stuart matthewman interview

So, that got me interested and I started collecting albums. With Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, and Andrew Hale, he gained worldwide fame as the guitarist/saxophonist of the English band Sade. 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? Then, when they decide to buy, youre in the mix because youve assisted them with taking that journey.. Joining Latin funk band Pride, Matthewman met singer Sade Adu and they began writing songs together. But we pretty much approached the album in the way that we always do. Back in the day, marketing was about positioning things so they seemed better than they really were, says Matthewman. Then we feel were completely cut off and we could just get on with doing what we do. 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 think people do think of me as this depressed person crying in my ivory tower. 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! After releasing her album Lovers Rock in 2000, Sade wasnt heard again until 2010s Soldier of Love. A guy from the record company said, Its from a new artist, would you meet him? Were a lot of things, but when youre singing, when youre presenting yourself, you dont give everything away. Stuart Colin Matthewman (born 18 August 1960), also known as Cottonbelly, is an English songwriter, record producer and musician. That would come up a lot inside of myself and of course from people when I was trying to do what I was trying to do., Editors picks Trivia (1) Is the saxophonist and guitarist of 80s-present pop group Sade. 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.. Yeah. 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. Stuart Matthewman started marketing in the mid-'90s and actually changed careers half way. ' (No.) Who is this? The rest of them, I dont know. Theres one that we found out about. In the early Nineties, a young Maxwell was enraptured by, music around as a songwriter, Maxwell recalls. If I were somebody else, Im not sure I would like Sade. When Maxwell completed the album, it sat unreleased for nearly a year. You know were open for anything. Basically I found him very easy to work with because to me he is really like a beautiful facilitator. 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. Some organisations focus on leads or marketing qualified leads (MQLs). How do you help a global marketing team manage that? 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. In a recent interview with GQ Magazine, the renowned band revealed they are wrapping up the follow-up to 2010's Soldier of Love. Weve got some various bits and pieces to do individually and then well get back together again. 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. A true player of many musical instruments and amazing writer. The things that most depress you are often the things that you write about. We talk about the earliest days, go record by record through the Sade catalog, Live Aid, hit some of the key songs and stories behind them, talk about what's next for Sade and get a taste of his new project, Twin Danger.Michael Sweet of Stryper joins Eric of Pods \u0026 Sods in conversation. We dont consciously say I want this song to sound like that one, but it creeps in there. As Cottonbelly, Stuart released the dub/electronic album,X Amounts Of Niceness(2010) and produced remixes for artists: Janet Jackson, Gregory Isaacs, and The Isley Brothers. Matthewman says Sades label home, Epic Records, respects her artistry and doesnt pressure the release of new music. 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. Its good. You cant run around and change it once its on vinyl. But there is, perhaps, one last surprise that Matthewman left with me: the lesson he wishes hed learned earlier. Over the five years he has been with the company, its has seen fantastic growth and its marketing revenue has tripled. 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, . Those steep steps, well be too old. L+T: How do you feel working with Hip-Hop artists or being sampled by them affected your music/career? We all had so much fun. http://traffic.libsyn.com/podsodcast/2015-08-18T17_13_14-07_00.mp3, Follow THE PODS & SODS NETWORK on WordPress.com. But everything was very programmed-sounding, Matthewman explains. I tried to write it before, but it didnt quite work out. He has composed the soundtracks for the movies: Twin Falls Idaho, Jackpot, Northfork, The Double (short subject), The Astronaut Farmer and Life Support. 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. L+T: Its hard not to, right? Sade: If I could turn back time? Maxwell collaborated for the first time with guitarist Hod David, who co-wrote three songs and has worked with the singer ever since. I always do that, start talking about something else. [1] With Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, and Andrew Hale, he gained worldwide fame as the guitarist/saxophonist of the band Sade. 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 . Daughter of late jazz pianist Paul Bley and pioneer video artist Carol Goss, Vanessa Bley was born in 1985 in Miami, Florida. Were not thinking about anyone else. I think people do think of me as this depressed person crying in my ivory tower. Below we countdown to Stuart Matthewman upcoming birthday. I know theyre out there but are there any that are kind of over the top? He is the assistant editor. But, your songs have meant so much to so many. 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. $4 Million Stuart Matthewman net worth: Stuart Matthewman is an English songwriter, musician, and record producer who has a net worth of $4 million. 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, . Your email address will not be published. I had these stiletto heels on and when I walked up to the microphone, my shoe got stuck in one of the planks. 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. "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 have no rules in the studio so anyone is, you know, always open to try anything. We talk about the earliest days, go record by record through the Sade catalog, Live Aid, hit some of I think that children arent naturally racist at all. I just sat and waited., Some of his ambivalence about his path remained even when Urban Hang Suite finally hit stores in April 1996. [laughs] I think now, Im less open than I used to be sometimes, because I have to protect myself. You have to deliver, even if youre not ready for it. Its like musical recycling. Register for a Program; Jewish Men's Retreat. Stuart Matthewman | Press Stuart Matthewman Collaboration with MaxwelL In this interview, R&B singer Maxwell discusses his latest album and collaboration with Stuart. I was like, Thats the point it starts with an instrumental and ends with a slow version of the same instrumental. Sade: They are getting younger and older. You wont be sacked. Our mission is simple: help marketers excel. You spend a lot of your life at work. I just like it. We were forever butting heads., Now he does things differently. But today in the B2B space its more about educating people. 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. Sometimes the songs dont come from my lyrics. 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