'Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite' turns 25 this week. 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. Born August 18, 1960, in Hull, North Yorkshire, England, Matthewman started playing clarinet as a child. He has composed the soundtracks for the movies: Twin Falls Idaho, Jackpot, Northfork, The Double (short subject), The Astronaut Farmer and Life Support. About. L+T: Do you think that that preserves the organic quality of the music? Stuart Colin Matthewman (born 18 August 1960), also known as Cottonbelly, is an English songwriter, record producer and musician. 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 just sat and waited., Some of his ambivalence about his path remained even when Urban Hang Suite finally hit stores in April 1996. She likes to put out art. 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. 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". And they dont even speak English! 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! Who is this? The rest of them, I dont know. Its not an incredibly professional way of working, the way that we work, so its always going to come out a little quirky. Some of the songs on here are things I wanted to write about a long time ago. I was walking in like, I think youre incredibly valid. A guy from the record company came in and said, Its really beautiful, have you got drums coming in? 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. The singer started her first disappearing act after she took eight years to release a follow-up to 1992s Love Deluxe. You just try to make a record that you like, that you would buy yourself. 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? Whenever Wherever Whatever, a drum-less Matthewman co-write that sets Maxwell against tense acoustic guitar, is the sets most blatant Sade homage. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Sade is one of the few artists who can take a lengthy hiatus, drop an album, steal the show and take another break. I would think after all these years, you guys must have a pretty tight relationship. We do have those metrics at IR, but we largely use them as leading indicators. L+T: Who are some artists you are interested in these days? He and I both agree that back in the day marketers saw each other as competitors. 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. I speak with Matthewmanabout international marketing, how he defines success and what he wishes hed learned earlier. We love it. But, individually, as far as people are concerned, Im an optimist, because I believe theres a lot of good in people. Theres not much else I would change-the mistakes Ive made have made me grow braver. Joining Latin funk band Pride, Matthewman met singer Sade Adu and they began writing songs together. So, the picture someone has of you is never completely true. Antwane joined Rated R&B in January 2013 after graduating from the University of South Carolina. No, not really, but we are influenced by it. 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. I mean its amazing going towe played in South America that we hadnt done before. 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. 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. Its the people in the company when were at an event, talking on the phone, sending emails its everything! So, in his brand evolution he has focused on two key things: We are custodians of the brand, many of us wont be here for our entire career, says Matthewman. I would have asked JAY Z to rap on Soldier Of Love in 2010. Then we feel were completely cut off and we could just get on with doing what we do. The song was my interpretation of what he told me. Stuart is an avid cyclist, training and racing with New York race team, RBNY Racing. But we had no idea if people were going to get it or not. I loved that song; I cant remember liking anything else I heard on standard pop radio. Late for sound check, late to get ready Thats my defense. We wanted to make sure that we really covered songs that werent expected as well for us to do. Stuart: Well we have very odd ones. 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. Matthewman says Sades label home, Epic Records, respects her artistry and doesnt pressure the release of new music. He is the assistant editor. But we kind of had to, you know, to do events and various things. Privacy Policy. Over the five years he has been with the company, its has seen fantastic growth and its marketing revenue has tripled. Matthewman can be heard on saxophone, guitar, keyboards, and programming. But it always ends up kind of sounding like us anyway. [pause] But, we were talking about Paul. They played really good music, basically. Theyve been friends and worked together since the beginning of our careers. 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. Yes we speak English a kind of English compared to the Americans. Yeah, I have a little notebook, but Im always losing it as well; mislaying it. He says, Typically, the problems people are trying to solve are the same. I hate that Im so hard on myself, really. You will receive an email confirmation for the Life + Times newsletter shortly. 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. Someone sprayed or wrote on top of it, Bitch sings when she wants to. Sade loved it.. But we were accepted and there were no problems, no questions or conflicts because we were different. Matthewman was born on 18 August 1960 in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. The record company knows theres no point in nagging us or giving us deadlines. Two hearts beating as one. And obviously over the years our tastes have grown and we just try different things. 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.. I think people do think of me as this depressed person crying in my ivory tower. ', Those were just a few elements of what the singer describes as a smorgasbord of cultures flowing into Urban Hang Suite. What we were doing was programmed, but it sounded live because we allowed other instruments to breathe and play around the vocals. I think the history is we got kind of the nod of approval from various hip-hop luminaries and R&B stars. I got into that later. The lead A&R was like, Whats the deal with the instrumental? When you make a record its so concrete, you know? Many love affairs have begun to a Sade album. 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. The second half of Urban Hang Suite is more subdued, a series of Quiet Storm ballads. Even your organisation doesnt. 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. L+T: So now whats next for the band? 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. Its great; its this guy from Germany, who I guess hes a cross-dresser. ' Not long after, Karl Van Den Bossche, a percussionist who also worked with Sade, came through New York to do sessions with the young man behind the demo: A then-unknown Brooklyn native named Maxwell. We know what to expect from each other and how to deal with each other as well. Its like musical recycling. Stuart is kind of an unsung hero and a truly incredible talent! There are just certain things that I really love and I can understand. No, I wouldnt say that, but Im not a real jazz buff. Stuart Matthewman | Press Stuart Matthewman Collaboration with MaxwelL In this interview, R&B singer Maxwell discusses his latest album and collaboration with Stuart. Years ago, I think it was when By Your Side, the song came out, and big posters were stuck around New York. L+T: Amazing! Stuart Matthewman is a British musician who was first part of the band 'Pride' in the early 80s before working with Sade in 1984. Maxwell collaborated for the first time with guitarist Hod David, who co-wrote three songs and has worked with the singer ever since. You dont have all the answers. L+T: Is there anything you would change about your career? There was a station called Radio Caroline. 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. Maybe Stuart [Matthewman] or Andrew [Hale] will come from a bassline and then we build on that. Ive never been so nervous in my life. 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. Well, first of all its good that we stopped and didnt try to make another one off the back of the previous album. 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 I Want You. Talk a little about performing with the group. Im sure a lot of people hate me because of that, theyre like, Yeah, that bitch, Sade, I hate her. [laughs]. I know theyre out there but are there any that are kind of over the top? I wasnt someone who had a lot of music around me when I was a child, really. 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. 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. Maxwell: Towards a New Definition of the Elegant Soulman. So I think that its like oh wow! to the younger people who maybe didnt know about Sade are discovering her, which is great. Urban Hang Suite Left Him No Choice, Russ Doesnt Trust Other Labels. Some 20-year0-olds, some college kids seem to be. Related Stories I met a guy in a bar in New York years ago. 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. [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). Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Eventually somebody was supposed to replace me, but that never happened. When were going back into the studio, I dont know. 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,. And it just seemed like the right song to lead with on that album [Lovers Rock], to go with first. And thats partly why Stuart and I gathered these insights, and are sharing them with you, readers: because we believe that success comes from learning and sharing. They asked if I wanted to be the singer, but I told them, Im not a singer. Sade Adu of Sade and Teddy Riley are among the 2023 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees. Sade: I love when our music is reclaimed to make something new. We were just kind of writing. When Van Den Bossche stopped by to visit Matthewman later, he brought the singer as well. I always do that, start talking about something else. We were forever butting heads., Now he does things differently. He believes that how marketers measure success has also shifted over the last few years, and his organisation is a great example of this. Stuart Matthewman started marketing in the mid-90s and actually changed careers half way. I like to leave what weve already done behind. I was so engrossed in the process of reading. I was peddlingmusic around as a songwriter, Maxwell recalls. 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. You know, theyve kind of grown older but theres a lot of younger people in the audience this time as well. Stuart: I think our formula is the fact that we dont really have a formula. The things that most depress you are often the things that you write about. 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. And they dont even speak English! Married to Michele Matthewman (19902018), they had a son, Clay Matthewman. 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. Thank YOU Neil for listening! She did, however, tease us with an original song (Flowers in the Universe) contribution to Disneys A Wrinkle in Time soundtrack. 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). It would be easier to blame somebody else, but Im not that kind of person. How do you help a global marketing team manage that? 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 . 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. 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 Colin Matthewman (born 18 August 1960), also known as Cottonbelly, is an English songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Life+Times: What do you aim to do differently with your live sets each time you tour? Sad, happy, makes you want to dance, makes you feel elated. Its more about society and culture and their parents. Maxwell enlisted other pros with enviable track records as well: David Gamson, a former member of Scritti Politti who had also produced for Chaka Khan and Sheila E.; Mike Pela, who produced and engineered for Sade and Fine Young Cannibals; and Itaal Shur, who would go on to mint money by co-writing Santanas gargantuan hit Smooth., The first half of Urban Hang Suite is springy and suave. It depends on each song, really, how it comes to be. He went on to compose the music scores for various films;[10] with Maxwell the music for the short film To Be A Black Man (1997), and Twin Falls Idaho (1999)[11], Jackpot (2001), Northfork (2003), The Double (2005), The Astronaut Farmer (2006), Life Support (2007), The Smell Of Success (2009), Nona(2017), and short Erotic Dreams of the Chelsea Hotel (2017). L+T: What still keeps you so passionate about making music? L+T: When you finished recording By Your Side, did you have any idea that it was going to be so gigantic? L+T: Have you encountered any crazed Sade fans? We just do what sounds right to us at that time. In 1995, percussionist Karl Vanden Bossche introduced Matthewman to then unknown singer Maxwell. Intelligent questions and a wonderful conversation. It may be a bit more subdued with this tour, I mean from the very first date we did in Francethey just went insane! Hours. Others you have to manipulate to get what you want out of them so they can say what you want them to say. I think they were a little confused at first. Mission Statement and Core Values; Wisdom Council; Calendar of Events; Programs. They asked me if Id like to write a bio for superstar singer Sade. ' Matthewman recalls. In the fall of 1992, I received a call from the Epic Records press department in New York City. L+T: When you finished recording By Your Side, did you have any idea that it was going to be so gigantic? 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. 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. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Sade signed with Epic Records U.K. division in 1984. ' (No.) We loved it; it was so simple, Matthewman remembers. As for me, I was always Mrs. So glad I found this. Stuart has been with Sade since before they were signed - playing guitar, playing sax and co-writing. I do think you should think about the fans but hopefully our fans will grow with us. 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. 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. I speak with Matthewman, Introducing flexibility from people on how they use the brand. We want to hear it. Some of the things I write down, theyll never be on a record. 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. 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. 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. 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 The Erotic Dreams Of The Chelsea Hotel. So He Built His Own, A Breath of Fresh Air: How Giveon Became R&Bs King of Warmth, It Started as a College Project. Its gotten to the point now that I actually like performing. The following week, Perry escorted me to Sades midtown hotel suite overlooking 6th Avenue. I was quite deprived of music, because my mom wasnt particularly into music. So, however long it takes; sometimes the songs come really quickly, they just fall into place. When it comes to trusting people, I have quite good instincts. It doesnt matter. 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, . It can be embarrassing when people go through your private thoughts. I mean youd think as we get older, I guess our audience kind of grows with us. According to Matthewman, Sade Adu and company have already written . 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. In 2014 Twin Danger signed to Decca Classics/Universal records and released[7] their eponymously titled album in spring 2015. I mean it was so rewarding doing the tour. What I like personally when I listen to other peoples music is when the music makes you feel something. Whenever Wherever Whatever, a drum-less Matthewman co-write that sets Maxwell against tense acoustic guitar, is the sets most blatant Sade homage. True success for us really is: are we delivering quality pipeline that results in revenue? [laughs] Youre nervous? 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. L+T: Have you noticed a change in your audience over time? Required fields are marked *. You dont partially choose, Im going to show this, but Im not going to show that. But it happens that way. Stuart is also a member of bands, Sweetback and Twin Danger. There is always a new story to tell. 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 . Sometimes we can work together without any talking, and thats the best. I collect ideas in my head all the time. What do you think the biggest misconception about you would be? 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." . We played in Rio and the audience there, they just sang along to every song really loudly! The company, IR, produces software that helps large enterprises monitor, manage and troubleshoot their critical networks and systems. I am an entrepreneurial, customer-centric and results focused marketing and consulting professional with extensive experience across diverse industries. Stuart: No! In 1996 Matthewman along with Andrew Hale and Paul Spencer Denman formed the studio band Sweetback. 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. But there is, perhaps, one last surprise that Matthewman left with me: the lesson he wishes hed learned earlier. We dont always agree, but I always get my way. Its great. Today, I might look after demand gen but it doesnt mean that the person looking after content, social, digital marketing dont have input. That and we all listen to a lot of music. 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.. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. In the early Nineties, a young Maxwell was enraptured by, music around as a songwriter, Maxwell recalls. Popular As: Stuart Matthewman: Occupation: Rock Stars: Age: 60 years old: Zodiac Sign: Leo: Born: August 18, 1960 (United Kingdom) Birthday: August 18: Sure, not in the conventional sense, but the elusive artist has remained a name drop by the rap connoisseurs for ages now. 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.. You get some perspective on why youre making a record. 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. 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. 23K views 7 years ago tuart Matthewman of Sade joins Eric of Pods & Sods in conversation. Making music is like life: you never really know whats round the next bend in the river. 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. Then, when I was 13 I discovered a pirate radio station that played all sorts of stuff: folk, rock, soul, everything. During his teens, he picked up sax and began playing guitar. The record label found the idea of starting an album in this way baffling. People would get together there one night a week; it was outside of London and the stage was made from beer crates. I possess a strong community focused outlook, serving as a long-term executive member of . Hes a really important member of the band. But everything was very programmed-sounding, Matthewman explains. Good questions. So whether thats the Promise album that was maybe more, a little bit more jazz-tinged. Ive been writing songs since I was a child. 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. But, your songs have meant so much to so many. If youre not enjoying it, it can impact not just on the work youre doing, but also life outside of work. We were working on Love Deluxe for about four months, physically making it. We loved it; it was so simple, Matthewman remembers. Sade: I dont want to be a one trick pony. It doesnt really help the process, he says. Sade: Yesterday I was in my car. Were not thinking about anyone else. 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. Whats your favorite song on Love Deluxe? No, no. It was amazing. Were a lot of things, but when youre singing, when youre presenting yourself, you dont give everything away. Theres one that we found out about. 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. Its not that the song makes you feel sad, the sadness is already there. Stuart is also a member of Sweetback, and was one half of Twin Danger. 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. Sade: They are getting younger and older. Matthewman reflects that as a young marketer he was very afraid of making a mistake or a campaign not working. What happens when an internationally-experienced content expert, speaker and interviewer gets up close and personal with a global head of marketing communications? 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