They asked if I wanted to be the singer, but I told them, Im not a singer. The singer started her first disappearing act after she took eight years to release a follow-up to 1992s Love Deluxe. We know what to expect from each other and how to deal with each other as well. You mentioned Stuart Matthewman and Andrew Hale before, but what is your relationship like with bassist Paul Denman? [1] With Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, and Andrew Hale, he gained worldwide fame as the guitarist/saxophonist of the band Sade. Just own it. Yes, I have. But, rather than putting a flash new design out there, Matthewmans brand refresh has taken the form of spending a lot of time with people in his organisation talking about what the IR brand means to them. 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. Joining Latin funk band Pride, he met singer-songwriter Sade Adu and they began writing songs together. I wanted the cover to not be my face, Maxwell says. Stuart Matthewman, also known as Cottonbelly, is an accomplished writer, composer, producer, and of course, Sade's right-hand man; playing saxophone and guitar alongside her since their band. 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 Low End Theory. I love what punk did for the music industry, particularly since it gave everybody different ideas of what the music business could be. They were sweet blokes, because if it wasnt for their blind faith in me, I wouldnt be singing. The record label found the idea of starting an album in this way baffling. L+T: Have you encountered any crazed Sade fans? He knows that if its easier for them to use it and understand it, the brand gets used properly more often, and. Someone sprayed or wrote on top of it, Bitch sings when she wants to. Sade loved it.. 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. ' (No.) L+T: Who are some artists you are interested in these days? The 100 Best Albums of 2022, The fact that Maxwell felt like an outsider may have made it easier for him to turn away from the dominant mode of the time. Others you have to manipulate to get what you want out of them so they can say what you want them to say. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. The two men ended up working together on multiple tracks that appeared on Maxwells Urban Hang Suite, 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 guess we should start off talking about the new album, Love Deluxe. L+T: How do you feel working with Hip-Hop artists or being sampled by them affected your music/career? You know, theyve kind of grown older but theres a lot of younger people in the audience this time as well. So yeah, I think working with Stuart was actually one of the best co-writing experiences I've ever HAD - just because he works in very simple ways". How they try to learn and educate themselves about that problem is where the nuances come in. The company. Weve managed to get that right. According to Matthewman, Sade Adu and company have already written . You know we just do what we do and hope that people like it. Then, when I was 13 I discovered a pirate radio station that played all sorts of stuff: folk, rock, soul, everything. You need to work as a team. I think the general consensus is we cant possibly leave it that long next time. 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. We dont always agree, but I always get my way. 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Stuart Colin Matthewman (born 18 August 1960), also known as Cottonbelly, is an English songwriter, record producer and musician. L+T: Amazing! Stuart Matthewman, also known as Cottonbelly, is an accomplished writer, composer, producer, and of course, Sade's right-hand man; playing saxophone and guitar alongside her since their band, Sade's inception in 1983, releasing ten albums and collecting four Grammy awards along the way. I speak with Matthewman, Introducing flexibility from people on how they use the brand. L+T: Have you noticed a change in your audience over time? Gina Balarin is founder and director of Verballistics Pty Ltd, TEDx speaker and author ofThe Secret Army: Leadership, Marketing and the Power of People. JMR31 Information (Nov. 11-13, 2022) Yeahyeah. I met a guy in a bar in New York years ago. We loved it; it was so simple, Matthewman remembers. 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. Stuart Matthewman is a British musician who was first part of the band 'Pride' in the early 80s before working with Sade in 1984. Maybe Stuart [Matthewman] or Andrew [Hale] will come from a bassline and then we build on that. Whatever book I was reading, that would become my entire life. I tended not to venture into the stuff that I didnt understand. But we were accepted and there were no problems, no questions or conflicts because we were different. It may be a bit more subdued with this tour, I mean from the very first date we did in Francethey just went insane! [laughs] Youre nervous? Stuart: I think our formula is the fact that we dont really have a formula. Sure, not in the conventional sense, but the elusive artist has remained a name drop by the rap connoisseurs for ages now. Hours. But, individually, as far as people are concerned, Im an optimist, because I believe theres a lot of good in people. You know like the smooth jazz stations and the R&B stations werent quite sure at first but soon, once the actual fans and people actually just liked it for what it was, they kind of had to play it really by demand. L+T: When you finished recording By Your Side, did you have any idea that it was going to be so gigantic? 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. The early-Nineties airwaves were packed with fusions of rap and R&B: the whiplash-inducing pleasures of New Jack Swing, followed by sample-driven hip-hop soul, which made cross-genre collaborations commonplace. Stuart is an avid cyclist, and races with New York race team RBNY. Its funny, most of the songs I cant tell you if I really like them or not; its really hard to be objective about it. ', Maxwell follows that intro with four gently danceable cuts, including the Ware co-write Sumthin Sumthin' originally titled Hot Chocolate, the track has the albums most aggressive bass line, whipping and wriggling and popping and the single Ascension (Dont Ever Wonder), co-written by Shur and originally titled XXX.. Having a mom from Haiti and a father from Puerto Rico, being from Brooklyn and not the South, I felt like, did I deserve to be part of this tradition? Maxwell says. Chipboard we called it. Do they think youre some kind of sad poet walking around dressed in all black? Sometimes we can work together without any talking, and thats the best. You spend a lot of your life at work. Those steep steps, well be too old. I wish I could take it out on other people. Back in the day, marketing was about positioning things so they seemed better than they really were, says Matthewman. It was good, though, because it was a distraction. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Im a bit witchy; witchy woman. A guy from the record company said, Its from a new artist, would you meet him? L+T: What still keeps you so passionate about making music? Maxwell enlisted other pros with enviable track records as well: David Gamson, a former member of, is springy and suave. I was quite deprived of music, because my mom wasnt particularly into music. Weve got some various bits and pieces to do individually and then well get back together again. Its one of the key reasons I really enjoy working at IR., Matthewman is philosophical about international marketing. We were forever butting heads., Now he does things differently. So I think that its like oh wow! to the younger people who maybe didnt know about Sade are discovering her, which is great. 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 released their Bring Me Home Live 2011 DVD a short while ago, which was a homecoming of sorts for the band and their leader, having toured for the first time in a decade. 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. 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. I mean youd think as we get older, I guess our audience kind of grows with us. The more input you get from smart people, the more success youll have.. About six years. Recently, Stuart teamed up with singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vanessa Bley, daughter of Jazz legend Paul Bley, to form the band,Twin Danger, resultingina unique sound described as "The love child of heroin jazz and seductive darkness. He cites his musical influences as Junior Walker, King Curtis, Art Pepper, Ernie Isley, Steve Jones, Wah Wah Watson, Issac Hayes, Bill Withers, Lee Perry, Tony Iommi, and Gustav Mahler. Its about war and killing somebody. Some organisations focus on leads or marketing qualified leads (MQLs). 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. So He Built His Own, A Breath of Fresh Air: How Giveon Became R&Bs King of Warmth, It Started as a College Project. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time 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. Seconds. So I mean yeah we have such a cross-section of people out there. I wanted the cover to not be my face, Maxwell says. If I were somebody else, Im not sure I would like Sade. Matthewman says Sades label home, Epic Records, respects her artistry and doesnt pressure the release of new music. Stuart: Exactly, yeah! 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. I learned more during that time than at any other time in my life. That was very much Sophie [Muller] and Sade together. Matthewman has discussed diverse musical influences including Junior Walker, King Curtis, Art Pepper, Ernie Isley, Steve Jones, Wah Wah Watson, Issac Hayes, Bill Withers, Lee Perry, Tony Iommi and Gustav Mahler.[12]. As beautifully sweet as she was wickedly talented, Sade was the anti-diva Diva. Indeed, the world was waiting. Stuart: Its quite amazing! 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. I didnt like his more rocky stage; I wasnt so keen on that. Sade: They are getting younger and older. Stuart Matthewman started marketing in the mid-90s and actually changed careers half way. Some 20-year0-olds, some college kids seem to be. Theyve been friends and worked together since the beginning of our careers. ' Matthewman recalls. It liberated the industry and gave people a lot of opportunities. Flanked by Sweetback, Sade has crafted a sound that not only withstood the test of time, but arrived better with each return. Because of my age, Ive been thinking a lot about what we are going to do, how we are going to get out of this mess. Then, when they decide to buy, youre in the mix because youve assisted them with taking that journey.. Talk a little about performing with the group. Gina Balarin speaks with IRs Stuart Matthewman. Stuart: Oh yeah, absolutely. We dont consciously say I want this song to sound like that one, but it creeps in there. I saw in the media how people are mocked and destroyed I didnt have that kind of thick skin., Maxwell assembled an unusual group of musicians: not just Matthewman, who recalls that the singer was very enamored with the Sade album, 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, Those were just a few elements of what the singer describes as a smorgasbord of cultures flowing into, . They played really good music, basically. It would be easier to blame somebody else, but Im not that kind of person. If I were somebody else, Im not sure I would like Sade. In the early Nineties, a young Maxwell was enraptured by Marvin Gaye, Prince, Graham Central Station, and the warmth of studios with Neve mixing consoles, but he wasnt sure he wanted to be a singer. The things that most depress you are often the things that you write about. Its not an incredibly professional way of working, the way that we work, so its always going to come out a little quirky. 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. I was pretty much one of the lads, but I was an old soul even when I was a child. L+T: Its hard not to, right? Im just a girl who likes to party. I told them I would try. It doesnt really help the process, he says. Press J to jump to the feed. Stuart: Yeah thats because its ourselves as well. A guy from the record company came in and said, Its, really beautiful, have you got drums coming in? And obviously over the years our tastes have grown and we just try different things. Many love affairs have begun to a Sade album. Maxwell then caps the first half of. They asked me if Id like to write a bio for superstar singer Sade. Were not thinking about anyone else. 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. I loved that song; I cant remember liking anything else I heard on standard pop radio. Then we feel were completely cut off and we could just get on with doing what we do. We played in Rio and the audience there, they just sang along to every song really loudly! Married to Michele Matthewman (19902018), they had a son, Clay Matthewman. One in particular was Like a Tattoo. That song is about a man who has been in Vietnam, but its not really about Vietnam. Ive never been so nervous in my life. And the thing about the way that we write music, the way that we do our songsis that we never set it up like, Oh we should do a ballad now or we need another up-tempo song or we should do this or that. La French Radio Portugal : Ne le 16 janvier 1959 au Nigeria, dans le village d'Ibadan, la jeune Helen F Therell be no more messaging, people are going to bed. 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,. Stuart Matthewman: We knew that we were going to have to play a lot of the old songs but we didn't want to make it into like a Greatest Hits Tour or anything like that. What happens when an internationally-experienced content expert, speaker and interviewer gets up close and personal with a global head of marketing communications? Teaming with bandmate Paul S. Denman and keyboardist Andrew Hale, they formed the band Sade. Some of the songs on here are things I wanted to write about a long time ago. Sade: Yesterday I was in my car. http://traffic.libsyn.com/podsodcast/2015-08-18T17_13_14-07_00.mp3, Follow THE PODS & SODS NETWORK on WordPress.com. So whether thats the Promise album that was maybe more, a little bit more jazz-tinged. How did he do it? Did you start listening to jazz at that time? In 1995, percussionist Karl Vanden Bossche introduced Matthewman to then unknown singer Maxwell. He doesnt put in so much when were composing; its more Andrew and Stuart. L+T: What still keeps you so passionate about making music? Send us a tip using our anonymous form. It depends on each song, really, how it comes to be. I travel with it and sometimes I look around and cant find it. As Matthewman puts it, When you live and work somewhere, you understand the nuances between the people in different cities and states. 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! What do you think the biggest misconception about you would be? Thats why hes about to unveil a brand evolution a project which received a standing ovation from the sales team at their internal/soft launch. Stuart: Almost like watching a theater production or an opera or something where you can just completely change the stage. Stuart is also a member of Sweetback, and was one half of Twin Danger. 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. Making music is like life: you never really know whats round the next bend in the river. No one was doing crazy smooth-jazz solos.. It doesnt work when one is dictating to the other. Stuart: Well we have very odd ones. He says, The key things to me are consistency, flexibility and collaboration with your key stakeholders: thats the rest of your marketing team around the globe as well as sales, service and people speaking to your customers and enablement. He adds that its critical to listen to the people in the regions for the nuances that happen locally and to work with them to make sure the campaign is actually going to land and work. Yes we speak English a kind of English compared to the Americans. Maxwell's Waiting Game: R&B Hitmaker Talks Loyalty, Longevity ', Maxwell follows that intro with four gently danceable cuts, including the Ware co-write Sumthin Sumthin' originally titled Hot Chocolate, the track has, the albums most aggressive bass line, whipping and wriggling and popping and the single Ascension (Dont Ever Wonder), co-written by Shur and originally titled XXX., Ascension sold more than a million copies, and its not hard to understand its allure: Theres the gliding economy of the groove, which seems to walk on water; the reckless falsetto run from Maxwell that opens the song; the strangely sticky lyrical construction of the hook, which swings from questioning to emphatic (Shouldnt I realize/Youre the highest of high/If you dont know, then Ill say it/So dont ever wonder); the subtle tumble of drums that precedes the chorus every so often. You are awesome!!! 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, . L+T: Amazing! About. [8] Vanessa Bley was killed in a car crash on 25 October 2019 in California.[9]. Minutes. 1 talking about this. (The Roots also helped out extensively on Baduizm.) Stuart Matthewman is also known as. And if more people take responsibility the blame game goes away.. I collect ideas. But, hes also pretty punky and rocky at the same time. Success for me is defined as how fulfilled I am, he says, the work Im doing and the impact Im having in my organisation. There is always a new story to tell. L+T: Have you noticed a change in your audience over time? . This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Matthewman practices the principles of collaboration, engagement and education as much as he preaches them. Recently, Stuart teamed up with singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vanessa Bley, daughter of Jazz legend Paul Bley, to form the band, In 2016, Stuart has kept busy back in his recording studio with several projects underway: co-writing and producing two songs on Maxwell's latest album earlier this year and composing the film score for the movie. Well, first of all its good that we stopped and didnt try to make another one off the back of the previous album. L+T: Is there anything you would change about your career? In 1996 Matthewman along with Andrew Hale and Paul Spencer Denman formed the studio band Sweetback. and our Varese Sarabande : A 30th Anniversary Celebration (A Chronicle Of Great Film Music 2003-2008) [omnibus, ost] (2016) by Various Artists () on maniadb.com Its good. Basically, Im always late, so I never have time to consider the realities. The record company knows theres no point in nagging us or giving us deadlines. But, your songs have meant so much to so many. "Lost" and "Listen Hear" from blackSUMMERS'night, "Taste My Own Tears" & "It's the Not Knowing" from A Perfect Contradiction, "Downdeep: Hula," "Know These Things: Shouldn't You" & "Gravity: Pushing to Pull" from Embrya, "Lonely's the Only Company (I & II)," "Welcome" & "Whenever, Wherever, Whatever" from Urban Hang Suite, "Tonight Is the Night" Stuart Matthewman Remix. We talk about the earliest days, go record by record through the Sade catalog, Live Aid, hit some of Honestly, were a little bit amateur in the studio, the way we work. In the early 1990s, Stuart Matthewman, the writer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work in Sade, heard a remarkable demo: a ballad that stretched out over nearly seven minutes, making room for daredevil falsetto and a bass line as elegant as a spiral staircase, building to a description of a sexual liaison so ecstatic that it lasts for days and eventually brings police to the door. Hopefully the organisation outlives all of us; but when were here, were the people that live and breathe the brand and we need to project those brand values collectively out to our people and the rest of the world., The new brand is easier to use but, more importantly, employees believe in it. We never think about the record company, we never think about friends or fans, we never think about radio. I saw in the media how people are mocked and destroyed I didnt have that kind of thick skin., He also worried that he wasnt supposed to make the type of R&B he loved. I was a 22-year-old kid flying to meet guys who were 50, 60 years old, Maxwell says. Sade: If I could turn back time? A lot of the results Matthewman has seen at IR relate to how he defines success, both in life and in marketing. So, the picture someone has of you is never completely true. In speaking with Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman, Life+Times learned a lot about what makes this legendary outfit tick. Im sure a lot of people hate me because of that, theyre like, Yeah, that bitch, Sade, I hate her. [laughs]. Matthewman co-wrote, performed, and produced tracks on Santessa's 2000 trip-hop album Delirium released on Sony. L+T: How do you feel working with Hip-Hop artists or being sampled by them affected your music/career? Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites. Thank you Eric. At that time, not many girls bought records; they were just listening to the same records as their boyfriends. That was with the group I started off in; I was the backing vocalist and one night we played at this little club, which was basically a pub with a DJ. Its great. As Matthewman says, If youre looking at truly business-changing programs not just focused on lead gen but on enabling the business thats truly a successful marketing team. Maxwell collaborated for the first time with guitarist Hod David, who co-wrote three songs and has worked with the singer ever since. 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. Our mission is simple: help marketers excel. Sadness in songs is positive because it brings it out of you; it brings the sadness out. Sade's Stuart Matthewman has revealed in a new interview with Rated R&B that the band have begun working towards a new album. Twenty-five years after his debut, the singer-songwriter-producer and key collaborators look back on an album that proved R&B tradition could still thrive in a hip-hop world. There are the fans of course, the always organic no-formula formula, and how a little Drake goes a long way to brighten Sades day. Daughter of late jazz pianist Paul Bley and pioneer video artist Carol Goss, Vanessa Bley was born in 1985 in Miami, Florida. Whether its messing with guitar or reggae bass line or some strange keyboard thing that Andrew might do or snare drums on a song that Sade might want to try. Now Its the Music Industrys Hottest Recommendation Tool, Jason Derulo Pens First Book 'Sing Your Name Out Loud', Wizkid More Love, Less Ego Tour Postponed to Fall 2023, A Year After Brain Injury, Amy Grant Sets First Solo Musical Return in a Decade, Blink-182 Postpone First-Ever Latin America Tour Dates Following Travis Barker Finger Injury, Raye Relives Her Sexual Assault in Harrowing 'Ice Cream Man' Video, How to Watch 'The Mandalorian' Online: Stream Season 3 Now, Alex MurdaughCalled 'Family Annihilator' by Prosecution in Murder Trial. 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