt want to make it into like a Greatest Hits Tour or anything like that. Its gotten to the point now that I actually like performing. I mean it was so rewarding doing the tour. But, individually, as far as people are concerned, Im an optimist, because I believe theres a lot of good in people. Matthewman practices the principles of collaboration, engagement and education as much as he preaches them. According to Matthewman, Sade Adu and company have already written . They have released two albums, Sweetback (1996) and Stage 2 (2004). Joining Latin funk band Pride, Matthewman met singer Sade Adu and they began writing songs together. But there is, perhaps, one last surprise that Matthewman left with me: the lesson he wishes hed learned earlier. I think people do think of me as this depressed person crying in my ivory tower. L+T: So now whats next for the band? Teaming with bassist Paul S. Denman and keyboardist Andrew Hale, they formed the band Sade. , the singers debut, which turns 25 this week; Maxwell is honoring the birthday with a reissue and a performance at the NAACP Image Awards. I know I dont get angry with anyone except myself, really. He has appeared on all of Sades albums: Diamond Life, Promise, Stronger Than Pride, Love Deluxe, and Best of Sade, all of which went triple platinum in the U.S. and have totaled sales over 40 million albums worldwide. You mentioned Stuart Matthewman and Andrew Hale before, but what is your relationship like with bassist Paul Denman? Stuart was also a member of the group Twin Danger, formed in 2011 with singer/writer Vanessa Bley, daughter of late jazz pianist Paul Bley and pioneer video artist Carol Goss. We had the rises so the band could come up and down on, which meant that we could leave Sade completely on her own on an empty stage with no equipment, no drums, no amplifications, no monitors, anything to sing songs like Pearls or Morning Bird. So very early on when we were thinking of the idea of the tour, we wanted to be able to make it a little bit more theatrical, but as in the sets and using screens and curtains and the lighting. Hours. Late for sound check, late to get ready Thats my defense. His influences include Jr. Walker, King Curtis, Art Pepper, Gato Barbieri, Ernie Isley, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Wah Wah Watson, Issac Hayes, Bill Withers, Lee Perry, and Gustav Mahler. If I had to pick one it would be Cherish the Day, but I dont know why. Maxwell collaborated for the first time with guitarist Hod David, who co-wrote three songs and has worked with the singer ever since. Theyve been friends and worked together since the beginning of our careers. Popular As: Stuart Matthewman: Occupation: Rock Stars: Age: 60 years old: Zodiac Sign: Leo: Born: August 18, 1960 (United Kingdom) Birthday: August 18: You wont be sacked. [laughs] I think now, Im less open than I used to be sometimes, because I have to protect myself. , produces software that helps large enterprises monitor, manage and troubleshoot their critical networks and systems. We never think about the record company, we never think about friends or fans, we never think about radio. Just own it. And if more people take responsibility the blame game goes away.. I try to write so that it is indecipherable. Try to find people who help you. A lot of the results Matthewman has seen at IR relate to how he defines success, both in life and in marketing. About. Maxwell then caps the first half of Urban Hang Suite with the demo that entranced Matthewman, Til the Cops Come Knockin, which had originally been written by Hod David with a bass line that reminded the singer of Motown great James Jamerson. Or, slightly later, when I was 14 or 15 I started listening to Billie Holiday and Miles Davis; Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain. Updated today Mix - Tonight Is the Night (If I Had You) (Stuart Matthewman) Sade, Sade Adu, The Isley Brothers, and more Mix - The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers, Bobby Womack, The O'Jays,. Sometimes the best songs come out when you discuss them less and just let them happen. I was like, Thats the point it starts with an instrumental and ends with a slow version of the same instrumental. But no I mean yeah, the audience has always been really appreciative and very vocal with it. But those two albums are really separate endeavors; Maxwells music is airier and often more dance-floor friendly, pushing past the 95 b.p.m. Then, when they decide to buy, youre in the mix because youve assisted them with taking that journey.. He doesnt put in so much when were composing; its more Andrew and Stuart. Matthewman was born on 18 August 1960 in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. He has composed the soundtracks for the movies: Twin Falls Idaho, Jackpot, Northfork, The Double (short subject), The Astronaut Farmer and Life Support. I didnt like his more rocky stage; I wasnt so keen on that. Someone sprayed or wrote on top of it, Bitch sings when she wants to. Sade loved it.. Stuart: Exactly, yeah! The following week, Perry escorted me to Sades midtown hotel suite overlooking 6th Avenue. You spend a lot of your life at work. Related Stories The second half of Urban Hang Suite is more subdued, a series of Quiet Storm ballads. But he doesnt look, hes nothe doesnt look very feminine. Its hardly surprising that Matthewman was instrumental in setting up the first IR webinars that attracted 400 to 500 delegates: webinars that were so successful that Microsoft asked to join and co-present with IR. I mean often we dont start probably working or writing until at least after one oclock in the morning, because at that time your phones will stop. Stuart Matthewman started marketing in the mid-90s and actually changed careers half way. I think the history is we got kind of the nod of approval from various hip-hop luminaries and R&B stars. L+T: When you finished recording By Your Side, did you have any idea that it was going to be so gigantic? I dont think Ive ever really known what romance is. He appeared on all of Sade's tours and albums: Diamond Life, Promise, Stronger Than Pride, Love Deluxe, Lovers Rock, and Soldier of Love all of which went triple platinum in the U.S. and have totalled sales over 40 million albums worldwide. Between Sade albums and tours, Stuart stays quite active in the music world: composing film scores for the Polish Brothers' TwinFalls Idaho (1999),Northfork (2003),The Astronaut Farmer (2006), and Nelson George's TV movie,Life Support(2007) as well as producing and co-writing with various artists, notably Maxwell on his first three albums, and with English singer/songwriter Paloma Faith. Stuart is also a member of bands, Sweetback and Twin Danger. I dont remember really, but it was two guys from my village that I ran into when I went to see Misty in the Roots, a lovers rock band that was big in England. By Michael A. Gonzales on July 17, 2015, Interview: Wen on Forgotten Female Grime MCs and Gothic Architecture, Dancehalls Assassin on Maintaining the Genres Resurgence in Mainstream Sounds. What we were doing was programmed, but it sounded live because we allowed other instruments to breathe and play around the vocals. He says that fail fast and fix problems doesnt mean be loose and make careless errors, but be empowered to try things: understand what success looks like and if it doesnt work, move on, and try something different. As a result, his advice to other marketers is this: Dont be afraid. He and I both agree that back in the day marketers saw each other as competitors. She did, however, tease us with an original song (Flowers in the Universe) contribution to Disneys A Wrinkle in Time soundtrack. I wanted it to happen, but I was secretly afraid., Then Ascension came out, he adds, and the whole lack-of-visibility part didnt really work.. Its great. I think if we tried to a hip-hop track or a pop track or an R&B track or whatever it was, it would sound forced. L+T: Amazing! Finally, he recommends open and honest communication. We have no rules in the studio so anyone is, you know, always open to try anything. I met a guy in a bar in New York years ago. Maxwell assembled an unusual group of musicians: not just Matthewman, who recalls that the singer was very enamored with the Sade album Love Deluxe at the time, but also Leon Ware the singer-songwriter-producer, who, in one of the most outrageous acts of generosity in music history, donated a planned 1975 solo album to Marvin Gaye, resulting in the singers I Want You LP and Wah Wah Watson, a guitarist whose rsum included Gayes Lets Get It On and Michael Jacksons Off the Wall. A guy from the record company came in and said, Its, really beautiful, have you got drums coming in? What I like personally when I listen to other peoples music is when the music makes you feel something. It was an Irish bar on 14th Street. Sadness in songs is positive because it brings it out of you; it brings the sadness out. Cookie Notice It may be a bit more subdued with this tour, I mean from the very first date we did in Francethey just went insane! We loved it; it was so simple, Matthewman remembers. I kept moving my foot, but it wouldnt budge. I wish I could take it out on other people. It liberated the industry and gave people a lot of opportunities. See also. But we havent had anyone too scary. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time And America is obviously always an amazing audience. Matthewman is tentatively optimistic about the brand update because it has passed the pub test (a concept that the Americans he works with find very amusing), but one thing is clear: his is no ordinary approach to marketing its an evolutionary approach. L+T: Over the years with creating this Sade sound, what have you done from a production standpoint to kind of tweak the music as you continue with the times? Stuart: Its quite amazing! Im sure a lot of people hate me because of that, theyre like, Yeah, that bitch, Sade, I hate her. [laughs]. So, that got me interested and I started collecting albums. Therell be no more messaging, people are going to bed. Now I collect books, but I never have time to read them. We were working on Love Deluxe for about four months, physically making it. I just sat and waited., Some of his ambivalence about his path remained even when Urban Hang Suite finally hit stores in April 1996. I just like it. Trivia (1) Is the saxophonist and guitarist of 80s-present pop group Sade. Sade Adu of Sade and Teddy Riley are among the 2023 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees. He is the assistant editor. Were also measured by how well we integrate and work with sales! Matthewman believes that being in sync with your sales team, listening to them and being able to get them to engage with you is super critical. It was the epitome of the English village; our family was accepted really well. Last edited on 15 February 2023, at 12:40, "Maxwell Wasn't Sure He Wanted to Be a Star. About six years. Although Im proud of them, it was the most that we could do at that time; at that moment in time, we did our best. Solo transcription.Transcription sheet you will find on http://solojunkie.wix.com/solojunkie Being a musician and fans of music, were obviously influenced by whats going on, but we never make a conscious decision to go oh we should do a track with more hip-hop or we should do a track thats kind of more reggae. We just do what we do and it comes out in some way. Those steep steps, well be too old. Sade: Well, my passion for music has never waned. ' (No.) ' Matthewman recalls. Maxwell enlisted other pros with enviable track records as well: David Gamson, a former member of Scritti Politti who had also produced for Chaka Khan and Sheila E.; Mike Pela, who produced and engineered for Sade and Fine Young Cannibals; and Itaal Shur, who would go on to mint money by co-writing Santanas gargantuan hit Smooth., The first half of Urban Hang Suite is springy and suave. We love it. Like most of the young men Id known in the 80s from soul boys to b-boys Id fallen in love with Sade upon the release of her multiplatinum first album Diamond Life in 1984. Of course, I replied, her pretty face and haunting voice drifting through my mind. After coming back to marketing a few years later, hes now looking after a team of marketers for a global software company founded in Australia in 1988 with offices in Sydney, Denver, Washington, London, Dusseldorf and Singapore. But he believes that his bosses back then would have been supportive of the lessons that working for a software company has taught him now: to fail fast and fix problems, if only hed been more open to making mistakes and learning from them. In 1996 Matthewman composed the music the short movie 'Bajo del Perro' by LA based film makers Mike Polish and Mark Polish. Gina Balarin is founder and director of Verballistics Pty Ltd, TEDx speaker and author ofThe Secret Army: Leadership, Marketing and the Power of People. What I could immediately grasp, I took in. http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/9901-maxwell-hostage-of-love/ Interview With SpIrit & Flesh Magazine Stuart discusses his life, work and aesthetic in an interview. Sad, happy, makes you want to dance, makes you feel elated. Mission Statement and Core Values; Wisdom Council; Calendar of Events; Programs. is dashing and assured, its creator was profoundly ambivalent about his place in the music industry at the time. You cant run around and change it once its on vinyl. The record label found the idea of starting an album in this way baffling. If youre not enjoying it, it can impact not just on the work youre doing, but also life outside of work. Yeah, I think so, but thats only because they see one level. You know we just do what we do and hope that people like it. ' (No.) Your email address will not be published. tuart Matthewman of Sade joins Eric of Pods \u0026 Sods in conversation. We do have those metrics at IR, but we largely use them as leading indicators. (Ive experienced that before with Sade when theyre scared of putting things out, Matthewman says sympathetically. Its great being the only female in there, so [laughs]. If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. It was a good day. The company. It would be easier to blame somebody else, but Im not that kind of person. The band features instrumental songs and songs with guest vocalists. Urban Hang Suite Left Him No Choice, Russ Doesnt Trust Other Labels. Im sure people tell you that. We dont always agree, but I always get my way. Interview: Sade Michael A. Gonzales reaches into his archives for an interview with the singer from 1992 In the fall of 1992, I received a call from the Epic Records press department in New York City. I guess we should start off talking about the new album, Love Deluxe. I possess a strong community focused outlook, serving as a long-term executive member of . What do you think the biggest misconception about you would be? Sydney - March 9, 2022 - IR (ASX:IRI) a leading global provider of performance management and analytics for unified communication and collaboration, IT infrastructure, and payment ecosystems, today announced the appointment of Stuart Matthewman as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). That was very much Sophie [Muller] and Sade together. I grew up on a council estate in a village. In 1996 Matthewman along with Andrew Hale and Paul Spencer Denman formed the studio band Sweetback. Press J to jump to the feed. We carry a pipeline and a revenue target. Stuart: Almost like watching a theater production or an opera or something where you can just completely change the stage. Then, when I was 13 I discovered a pirate radio station that played all sorts of stuff: folk, rock, soul, everything. Maxwell then caps the first half of. So when its ready, it will come out., Matthewman tells a funny, yet relevant story that perfectly sums up the expected time frame for Sade to drop new music. He says, Its important to distil your message down to something that relates back to your companys purpose, translates across different markets and is the core of what you do, but allows the nuance to be added in specific markets. How does he do that? Yes, I have. We wanted to make sure that we really covered songs that weren't expected as well for us to do. And the history as well. So I mean yeah we have such a cross-section of people out there. And obviously over the years our tastes have grown and we just try different things. [pause] But, we were talking about Paul. We want to hear it. Stuart is also a member of Sweetback, and was one half of Twin Danger. INTERVIEW: Stuart Matthewman and Vanessa Bley are Twin Danger | The Couch Sessions INTERVIEW: Stuart Matthewman and Vanessa Bley are Twin Danger July 9, 2014 by adamascarnegie The past two decades have seen an increase in musical collaborations with artists from seemingly opposing genres. But everything was very programmed-sounding, Matthewman explains. You know the fans and doing such a big stage show at this time in our career and the fans being so responsive, we really didnt want to finish the tour! I guess on a big scale, Im a bit of a pessimist when I look at the world economically, where we are at this stage and how unbalanced everything is. L+T: How do you feel working with Hip-Hop artists or being sampled by them affected your music/career? Stuart has been with Sade since before they were signed - playing guitar, playing sax and co-writing many of the biggest hits in their 50+ million album selling career. Well, apart from putting a calendar in place to manage multiple public holidays happening all over the world, he knows that the answer lies in working collaboratively. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time I had these stiletto heels on and when I walked up to the microphone, my shoe got stuck in one of the planks. In the fall of 1992, I received a call from the Epic Records press department in New York City. True success for us really is: are we delivering quality pipeline that results in revenue? Using the pseudonym Cottonbelly, Stuart released the dub/electronic album, X Amounts of Niceness in 2010 [1] and produced remixes for artists. Yes we speak English a kind of English compared to the Americans. As an international marketer, Matthewman works with a team around the world who need to collaborate closely but also be able to work independently to produce marketing campaigns that make sense for their local market. Im a bit witchy; witchy woman. I used to read a lot back then as well, at least up until the age of 15. Over the five years he has been with the company, its has seen fantastic growth and its marketing revenue has tripled. You cant craft a message in Australia that will resonate all around the world., Matthewman understands the pain of working for US-based companies where head office would come up with a plan, give it to the Australian team, and it just wouldnt fly. I think that children arent naturally racist at all. And thats why we decided to have a completely empty stage. Its more about society and culture and their parents. La French Radio Portugal : Ne le 16 janvier 1959 au Nigeria, dans le village d'Ibadan, la jeune Helen F It can be embarrassing when people go through your private thoughts. When I got to be about 13, I started listening to pirate stations and that really did change my life, because I wasnt that interested in the pop stations. I was quite deprived of music, because my mom wasnt particularly into music. [3] Matthewman co-produced, co-wrote, and played saxophone and guitar on Maxwell's albums: Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (Columbia, 1996),[4] Embrya (Columbia, 1998), Now (Columbia, 2001) and blackSUMMERS'night (Columbia, 2016). There was a station called Radio Caroline. There was one kid who jumped out of the bushes once and insulted me, but I told my big brother, and the next day my brother jumped out at him. In the early Nineties, a young Maxwell was enraptured by, music around as a songwriter, Maxwell recalls. When were happy, then well let everyone else hear it., Like his comment in a previous interview with Rated R&B, It might sound funny but we write and do music to please ourselves and just hope that [we] have good taste and other people will like it.. L+T: When you finished recording By Your Side, did you have any idea that it was going to be so gigantic? mark into a region where, In addition, the bass-heavy rhythmic engine for DAngelo and Badu was hip-hop both their debuts were co-produced in parts by Bob Power, who helped mix and engineer A Tribe Called Quests, (The Roots also helped out extensively on, is really just soul, with a lineage that reaches back to Keni Burkes, Some of his ambivalence about his path remained even when, finally hit stores in April 1996. Sade Adu is hip-hop. I travel with it and sometimes I look around and cant find it. Stuart: Well we have very odd ones. Not just people hanging out with their parents! Stuart has been with Sade since before they were signed - playing guitar, playing sax and co-writing. Stuart Colin Matthewman (born 18 August 1960), also known as Cottonbelly, is an English songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. I was a 22-year-old kid flying to meet guys who were 50, 60 years old, Maxwell says. Thank YOU Neil for listening! I was like, Thats the point it starts with an instrumental and ends with a slow version of the same instrumental. They sat on the first album for a long time before they put it out in America.) I was in a studio apartment with one window that faced a brick wall, Maxwell remembers. My father is totally into music and surrounds himself with music, but I didnt grow up with him. About. While Whenever Wherever Whatever is another demonstration of Maxwells dexterity in the upper register, Suitelady (The Proposal Jam) has more hoarse bite, along with a rhythmic slink not unlike what Prince was playing with around the same time. A guy from the record company said, Its from a new artist, would you meet him? My mum was a single parent, which was pretty unusual back then. It opens with The Urban Theme, a vocal-less funk workout that bleeds wah-wah guitar; the track is reprised later on the album in slightly different form, a trick that Gaye used twice on, . He went on to compose the music scores for various films;[10] with Maxwell the music for the short film To Be A Black Man (1997), and Twin Falls Idaho (1999)[11], Jackpot (2001), Northfork (2003), The Double (2005), The Astronaut Farmer (2006), Life Support (2007), The Smell Of Success (2009), Nona(2017), and short Erotic Dreams of the Chelsea Hotel (2017). 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