Marius Leicht - Lebewohl

At the end of last year, a close friend of mine passed away. Besides being a humble and loving human being, he was a world class drummer and I had the pleasure to play with him for almost 20 years, building a musical connection far beyond consciousness.

Transforming my feelings about his passing, this melody came to my mind. And as I wanted to show his continuing influence, even when he became silent for our ears, I had the idea to use a compressor and feed a recording of his drumming into it, so it would pull the volume of the piano down for a quick moment, everytime he hits a drum in the recording. That way, a rhythm is created without him being audible, but caused by his drumming.

May he live on!

[christophbuehler]

His ghost is in the machine. Beautiful

[joergwekenborg]

Wunderschöne Melodie. So eine tolle Idee mit dem Kompressor das Piano pulsieren zu lassen, als hätte es seinen Herzschlag angenommen. Mein herzlichstes Beileid, Marius. Er war nur ein klein wenig älter als ich. Baujahr 1976. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[dolphinuppercut]

This was beautiful. Such an emotional tribute to Jens. Life is t∞ short y'all. Let's make some music today.

[semvangennip]

thank you for this masterpiece. I lost my best friend (way too young) 1.5 years ago. You've made me cry. Thank you.
Let the beautiful souls live forever

[JorbLovesGear]

Sincerely beautiful, really appreciate you sharing this.

[marksangster]

A wonderful piece and a lovely tribute.

[abda]

R.I.P. Jens, du leiser lieber Mensch.