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He is the father of Clay Matthewman and two magical white cats, Chet and Billie. What do you think the biggest misconception about you would be? You mentioned Stuart Matthewman and Andrew Hale before, but what is your relationship like with bassist Paul Denman? It was an Irish bar on 14th Street. Sadness in songs is positive because it brings it out of you; it brings the sadness out. When you make a record its so concrete, you know? Sometimes the best songs come out when you discuss them less and just let them happen. 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. 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. Good questions. Matthewman can be heard on saxophone, guitar, keyboards, and programming. If someone tries to say, It wasnt my fault, call that out. But, Cherish the Day, I know if I heard it on the radio I would say, God, this is good. I used to read a lot back then as well, at least up until the age of 15. 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. In 1995, percussionist Karl Vanden Bossche introduced Matthewman to then unknown singer Maxwell. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time We were working on Love Deluxe for about four months, physically making it. Its about war and killing somebody. No matter where people are, regardless of whether someones thirsty or trying to deploy new technology, their problems are largely the same. I mean it sounded very different from what we usually did. Below we countdown to Stuart Matthewman upcoming birthday. She likes to put out art. is more subdued, a series of Quiet Storm ballads. 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. In 1982, Matthewman relocated to London. You will receive an email confirmation for the Life + Times newsletter shortly. Nobody knows all the answers. But today in the B2B space its more about educating people. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. We dont always agree, but I always get my way. 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. Daughter of late jazz pianist Paul Bley and pioneer video artist Carol Goss, Vanessa Bley was born in 1985 in Miami, Florida. I think people do think of me as this depressed person crying in my ivory tower. Stuart Colin Matthewman (born 18 August 1960), also known as Cottonbelly, is an English songwriter, record producer and musician. Im just a girl who likes to party. I told them I would try. He doesnt put in so much when were composing; its more Andrew and Stuart. I wasnt so sure that I really wanted to be in the front. The first time I listened to it I heard The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, and I was like, Wow! In fact, thats when I also heard Why Cant We Live Together for the first time. Some 20-year0-olds, some college kids seem to be. Joining Latin funk band Pride, Matthewman met singer Sade Adu and they began writing songs together. I speak with Matthewmanabout international marketing, how he defines success and what he wishes hed learned earlier. I was like, Its amazing, but it sounds like its already done. If I had to pick one it would be Cherish the Day, but I dont know why. Even your organisation doesnt. I mean it was so rewarding doing the tour. I try to write so that it is indecipherable. ' 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. Not just people hanging out with their parents! Yes we speak English a kind of English compared to the Americans. Something will come over me and Ill suddenly realize I hadnt seen it lately. And they dont even speak English! Its just whatever we feel like. Well, apart from putting a calendar in place to manage multiple public holidays happening all over the world, he knows that the answer lies in working collaboratively. I know theyre out there but are there any that are kind of over the top? Mission Statement and Core Values; Wisdom Council; Calendar of Events; Programs. Do you remember the first time you played live? Matthewman co-wrote, performed, and produced tracks on Santessa's 2000 trip-hop album Delirium released on Sony. Stuart: Its quite amazing! Over the five years he has been with the company, its has seen fantastic growth and its marketing revenue has tripled. I learned more during that time than at any other time in my life. 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. 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. I wanted the cover to not be my face, Maxwell says. 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. I didnt like his more rocky stage; I wasnt so keen on that. During his teens, he picked up sax and began playing guitar. Then, when they decide to buy, youre in the mix because youve assisted them with taking that journey.. 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. Sade: If I could turn back time? I kept moving my foot, but it wouldnt budge. 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. 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I speak with Matthewman, Introducing flexibility from people on how they use the brand. Whatever book I was reading, that would become my entire life. After releasing her album Lovers Rock in 2000, Sade wasnt heard again until 2010s Soldier of Love. INTERVIEW: Stuart Matthewman and Vanessa Bley are Twin Danger | The Couch Sessions INTERVIEW: Stuart Matthewman and Vanessa Bley are Twin Danger July 9, 2014 by adamascarnegie The past two decades have seen an increase in musical collaborations with artists from seemingly opposing genres. No, I wouldnt say that, but Im not a real jazz buff. Its gotten to the point now that I actually like performing. A guy from the record company said, Its from a new artist, would you meet him? 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. I am an entrepreneurial, customer-centric and results focused marketing and consulting professional with extensive experience across diverse industries. JMR31 Information (Nov. 11-13, 2022) 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. ' (No.) No, not really, but we are influenced by it. 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. 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. Sade: Well, my passion for music has never waned. 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 . Sade Adu is hip-hop. Thank you Eric. 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. Im a mixture of being really idealistic and hopeful, and really pessimistic about our future. As Cottonbelly, Stuart released the dub/electronic album. Tradues em contexto de "Bassist Paul" en ingls-portugus da Reverso Context : It is the first album released by the band since late bassist Paul Gray's death in 2010. Sades longtime collaborator and famed British musician Stuart Matthewman who is an original member of the band exclusively tells Rated R&B, Were working on a new album., Matthewman says Sade and their creative team currently have a bunch of songs, that eager fans will hear once theyre satisfied with the final product. I guess we should start off talking about the new album, Love Deluxe. L+T: Have you encountered any crazed Sade fans? You get some perspective on why youre making a record. Talk a little about performing with the group. [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). 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.. L+T: Have you encountered any crazed Sade fans? 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. Someone sprayed or wrote on top of it, Bitch sings when she wants to. Sade loved it.. So, the picture someone has of you is never completely true. I just like it. , the singers debut, which turns 25 this week; Maxwell is honoring the birthday with a reissue and a performance at the NAACP Image Awards. A guy from the record company came in and said, Its really beautiful, have you got drums coming in? http://traffic.libsyn.com/podsodcast/2015-08-18T17_13_14-07_00.mp3, Follow THE PODS & SODS NETWORK on WordPress.com. People would get together there one night a week; it was outside of London and the stage was made from beer crates. Sade & Stuart Matthewman Discuss Music, Hip-Hop and Longevity. Solo transcription.Transcription sheet you will find on http://solojunkie.wix.com/solojunkie 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. 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 wasnt someone who had a lot of music around me when I was a child, really. So I think that its like oh wow! to the younger people who maybe didnt know about Sade are discovering her, which is great. 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. How do you help a global marketing team manage that? 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, . Making music is like life: you never really know whats round the next bend in the river. Being truly fulfilled in what youre doing, and enjoying it, is important.. Late for sound check, late to get ready Thats my defense. I think the history is we got kind of the nod of approval from various hip-hop luminaries and R&B stars. 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