Stuart Matthewman is a British musician who was first part of the band 'Pride' in the early 80s before working with Sade in 1984. We talk about the early days of Stryper, some of his childhood guitar heroes and influences, the classic days of To Hell With The Devil, his solo career, songwriting and the unique spot that Stryper inhabits in the music world in terms of music and message. Stuart Matthewman will celebrate 63rd birthday on a Friday 18th of August 2023. L+T: When you finished recording By Your Side, did you have any idea that it was going to be so gigantic? The following week, Perry escorted me to Sades midtown hotel suite overlooking 6th Avenue. [laughs] Youre nervous? ', Those were just a few elements of what the singer describes as a smorgasbord of cultures flowing into Urban Hang Suite. Sade Adu is hip-hop. 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]. And they dont even speak English! If I had to pick one it would be Cherish the Day, but I dont know why. And the history as well. Whatever book I was reading, that would become my entire life. L+T: What still keeps you so passionate about making music? When you make a record its so concrete, you know? Yeah. I speak with Matthewman, Introducing flexibility from people on how they use the brand. You mentioned Stuart Matthewman and Andrew Hale before, but what is your relationship like with bassist Paul Denman? L+T: Have you noticed a change in your audience over time? While Urban Hang Suite is dashing and assured, its creator was profoundly ambivalent about his place in the music industry at the time. I was pretty much one of the lads, but I was an old soul even when I was a child. I was so engrossed in the process of reading. Below we countdown to Stuart Matthewman upcoming birthday. If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. We know what to expect from each other and how to deal with each other as well. Maxwell enlisted other pros with enviable track records as well: David Gamson, a former member of, is springy and suave. You know what I mean? I know I dont get angry with anyone except myself, really. Although, official solo music could be coming soon. Its quite a responsibility. We want to hear it. That seems like a marketing ploy thats obvious in todays world, but I was actually scared that something would happen. You know we just do what we do and hope that people like it. 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. 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 cant run around and change it once its on vinyl. It liberated the industry and gave people a lot of opportunities. A guy from the record company came in and said, Its really beautiful, have you got drums coming in? The song was my interpretation of what he told me. We have no rules in the studio so anyone is, you know, always open to try anything. In that I could just hum something to him and, though it could seem like a really shoddy idea, he would somehow immediately just play the right chords that would make it sound like something really special. Sade signed with Epic Records U.K. division in 1984. Stuart: I think our formula is the fact that we dont really have a formula. Stuart: Yeah thats because its ourselves as well. ' Maxwell recalls. And they dont even speak English! We were forever butting heads., Now he does things differently. 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. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time 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. Matthewman reflects that although nobody wanted to be the person who runs out the dud campaign, this often manifested itself as competition with everyone you were working with. Not everything is going to work., He uses this approach with his team. The singer started her first disappearing act after she took eight years to release a follow-up to 1992s Love Deluxe. When it comes to trusting people, I have quite good instincts. Well, first of all its good that we stopped and didnt try to make another one off the back of the previous album. It was the epitome of the English village; our family was accepted really well. I got into that later. 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 also learn about the next Sweet \u0026 Lynch album and hear stories behind some of the songs on the new Stryper record, Fallen.For more on Stuart, visit:http://www.sade.comhttp://www.twindanger.comFor more Pods \u0026 Sods, visit:http://www.facebook.com/podssodshttp://podsodcast.blogspot.com Ive never been so nervous in my life. Years ago, I think it was when By Your Side, the song came out, and big posters were stuck around New York. (The Roots also helped out extensively on Baduizm.) , the singers debut, which turns 25 this week; Maxwell is honoring the birthday with a reissue and a performance at the NAACP Image Awards. Seconds. I like to leave what weve already done behind. Others you have to manipulate to get what you want out of them so they can say what you want them to say. . 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. 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. If I were somebody else, Im not sure I would like Sade. Unsurprisingly, as head of marcomms, a lot of his answers have to do with good communication. Everything changed around. [8] Vanessa Bley was killed in a car crash on 25 October 2019 in California.[9]. I had an older brother who was always very protective of me. Yeah. Trivia (1) Is the saxophonist and guitarist of 80s-present pop group Sade. 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. Sade Adu of Sade and Teddy Riley are among the 2023 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees. [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. Matthewman says Sades label home, Epic Records, respects her artistry and doesnt pressure the release of new music. Some of the songs on here are things I wanted to write about a long time ago. Intelligent questions and a wonderful conversation. 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. Chipboard we called it. Flanked by Sweetback, Sade has crafted a sound that not only withstood the test of time, but arrived better with each return. In speaking with Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman, Life+Times learned a lot about what makes this legendary outfit tick. Stuart is kind of an unsung hero and a truly incredible talent! Sade is one of the few artists who can take a lengthy hiatus, drop an album, steal the show and take another break. I didnt like his more rocky stage; I wasnt so keen on that. 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. And if more people take responsibility the blame game goes away.. 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." . He doesnt put in so much when were composing; its more Andrew and Stuart. You are awesome!!! L+T: Amazing! 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. 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). Do they think youre some kind of sad poet walking around dressed in all black? With Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, and Andrew Hale, he gained worldwide fame as the guitarist/saxophonist of the English band Sade. 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. About. 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. I mean it sounded very different from what we usually did. Sade: This time we wanted to do something more theatrical and take the audience somewhere unexpected. SYDNEY, March 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IR (ASX:IRI) a leading global provider of performance management and analytics for unified communication and collaboration, IT infrastructure, and payment. 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. So the way that we did that instead of just playing the songs we really wanted to do it visually so we wanted every song or every couple of songs to have its own visual theme. Some of the things I write down, theyll never be on a record. They asked me if Id like to write a bio for superstar singer Sade. IR 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).. Marketing Technology News: Bedrock Markets Launches Digital Banner Ads - Effective Stuart brings a wealth of marketing experience and capability . Stuart: Exactly, yeah! The second half of Urban Hang Suite is more subdued, a series of Quiet Storm ballads. I wanted the cover to not be my face, Maxwell says. Over the five years he has been with the company, its has seen fantastic growth and its marketing revenue has tripled. "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. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. 'Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite' turns 25 this week. 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. Yes, I have. My father is totally into music and surrounds himself with music, but I didnt grow up with him. If someone tries to say, It wasnt my fault, call that out. I spoke to various people in the organisation who use the brand: people in the UX team, people in the culture team, solutions engineers who have to build technical documentation using our branding, salespeople who have to deal with PowerPoint slides and finding things on the internet, the product group I spoke to people far and wide, had workshops with people globally: got input from all parts of the world it has gone through many iterations to get to where we got to.. We loved it; it was so simple, Matthewman remembers. If youre not enjoying it, it can impact not just on the work youre doing, but also life outside of work. That seems like a marketing ploy thats obvious in todays world, but I was actually scared that something would happen. After releasing her album Lovers Rock in 2000, Sade wasnt heard again until 2010s Soldier of Love. 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. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Stuart Matthewman of Sade joins Eric in conversation. True success for us really is: are we delivering quality pipeline that results in revenue? You dont partially choose, Im going to show this, but Im not going to show that. But it happens that way. You know were open for anything. 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? Indeed, the world was waiting. I was walking in like, I think youre incredibly valid. Stuart Colin Matthewman (born 18 August 1960), also known as Cottonbelly, is an English songwriter, record producer and musician. Theres not much else I would change-the mistakes Ive made have made me grow braver. L+T: Do you think that that preserves the organic quality of the music? His most vital album. Many love affairs have begun to a Sade album. Were you aware then that your family was different? Their work featured instrumental songs and songs with guest vocalists. Its great. Its not an incredibly professional way of working, the way that we work, so its always going to come out a little quirky. There are just certain things that I really love and I can understand. Matthewman reflects that as a young marketer he was very afraid of making a mistake or a campaign not working. 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. I was quite deprived of music, because my mom wasnt particularly into music. Back in the day, marketing was about positioning things so they seemed better than they really were, says Matthewman. A lot of the results Matthewman has seen at IR relate to how he defines success, both in life and in marketing. They asked if I wanted to be the singer, but I told them, Im not a singer. 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At that time, not many girls bought records; they were just listening to the same records as their boyfriends. Sade: I love when our music is reclaimed to make something new. How long does that formulation of ideas take? I think people do think of me as this depressed person crying in my ivory tower. 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. You need to work as a team. The band features instrumental songs and songs with guest vocalists. I also liked the heavier stuff as well, like Gil Scott-Heron. Whenever Wherever Whatever, a drum-less Matthewman co-write that sets Maxwell against tense acoustic guitar, is the sets most blatant Sade homage. Yes we speak English a kind of English compared to the Americans. The things that most depress you are often the things that you write about. Two hearts beating as one. Gina Balarin speaks with IRs Stuart Matthewman. I mean its amazing going towe played in South America that we hadnt done before. When did you first became interested in music and thought it was something that you could do professionally? 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. You spend a lot of your life at work. L+T: Have you encountered any crazed Sade fans? Sure, not in the conventional sense, but the elusive artist has remained a name drop by the rap connoisseurs for ages now. , produces software that helps large enterprises monitor, manage and troubleshoot their critical networks and systems. I guess we should start off talking about the new album, Love Deluxe. I loved that song; I cant remember liking anything else I heard on standard pop radio. Your email address will not be published. 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. Theres a bunch of YouTube clips. 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. 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. Stuart Matthewman was born on August 18, 1960 in Hull, East Yorkshire, England. 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. Im a mixture of being really idealistic and hopeful, and really pessimistic about our future. He knows that if its easier for them to use it and understand it, the brand gets used properly more often, and. Teaming with bandmate Paul S. Denman and keyboardist Andrew Hale, they formed the band Sade. Stuart Colin Matthewman (born 18 August 1960), also known as Cottonbelly, is an English songwriter, record producer and musician. He is known for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Sea of Love (1989) and Spanglish (2004). A guy from the record company said, Its from a new artist, would you meet him? 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. In addition to songwriting, Matthewman can be heard on saxophone, guitar, keyboards, and programming. But today in the B2B space its more about educating people. In 1996 Matthewman along with Andrew Hale and Paul Spencer Denman formed the studio band Sweetback. Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites. 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. Stuart: Oh yeah, absolutely. Do you remember the first time you played live? 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The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time 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. We dont always agree, but I always get my way. They were sweet blokes, because if it wasnt for their blind faith in me, I wouldnt be singing. What changes were they? Urban Hang Suite is really just soul, with a lineage that reaches back to Keni Burkes Risin to the Top, Sades Haunt Me, the English group Loose Ends we both loved their mix of drum machines and live stuff, Matthewman says and Shuggie Otis, among others. But we were accepted and there were no problems, no questions or conflicts because we were different. Maxwell's Waiting Game: R&B Hitmaker Talks Loyalty, Longevity Some organisations focus on leads or marketing qualified leads (MQLs). Stuart is an avid cyclist, training and racing with New York race team, RBNY Racing. Now I collect books, but I never have time to read them. 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. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. 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. These guys had a band, but their singer had left. So, that got me interested and I started collecting albums. We were working on Love Deluxe for about four months, physically making it. I know theyre out there but are there any that are kind of over the top? 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. I had my little cassette of this album which had been mixed and mastered by Tom Coyne, who has passed away since, a genius mastering guy. Joining Latin funk band Pride, Matthewman met singer Sade Adu and they began writing songs together. Maxwell collaborated for the first time with guitarist Hod David, who co-wrote three songs and has worked with the singer ever since. 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. L+T: Have you noticed a change in your audience over time? Last edited on 15 February 2023, at 12:40, "Maxwell Wasn't Sure He Wanted to Be a Star. I listened to Drakes Take Care and Alison Krauss Forget About It. So whether thats the Promise album that was maybe more, a little bit more jazz-tinged. Life+Times: What do you aim to do differently with your live sets each time you tour? 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. I tried to write it before, but it didnt quite work out. Sometimes the songs dont come from my lyrics. Yeahyeah. I was like, Its amazing, but it sounds like its already done. 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 . No, not really, but we are influenced by it. Neither is it surprising that he has helped turn the organisation around from being inward-focused to being an enabler of people by producing marketing that helps prospects solve their problems or that their revenue has tripled in the last five years. 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! Sometimes we can work together without any talking, and thats the best. 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. 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. Good questions. Having that local knowledge gives you something intrinsic in how you approach what youre doing. 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