In the early Nineties, a young Maxwell was enraptured by, music around as a songwriter, Maxwell recalls. Just own it. 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. 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. No, I wouldnt say that, but Im not a real jazz buff. Its not an incredibly professional way of working, the way that we work, so its always going to come out a little quirky. Varese Sarabande : A 30th Anniversary Celebration (A Chronicle Of Great Film Music 2003-2008) [omnibus, ost] (2016) by Various Artists () on maniadb.com Solo transcription.Transcription sheet you will find on http://solojunkie.wix.com/solojunkie Then, when they decide to buy, youre in the mix because youve assisted them with taking that journey.. I try to write so that it is indecipherable. L+T: What still keeps you so passionate about making music? Between Sade albums and tours, Stuart stays quite active in the music world: composing film scores for the Polish Brothers' TwinFalls Idaho (1999),Northfork (2003),The Astronaut Farmer (2006), and Nelson George's TV movie,Life Support(2007) as well as producing and co-writing with various artists, notably Maxwell on his first three albums, and with English singer/songwriter Paloma Faith. I think people do think of me as this depressed person crying in my ivory tower. Everything changed around. 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. The lead A&R was like, Whats the deal with the instrumental? 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 these stiletto heels on and when I walked up to the microphone, my shoe got stuck in one of the planks. Maxwell's Waiting Game: R&B Hitmaker Talks Loyalty, Longevity Trivia (1) Is the saxophonist and guitarist of 80s-present pop group Sade. L+T: When you finished recording By Your Side, did you have any idea that it was going to be so gigantic? If I were somebody else, Im not sure I would like Sade. The things that most depress you are often the things that you write about. Our mission is simple: help marketers excel. As for me, I was always Mrs. 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. Not everything is going to work., He uses this approach with his team. Theres not much else I would change-the mistakes Ive made have made me grow braver. Life+Times: What do you aim to do differently with your live sets each time you tour? 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. No matter where people are, regardless of whether someones thirsty or trying to deploy new technology, their problems are largely the same. You are awesome!!! The company, IR, produces software that helps large enterprises monitor, manage and troubleshoot their critical networks and systems. Its about how people in different regions like to be communicated to, learn and educate themselves that impacts marketing.. Teaming with bassist Paul S. Denman and keyboardist Andrew Hale, they formed the band Sade. You know were open for anything. So, the picture someone has of you is never completely true. I wanted the cover to not be my face, Maxwell says. And they dont even speak English! And they dont even speak English! He says, Typically, the problems people are trying to solve are the same. What changes were they? Hopefully the organisation outlives all of us; but when were here, were the people that live and breathe the brand and we need to project those brand values collectively out to our people and the rest of the world., The new brand is easier to use but, more importantly, employees believe in it. 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Talk a little about performing with the group. While Urban Hang Suite is dashing and assured, its creator was profoundly ambivalent about his place in the music industry at the time. [2] In 1982, he relocated to London. Your email address will not be published. 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. All Rights reserved. L+T: Its hard not to, right? We have no rules in the studio so anyone is, you know, always open to try anything. You need to work as a team. About. 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? It was good, though, because it was a distraction. Can you talk a little about you and the band working on this album after not being in the studio for a few years? Stuart Matthewman started marketing in the mid-'90s and actually changed careers half way. He says, The key things to me are consistency, flexibility and collaboration with your key stakeholders: thats the rest of your marketing team around the globe as well as sales, service and people speaking to your customers and enablement. He adds that its critical to listen to the people in the regions for the nuances that happen locally and to work with them to make sure the campaign is actually going to land and work. But we kind of had to, you know, to do events and various things. 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 practices the principles of collaboration, engagement and education as much as he preaches them. Finally, he recommends open and honest communication. I wasnt someone who had a lot of music around me when I was a child, really. Whatever book I was reading, that would become my entire life. Stuart has been with Sade since before they were signed - playing guitar, playing sax and co-writing. Stuart: Its quite amazing! You will receive an email confirmation for the Life + Times newsletter shortly. In 1996 Matthewman along with Andrew Hale and Paul Spencer Denman formed the studio band Sweetback. [laughs] Youre nervous? In 1996 Matthewman composed the music the short movie 'Bajo del Perro' by LA based film makers Mike Polish and Mark Polish. 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. But, rather than putting a flash new design out there, Matthewmans brand refresh has taken the form of spending a lot of time with people in his organisation talking about what the IR brand means to them. and our 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. 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. 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. For more information, please see our Yeahyeah. Stuart Matthewman | Press Stuart Matthewman Collaboration with MaxwelL In this interview, R&B singer Maxwell discusses his latest album and collaboration with Stuart. Its just whatever we feel like. 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. Im a mixture of being really idealistic and hopeful, and really pessimistic about our future. In 1995, percussionist Karl Vanden Bossche introduced Matthewman to then unknown singer Maxwell. But it just didnt work. Its good. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time What I like personally when I listen to other peoples music is when the music makes you feel something. What we were doing was programmed, but it sounded live because we allowed other instruments to breathe and play around the vocals. They released two albums, Sweetback (1996) and Stage 2 (2004).[5]. Maxwell collaborated for the first time with guitarist Hod David, who co-wrote three songs and has worked with the singer ever since. Yeah. When did you first became interested in music and thought it was something that you could do professionally? Below we countdown to Stuart Matthewman upcoming birthday. 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. 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. La French Radio Portugal : Ne le 16 janvier 1959 au Nigeria, dans le village d'Ibadan, la jeune Helen F Soul Woman. He is the assistant editor. L+T: Who are some artists you are interested in these days? 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 I met a guy in a bar in New York years ago. [laughs] I think now, Im less open than I used to be sometimes, because I have to protect myself. Some 20-year0-olds, some college kids seem to be. How did he do it? Stuart Colin Matthewman (born 18 August 1960), also known as Cottonbelly, is an English songwriter, record producer and musician. 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. 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. I was like, Thats the point it starts with an instrumental and ends with a slow version of the same instrumental. Chipboard we called it. But, Cherish the Day, I know if I heard it on the radio I would say, God, this is good. It doesnt really help the process, he says. 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. 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. We wanted to make sure that we really covered songs that weren't expected as well for us to do. I would have asked JAY Z to rap on Soldier Of Love in 2010. 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