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. How long does that formulation of ideas take? ' (No.) 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. They asked me if I'd like to write a bio for superstar singer Sade. 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. So I think that its like oh wow! to the younger people who maybe didnt know about Sade are discovering her, which is great. Hours. The record label found the idea of starting an album in this way baffling. Those steep steps, well be too old. ' 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. The second half of Urban Hang Suite is more subdued, a series of Quiet Storm ballads. You dont have all the answers. Its one of the key reasons I really enjoy working at IR., Matthewman is philosophical about international marketing. I try to write so that it is indecipherable. He believes that how marketers measure success has also shifted over the last few years, and his organisation is a great example of this. There was one kid who jumped out of the bushes once and insulted me, but I told my big brother, and the next day my brother jumped out at him. Sadness in songs is positive because it brings it out of you; it brings the sadness out. ', 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.. 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 great being the only female in there, so [laughs]. In 1996 Matthewman along with Andrew Hale and Paul Spencer Denman formed the studio band Sweetback. Stuart Matthewman started marketing in the mid-'90s and actually changed careers half way. I would have asked JAY Z to rap on Soldier Of Love in 2010. Its like musical recycling. No one was doing crazy smooth-jazz solos.. I travel with it and sometimes I look around and cant find it. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. 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. 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. Ive always been like that. And also, if we leave it ten years, well never be able to get up on the side of the stage anymore. When you make a record its so concrete, you know? Varese Sarabande : A 30th Anniversary Celebration (A Chronicle Of Great Film Music 2003-2008) [omnibus, ost] (2016) by Various Artists () on maniadb.com How they try to learn and educate themselves about that problem is where the nuances come in. I think they were a little confused at first. Being truly fulfilled in what youre doing, and enjoying it, is important.. When we moved back from Nigeria, we didnt have anywhere to go, so first we lived with my grandparents, and then my mom got this job as a nurse. But, Cherish the Day, I know if I heard it on the radio I would say, God, this is good. Some of the songs on here are things I wanted to write about a long time ago. The band features instrumental songs and songs with guest vocalists. Matthewman can be heard on saxophone, guitar, keyboards, and programming. 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? Matthewman says, Its important for people to understand that the brand isnt a logo or PowerPoint template thats meant to stifle your creativity but the brand is who we are intrinsically. You wont be in trouble. I wasnt really a Rod Stewart fan, but that one song. Sade is one of the few artists who can take a lengthy hiatus, drop an album, steal the show and take another break. When Van Den Bossche stopped by to visit Matthewman later, he brought the singer as well. The lead A&R was like, Whats the deal with the instrumental? I think the general consensus is we cant possibly leave it that long next time. [laughs] I think now, Im less open than I used to be sometimes, because I have to protect myself. But it always ends up kind of sounding like us anyway. Stuart Colin Matthewman (born 18 August 1960), also known as Cottonbelly, is an English songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Running a global content team is always a business challenge. Years ago, I think it was when By Your Side, the song came out, and big posters were stuck around New York. 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. According to Matthewman, Sade Adu and company have already written . Yes, I have. I was pretty much one of the lads, but I was an old soul even when I was a child. 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. I was like, Its amazing, but it sounds like its already done. These guys had a band, but their singer had left. 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. We travel quite a bit. 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. So I mean yeah we have such a cross-section of people out there. Theres not much else I would change-the mistakes Ive made have made me grow braver. 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. And this time, you know like our fans have grown with us. We loved it; it was so simple, Matthewman remembers. And if more people take responsibility the blame game goes away.. That seems like a marketing ploy thats obvious in todays world, but I was actually scared that something would happen. Stuart: Its quite amazing! And they dont even speak English! Yes we speak English a kind of English compared to the Americans. Were also measured by how well we integrate and work with sales! Matthewman believes that being in sync with your sales team, listening to them and being able to get them to engage with you is super critical. It can be embarrassing when people go through your private thoughts. If youre not enjoying it, it can impact not just on the work youre doing, but also life outside of work. One in particular was Like a Tattoo. That song is about a man who has been in Vietnam, but its not really about Vietnam. 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. Mission Statement and Core Values; Wisdom Council; Calendar of Events; Programs. 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. What I could immediately grasp, I took in. Matthewman says Sades label home, Epic Records, respects her artistry and doesnt pressure the release of new music. Press J to jump to the feed. L+T: So now whats next for the band? In a recent interview with GQ Magazine, the renowned band revealed they are wrapping up the follow-up to 2010's Soldier of Love. 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). Stuart: I think our formula is the fact that we dont really have a formula. I mean it was so rewarding doing the tour. But today in the B2B space its more about educating people. Yeah, I have a little notebook, but Im always losing it as well; mislaying it. He doesnt put in so much when were composing; its more Andrew and Stuart. I had an older brother who was always very protective of me. 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 It was the epitome of the English village; our family was accepted really well. I kept moving my foot, but it wouldnt budge. You wont be sacked. Related Stories 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, . Born August 18, 1960, in Hull, North Yorkshire, England, Matthewman started playing clarinet as a child. As beautifully sweet as she was wickedly talented, Sade was the anti-diva Diva. When were going back into the studio, I dont know. We wanted to make sure that we really covered songs that weren't expected as well for us to do. But everything was very programmed-sounding, Matthewman explains. 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