So, that got me interested and I started collecting albums. How do you help a global marketing team manage that? Along with her constant mates Stuart Matthewman (guitars and sax), Andrew Hale (keyboards) and Paul S. Denman (bass), this would be the groups first album since 1988s Stronger Than Pride. We were just kind of writing. Whatever book I was reading, that would become my entire life. Solo transcription.Transcription sheet you will find on http://solojunkie.wix.com/solojunkie 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. So, the picture someone has of you is never completely true. As Matthewman puts it, When you live and work somewhere, you understand the nuances between the people in different cities and states. 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. Its about how people in different regions like to be communicated to, learn and educate themselves that impacts marketing.. She likes to put out art. 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. 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. Its great; its this guy from Germany, who I guess hes a cross-dresser. 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. You have this guitar kind of squeaky sound, and it was also a little bit more country than what weve done, it wasnt kind of necessarily R&B. Yeah. Hes a really important member of the band. You mentioned Stuart Matthewman and Andrew Hale before, but what is your relationship like with bassist Paul Denman? 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.. Stuart Matthewman is a British musician who was first part of the band 'Pride' in the early 80s before working with Sade in 1984. 'Urban Hang Suite' Left Him No Choice", "How Maxwell Captured the Sounds of Timeless Soul on 'Urban Hang Suite': 25 Years Later", "Driver in Fatal 154 Crash Was a Ticking Time Bomb", Stuart Matthewman Career Retrospective Interview from August 2015 with Pods & Sods, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stuart_Matthewman&oldid=1139495855, This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 12:40. Years ago, I think it was when By Your Side, the song came out, and big posters were stuck around New York. Stuart: I think our formula is the fact that we dont really have a formula. Do you remember the first time you played live? Stuart is an avid cyclist, training and racing with New York race team, RBNY Racing. . No, not really, but we are influenced by it. I grew up on a council estate in a village. 23K views 7 years ago tuart Matthewman of Sade joins Eric of Pods & Sods in conversation. The record label found the idea of starting an album in this way baffling. Not just people hanging out with their parents! About. [2] In 1982, he relocated to London. At that time, not many girls bought records; they were just listening to the same records as their boyfriends. Matthewman can be heard on saxophone, guitar, keyboards, and programming. That and we all listen to a lot of music. Over the five years he has been with the company, its has seen fantastic growth and its marketing revenue has tripled. He says, That often led to people fudging results or trying to put gloss on campaigns where they probably could have taken learnings out of things where they didnt work or try to understand why they didnt work, instead.. 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. (Ive experienced that before with Sade when theyre scared of putting things out, Matthewman says sympathetically. The song just makes you recognize it. A guy from the record company came in and said, Its really beautiful, have you got drums coming in? In 2018, Stuart Matthewman, a famed British musician and longtime bandmate of the Grammy-winning group Sade, exclusively revealed to Rated R&B that the legendary band was "working on a new album." . Urban Hang Suite Left Him No Choice, Russ Doesnt Trust Other Labels. Cookie Notice L+T: When you finished recording By Your Side, did you have any idea that it was going to be so gigantic? Then, when I was 13 I discovered a pirate radio station that played all sorts of stuff: folk, rock, soul, everything. I loved that song; I cant remember liking anything else I heard on standard pop radio. When we moved back from Nigeria, we didnt have anywhere to go, so first we lived with my grandparents, and then my mom got this job as a nurse. Maxwell: Towards a New Definition of the Elegant Soulman. Joining Latin funk band Pride, Matthewman met singer Sade Adu and they began writing songs together. But we kind of had to, you know, to do events and various things. I know that sounds a bit odd. The song was my interpretation of what he told me. Try to find people who help you. In 1995, percussionist Karl Vanden Bossche introduced Matthewman to then unknown singer Maxwell. I love what punk did for the music industry, particularly since it gave everybody different ideas of what the music business could be. His niche is seasoned R&B acts, along with radio stats on urban and R&B formats. Maxwell collaborated for the first time with guitarist Hod David, who co-wrote three songs and has worked with the singer ever since. Sade signed with Epic Records U.K. division in 1984. ', 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.. Below we countdown to Stuart Matthewman upcoming birthday. During his teens, he picked up sax and began playing guitar. 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. Thanks for this! Life+Times: What do you aim to do differently with your live sets each time you tour? All Rights reserved. Stuart Colin Matthewman (born 18 August 1960), also known as Cottonbelly, is an English songwriter, record producer and musician. I collect ideas. Sade Adu of Sade and Teddy Riley are among the 2023 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees. Some 20-year0-olds, some college kids seem to be. I think the general consensus is we cant possibly leave it that long next time. Its not that the song makes you feel sad, the sadness is already there. As beautifully sweet as she was wickedly talented, Sade was the anti-diva Diva. Some organisations focus on leads or marketing qualified leads (MQLs). L+T: Do you think that that preserves the organic quality of the music? They released two albums, Sweetback (1996) and Stage 2 (2004).[5]. Many love affairs have begun to a Sade album. [6] In an interview with Pete Lewis for Blues and Soul print magazine, issue 1098, Paloma Faith discusses working with songwriters: "another person I really clicked with was Stuart Matthewman, who is Sade's co-writer. Then, when they decide to buy, youre in the mix because youve assisted them with taking that journey.. Matthewman reflects that as a young marketer he was very afraid of making a mistake or a campaign not working. You wont be sacked. I collect ideas in my head all the time. 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. Their self-titled album was released on Decca/Universal in 2015. Back in the day, marketing was about positioning things so they seemed better than they really were, says Matthewman. Yeah, I have a little notebook, but Im always losing it as well; mislaying it. Stuart: Its quite amazing! They asked me if Id like to write a bio for superstar singer Sade. is dashing and assured, its creator was profoundly ambivalent about his place in the music industry at the time. 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. In 1994, Stuart teamed up with fellow Sadeband mates, Andrew Hale and Paul Denman, forming the studio band,Sweetback, releasing two albums featuring various guest artists: Maxwell, Amel Larrieux, Aya, and Chocolate Genius. 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. In addition to songwriting, Matthewman can be heard on saxophone, guitar, keyboards, and programming. Stuart Matthewman will celebrate 63rd birthday on a Friday 18th of August 2023. ' (No.) [8] Vanessa Bley was killed in a car crash on 25 October 2019 in California.[9]. I kept moving my foot, but it wouldnt budge. I wanted the cover to not be my face, Maxwell says. Stuart Matthewman was born on August 18, 1960 in Hull, East Yorkshire, England. Sade signed with Epic Records U.K. division in 1984. Minutes. L+T: How do you feel working with Hip-Hop artists or being sampled by them affected your music/career? [1] With Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, and Andrew Hale, he gained worldwide fame as the guitarist/saxophonist of the band Sade. L+T: Its hard not to, right? What I like personally when I listen to other peoples music is when the music makes you feel something. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. I like to leave what weve already done behind. But it always ends up kind of sounding like us anyway. 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. You know, theyve kind of grown older but theres a lot of younger people in the audience this time as well. Using the pseudonym Cottonbelly, Stuart released the dub/electronic album, X Amounts of Niceness in 2010 [1] and produced remixes for artists. He is the father of Clay Matthewman and two magical white cats, Chet and Billie. And they dont even speak English! Stuart Matthewman is also known as. 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. We wanted to make sure that we really covered songs that weren't expected as well for us to do. Days. We loved it; it was so simple, Matthewman remembers. Hours. We do have those metrics at IR, but we largely use them as leading indicators. Fair Play with Stuart Matthewman 11,735 views Aug 9, 2015 Filmmaker Clive Williams hangs out with music artist / producer Stuart Matthewman (Twin Danger /Sade) to discuss Stuart's. But, your songs have meant so much to so many. Antwane joined Rated R&B in January 2013 after graduating from the University of South Carolina. While other artists are content with releasing music more frequently to remain in the limelight, Matthewman says, [Sades] not interested in the fame or any of that [other] stuff. In the early Nineties, a young Maxwell was enraptured by, music around as a songwriter, Maxwell recalls. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. What I could immediately grasp, I took in. Flanked by Sweetback, Sade has crafted a sound that not only withstood the test of time, but arrived better with each return. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Honestly, were a little bit amateur in the studio, the way we work. They were sweet blokes, because if it wasnt for their blind faith in me, I wouldnt be singing. I mean it was so rewarding doing the tour. Sade: I love when our music is reclaimed to make something new. Maxwell then caps the first half of. 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, . So He Built His Own, A Breath of Fresh Air: How Giveon Became R&Bs King of Warmth, It Started as a College Project. Stuart Matthewman | Press Stuart Matthewman Collaboration with MaxwelL In this interview, R&B singer Maxwell discusses his latest album and collaboration with Stuart. But, Cherish the Day, I know if I heard it on the radio I would say, God, this is good. Do they think youre some kind of sad poet walking around dressed in all black? I mean, I was there on the edge, but I wasnt that into it. 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. 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