The song just makes you recognize it. We loved it; it was so simple, Matthewman remembers. Stuart is an avid cyclist, training and racing with New York race team, RBNY Racing. Stuart Matthewman is also known as. 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 record label found the idea of starting an album in this way baffling. You know we just do what we do and hope that people like it. '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. But we were accepted and there were no problems, no questions or conflicts because we were different. ', Those were just a few elements of what the singer describes as a smorgasbord of cultures flowing into Urban Hang Suite. Sade & Stuart Matthewman Discuss Music, Hip-Hop and Longevity. So I mean yeah we have such a cross-section of people out there. 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. Whenever Wherever Whatever, a drum-less Matthewman co-write that sets Maxwell against tense acoustic guitar, is the sets most blatant Sade homage. Stuart Matthewman was born on August 18, 1960 in Hull, East Yorkshire, England. 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. We dont consciously say I want this song to sound like that one, but it creeps in there. 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. His most vital album, Urban Hang Suite helped prove that a prehip-hop R&B tradition could still be creatively and commercially viable at a time when rap was already taking over popular culture. We played in Rio and the audience there, they just sang along to every song really loudly! You spend a lot of your life at work. Maxwell enlisted other pros with enviable track records as well: David Gamson, a former member of, is springy and suave. 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. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. Therell be no more messaging, people are going to bed. We were just kind of writing. 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. 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, was released, its frequently been name-checked, along with, (1997), as a foundational album for the neo-soul movement. I think people do think of me as this depressed person crying in my ivory tower. Even more unusual was that she had two black kids and the village was pure white as the driven snow. , the singers debut, which turns 25 this week; Maxwell is honoring the birthday with a reissue and a performance at the NAACP Image Awards. Whats your favorite song on Love Deluxe? You just try to make a record that you like, that you would buy yourself. It was a good day. Stuart is also a member of bands, Sweetback and Twin Danger. Its gotten to the point now that I actually like performing. Sade Adu of Sade and Teddy Riley are among the 2023 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees. Its great. Can you talk a little about you and the band working on this album after not being in the studio for a few years? tuart Matthewman of Sade joins Eric of Pods \u0026 Sods in conversation. 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. 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. Today, I might look after demand gen but it doesnt mean that the person looking after content, social, digital marketing dont have input. He is the father of Clay Matthewman and two magical white cats, Chet and Billie. With Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, and Andrew Hale, he gained worldwide fame as the guitarist/saxophonist of the English band Sade. 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. His most vital album. The following week, Perry escorted me to Sades midtown hotel suite overlooking 6th Avenue. L+T: Have you noticed a change in your audience over time? Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites. He just wears like latex dresses and hell film himself getting ready for the concert like putting on these dresses at home and then kind of films himself arriving at the concert and then hell film himself at the concert. In 1996 Matthewman along with Andrew Hale and Paul Spencer Denman formed the studio band Sweetback. The singer started her first disappearing act after she took eight years to release a follow-up to 1992s Love Deluxe. Just own it. Related Stories 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. 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. 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. re-igniting peoples passion, internally, for the brand, and the role employees play in making sure that the brand values are presented outwardly and consistently. Gina Balarin is founder and director of Verballistics Pty Ltd, TEDx speaker and author ofThe Secret Army: Leadership, Marketing and the Power of People. Weve managed to get that right. 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. I met a guy in a bar in New York years ago. L+T: Do you think that that preserves the organic quality of the music? 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 grew up on a council estate in a village. So, that got me interested and I started collecting albums. But there is, perhaps, one last surprise that Matthewman left with me: the lesson he wishes hed learned earlier. When Maxwell completed the album, it sat unreleased for nearly a year. Stuart: I think our formula is the fact that we dont really have a formula. And they dont even speak English! It doesnt really help the process, he says. Success for me is defined as how fulfilled I am, he says, the work Im doing and the impact Im having in my organisation. Its heavy, just the whole experience. Im a bit witchy; witchy woman. If I were somebody else, Im not sure I would like Sade. Stuart is also a member of Sweetback, and was one half of Twin Danger. 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. It doesnt work when one is dictating to the other. L+T: Who are some artists you are interested in these days? ' Matthewman recalls. http://traffic.libsyn.com/podsodcast/2015-08-18T17_13_14-07_00.mp3, Follow THE PODS & SODS NETWORK on WordPress.com. Its like musical recycling. The song was my interpretation of what he told me. Stuart Matthewman started marketing in the mid-90s and actually changed careers half way. Teaming with bandmate Paul S. Denman and keyboardist Andrew Hale, they formed the band Sade. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. We all had so much fun. Its been eight years now, and Sade still hasnt fully emerged from her music slumber to bless us with a new full-length album. That was very much Sophie [Muller] and Sade together. After coming back to marketing a few years later, he's 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. The things that most depress you are often the things that you write about. You know, theyve kind of grown older but theres a lot of younger people in the audience this time as well. Those steep steps, well be too old. I had these stiletto heels on and when I walked up to the microphone, my shoe got stuck in one of the planks. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. [laughs] I think now, Im less open than I used to be sometimes, because I have to protect myself. 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. 'Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite' turns 25 this week. 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. One in particular was Like a Tattoo. That song is about a man who has been in Vietnam, but its not really about Vietnam. We have no rules in the studio so anyone is, you know, always open to try anything. 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.. When you make a record its so concrete, you know? Sade's longtime collaborator and famed British musician Stuart Matthewman who is an original member of the band exclusively tells Rated R&B, "We're working on a new album." Matthewman says Sade and their creative team currently have "a bunch of songs," that eager fans will hear once they're satisfied with the final product. What we were doing was programmed, but it sounded live because we allowed other instruments to breathe and play around the vocals. Daughter of late jazz pianist Paul Bley and pioneer video artist Carol Goss, Vanessa Bley was born in 1985 in Miami, Florida. They played really good music, basically. L+T: Have you encountered any crazed Sade fans? L+T: Is there anything you would change about your career? If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. Its just whatever we feel like. I wasnt so sure that I really wanted to be in the front. Matthewman can be heard on saxophone, guitar, keyboards, and programming. There is always a new story to tell. Sade signed with Epic Records U.K. division in 1984. If youre not enjoying it, it can impact not just on the work youre doing, but also life outside of work. After releasing her album Lovers Rock in 2000, Sade wasnt heard again until 2010s Soldier of Love. We wanted to make sure that we really covered songs that weren't expected as well for us to do. In the early Nineties, a young Maxwell was enraptured by, music around as a songwriter, Maxwell recalls. Its not an incredibly professional way of working, the way that we work, so its always going to come out a little quirky. Its good. In 1996 Matthewman along with Andrew Hale and Paul Spencer Denman formed the studio band Sweetback. Days. 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. I would think after all these years, you guys must have a pretty tight relationship. The internet and content have had a huge part to play in this you have to be up front about how youre educating people and helping them with a buying decision. No, no. 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. A true player of many musical instruments and amazing writer. Their self-titled album was released on Decca/Universal in 2015. That seems like a marketing ploy thats obvious in todays world, but I was actually scared that something would happen. You know were open for anything. That seems like a marketing ploy thats obvious in todays world, but I was actually scared that something would happen. Sometimes we can work together without any talking, and thats the best. $4 Million Stuart Matthewman net worth: Stuart Matthewman is an English songwriter, musician, and record producer who has a net worth of $4 million. Honestly, were a little bit amateur in the studio, the way we work. 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. It would be easier to blame somebody else, but Im not that kind of person. I know theyre out there but are there any that are kind of over the top? 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". I mean its amazing going towe played in South America that we hadnt done before. 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. Hours. 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. Ive never been so nervous in my life. Were not thinking about anyone else. I tried to write it before, but it didnt quite work out. Its one of the key reasons I really enjoy working at IR., Matthewman is philosophical about international marketing. 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. I was like, Thats the point it starts with an instrumental and ends with a slow version of the same instrumental. Chipboard we called 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. 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. Its almost unreal; almost magical. Yeah, I think so, but thats only because they see one level. 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. In 2014 Twin Danger signed to Decca Classics/Universal records and released[7] their eponymously titled album in spring 2015. Stuart Matthewman will celebrate 63rd birthday on a Friday 18th of August 2023. Well, first of all its good that we stopped and didnt try to make another one off the back of the previous album. Yeah, I have a little notebook, but Im always losing it as well; mislaying it. Married to Michele Matthewman (19902018), they had a son, Clay Matthewman. Some organisations focus on leads or marketing qualified leads (MQLs). Sade: They are getting younger and older. ', 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. I was so engrossed in the process of reading. 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In addition to songwriting, Matthewman can be heard on saxophone, guitar, keyboards, and programming. Maybe Stuart [Matthewman] or Andrew [Hale] will come from a bassline and then we build on that. His niche is seasoned R&B acts, along with radio stats on urban and R&B formats. When it comes to trusting people, I have quite good instincts. The record company knows theres no point in nagging us or giving us deadlines. 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. Everything changed around. What changes were they? is dashing and assured, its creator was profoundly ambivalent about his place in the music industry at the time. I speak with Matthewman, Introducing flexibility from people on how they use the brand. [pause] But, we were talking about Paul. 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. Varese Sarabande : A 30th Anniversary Celebration (A Chronicle Of Great Film Music 2003-2008) [omnibus, ost] (2016) by Various Artists () on maniadb.com Many love affairs have begun to a Sade album. Its more about society and culture and their parents. Your email address will not be published. Stuart Matthewman | Press Stuart Matthewman Collaboration with MaxwelL In this interview, R&B singer Maxwell discusses his latest album and collaboration with Stuart. You dont partially choose, Im going to show this, but Im not going to show that. But it happens that way. Thanks for this! 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). Below we countdown to Stuart Matthewman upcoming birthday. Im sure people tell you that. I always see it as a compliment. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time Stuart: Yeah thats because its ourselves as well. During his teens, he picked up sax and began playing guitar. Good questions. Stuart Matthewman started marketing in the mid-'90s and actually changed careers half way. Maxwell's Waiting Game: R&B Hitmaker Talks Loyalty, Longevity And the history as well. We were forever butting heads., Now he does things differently. Register for a Program; Jewish Men's Retreat. But today in the B2B space its more about educating people. At IR, our corporate campaigns are developed here on a global level but we rely heavily on our colleagues in the regions to run those programs. So were definitely not going to leave it that long. True success for us really is: are we delivering quality pipeline that results in revenue? Eventually somebody was supposed to replace me, but that never happened. Ive always been like that. Try to find people who help you. We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website. 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. Making music is like life: you never really know whats round the next bend in the river. He reluctantly confides that his breakup with marketing came about partly because of his dissatisfaction with the way companies were doing it at the time. "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. L+T: Amazing! In the years since Urban Hang Suite was released, its frequently been name-checked, along with DAngelos Brown Sugar (1995) and Erykah Badus Baduizm (1997), as a foundational album for the neo-soul movement. Over the five years he has been with the company, its has seen fantastic growth and its marketing revenue has tripled. I love what punk did for the music industry, particularly since it gave everybody different ideas of what the music business could be. Its quite a responsibility. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Life+Times: What do you aim to do differently with your live sets each time you tour? 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. If I had to pick one it would be Cherish the Day, but I dont know why. No one was doing crazy smooth-jazz solos.. Some 20-year0-olds, some college kids seem to be. The lead A&R was like, Whats the deal with the instrumental? And obviously over the years our tastes have grown and we just try different things. Risk takers with an appetite for the unknown." 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. But we pretty much approached the album in the way that we always do. ' Matthewman recalls. Weve got some various bits and pieces to do individually and then well get back together again. I was pretty much one of the lads, but I was an old soul even when I was a child. You get some perspective on why youre making a record. mark into a region where Brown Sugar never went, and that Baduizm only flirted with. At that time, not many girls bought records; they were just listening to the same records as their boyfriends. Finally, he recommends open and honest communication. I was a 22-year-old kid flying to meet guys who were 50, 60 years old, Maxwell says. We were working on Love Deluxe for about four months, physically making it. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Basically, Im always late, so I never have time to consider the realities. Life+Times: What do you aim to do differently with your live sets each time you tour? I wish I could take it out on other people. In a recent interview with GQ Magazine, the renowned band revealed they are wrapping up the follow-up to 2010's Soldier of Love. We want to hear it. According to Matthewman, Sade Adu and company have already written . Born August 18, 1960, in Hull, North Yorkshire, England, Matthewman started playing clarinet as a child. She is best known as front woman for haze-pop band Beast Patrol, noted "Band to Watch" by Rolling Stone, and the band Twin Danger, described by Jazziz magazine as "the brainchild of vocalist-pianist-guitarist Vanessa Bley and saxophonist-guitarist Stuart Mathewman, is . (Ive experienced that before with Sade when theyre scared of putting things out, Matthewman says sympathetically. But everything was very programmed-sounding, Matthewman explains. When I asked Matthewman what he would do differently in marketing if he could do things over again, the answer lay in not underestimating the importance of branding, a failing he has been working to rectify over the last six to eight months. Our mission is simple: help marketers excel. ' Maxwell recalls. He is known for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Sea of Love (1989) and Spanglish (2004). and our Stuart: Well we absolutely loved doing the tour. Mission Statement and Core Values; Wisdom Council; Calendar of Events; Programs. I was walking in like, I think youre incredibly valid. Maxwell then caps the first half of. Did you start listening to jazz at that time? [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). document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Their work featured instrumental songs and songs with guest vocalists. And also, if we leave it ten years, well never be able to get up on the side of the stage anymore. Matthewman can be heard on saxophone, guitar, keyboards, and programming. He has appeared on all of Sade's 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. I mean it was so rewarding doing the tour. 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. 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. L+T: Who are some artists you are interested in these days? There are more licensed stations now, but when I was growing up, there werent many options. There are just certain things that I really love and I can understand. The band features instrumental songs and songs with guest vocalists. I also liked the heavier stuff as well, like Gil Scott-Heron. Stuart Colin Matthewman (born 18 August 1960), also known as Cottonbelly, is an English songwriter, record producer and musician. 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