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Herzensangelegenheiten im Unplugged-Stil

Die Geschichte beginnt mit dem Song „Miracles Out Of Nowhere“ der Band Kansas. Die beiden Vollblutmusiker Melanie Mau und Martin Schnella entdeckten ihre gemeinsame Leidenschaft für die Musik und dieser Song war der Anlass, diese noch weiter zu vertiefen. Das Duo arrangiert Lieder aus unterschiedlichen Genres im akustischen Gewand und gibt ihnen damit eine ganz persönliche Note. Da beide auch kompositorisch begabt sind, wird auch stetig an eigenem Liedgut gearbeitet. Stilistisch bewegen sich die Songs im Bereich des Folk Rock mit progressiven Einflüssen. Ihre Musik kommt aus dem Herzen, denn jeder Song ist eine echte Herzensangelegenheit.

Durch gemeinsame musikalische Projekte sind ihnen die Musiker und Freunde Niklas Kahl (Percussion), Fabian Gödecke (Percussion) & Lars Lehmann (Bass, Gesang) besonders ans Herz gewachsen. Sie bereichern ihre Herzensangelegenheiten im Tonstudio und auf der Bühne.

Ihnen geht es um die Songs und die Musik und das überzeugt sowohl mit kleiner Besetzung im Wohnzimmer als auch auf der großen Bühne. Der Funke springt unwiderruflich über!

„Diesen beiden sind ganz wunderbare Interpretationen der Originale gelungen. Sämtlich akustisch (manchmal mit ein wenig, nur ganz wenig Strom), sind diese mal kraftvoll, mal zart, mal gar intim geraten, und man merkt beim Hören, dass diese Songs für Mau und Schnella echte Herzensangelegenheiten sind. Die Songauswahl ist klasse, und dass hier oft die Genres gewechselt werden, macht angesichts des einheitlichen Klanggewands nichts aus“, (Nik Brückner, www.babyblaue-seiten.de).

Gray Matters – Unplugged

It all started with the song „Miracles Out Of Nowhere“ by the well known band Kansas. Melanie Mau and Martin Schnella, both thoroughbred musicians, discovered their passion in making music and this song was the reason to contract it. They rearrange songs of different genres in their own unplugged style to give them an own accent. Both are compositionally gifted, so they are working on own material continuously. Stilistically their music is a mixture of folk rock and progressive influences. Their very own sound comes from the heart, because each song is a real „Gray Matter“.

It is all about the music. They are able to convince just as a duo in a living room but also on a bigger stage as a full band line-up. The audience catches fire!

News

Streaming Konzert am 05.03.2021

02. Februar 2021

Am Freitag den 05.03.2021 um 21.00 Uhr spielen wir unser nächstes Livestream-Konzert auf YouTube. Dieses Mal ist Lars Lehmann am Bass mit dabei.

On friday, march 5th at 9.00 pm (UTC+1) we will play our next streaming concert on YouTube. This time Lars Lehmann will join us on bass guitar.

Streaming Konzert am 26.12.2020 um 19.00 Uhr

22. Dezember 2020

Wir gehen wieder online!

Weihnachten fällt für uns alle dieses Jahr anders aus!
Aufgrund der Coronabestimmungen werden wir zu Dritt mit Mathias Ruck am Gesang live auf YouTube ca. 2 Stunden aus unserem Repertoir spielen. Den Fokus legen wir dabei auf 3-stimmige Satzgesänge und einem bunten Mix aus eigenen Songs und Cover Songs im akustischen Arrangement, reduziert und ganz intim.

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STREAMING CONCERT - Live From The Living Room

05.03.2021 21:00 - 23.00 Uhr

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Videos

Blind Guardian - Harvest Of Sorrow (Acoustic Cover)

Pain Of Salvation - Reasons (Acoustic Cover)

Genesis - Dancing With The Moonlit Knight (Acoustic Cover)

Metallica - Creeping Death (Acoustic Cover)

In Dieser Zeit (Official Video)

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (Acoustic Cover)

Árstíðir - Ljóð í Sand (Acoustic Cover)

Flaming Row - The Pure Shine - Trailer#1

Iron Maiden - Wasted Years (Acoustic Cover)

Kansas - With This Heart (Acoustic Cover)

Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella - My Dear Children

Blind Guardian - Curse My Name (Acoustic Cover)

Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella - Die Zwerge Vom Iberg

Judas Priest - A Touch Of Evil (Acoustic Cover)

Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella - The Horseshoe

Toto - Africa (Acoustic Cover)

Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella - Erinnerungen

Genesis - Land Of Confusion (Acoustic Cover)

Fotos

Artrock Festival 2018 (Pic: Bodo Kubatzki)

Melanie Mau (Copyright Bodo Kubatzki)

Martin Schnella (Copyright Bodo Kubatzki)

Artrock Festival 2018 (Copyright: Bodo Kubatzki)

Melanie Mau

Martin Schnella

Fabian Gödecke

Lars Lehmann

Niklas Kahl

Maximal Rodgau

Eclipsed Konzertabend 2018 im Colos Saal Aschaffenburg (Pic: Andreas Tittmann)

Melli & Martin (Pic: Storz Photodesign)

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Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella - Gray Matters

Miracles Out Of Nowhere (Kansas)
Digging In The Dirt (Peter Gabriel)
Point Of Know Return (Kansas)
Changes (Yes)
Swim (In Flames)
Let This River Flow (Soilwork)
Curse My Name (Blind Guardian)
Onward (Yes)
The Storm (Flying Colors)
Green Tinted Sixties Mind (Mr. Big)
Stop Loving You (Toto)
The Pinnacle (Kansas)
The Grand Experiment (Neal Morse Band)
Colder Months/Peaceful Harbor (Alpha Rev/Flying Colors)
I See Fire (Ed Sheeran)

Credits:

Melanie Mau: Gesang
Martin Schnella: Gesang, Akustik Gitarren, E-Gitarren, Bass, Mandoline, Cajon & Percussion
Stephan Wegner: Gesang (2,5,6,10,11,13) & Gitarre (5)
Niklas Kahl: Cajon (2,4,5,11)
Lars Lehmann: Fretless Bass (2,10) & Akustik Bass (11)
Leo Margarit: Gig-Pig Drums (12,13) Cajon (3,12), Gesang (3,12,13)
Jens Kommnick: Flöten, Irischer Dudelsack, Cello, Geige & Gesang(7)
Rolf Wagels: Bodhran (7,9)
Marek Arnold: Sopran- & Alt Saxophon (11,12)
Martin Huch: Pedal Steel Guitar (14)
Tobi Reiss: Piano (11)
Fabian Gödecke: Cajon (10, 14)

Aufgenommen, abgemischt und gemastert von Martin Schnella @ Overlodge Recording Studio, Badenhausen, 2015

Fotos: Sascha Storz
Design und Layout: Janine Roje

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Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella
Niklas Kahl - Fabian Gödecke - Stephan Wegner

Gray Matters – Live In Concert

Digging In The Dirt (Peter Gabriel)
You're The Voice (John Farnham)
Conviction Of The Heart (Kenny Loggins)
Miracles Out Of Nowhere (Kansas)
Green Tinted Sixties Mind (Mr. Big)
The Storm (Flying Colors)
Message In A Bottle (The Police)
Africa (Toto)
Close To The Heart (Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella)
Curse My Name (Blind Guardian)
A Thousand Miles (Vanessa Carlton)
I Want You Back (Jackson 5)
A Touch Of Evil (Judas Priest)
Ain't Nobody (Chaka Khan)
Jolene (Dolly Parton)

Credits:

Melanie Mau: Vocals
Martin Schnella: Acoustic Guitar & Vocals
Niklas Kahl: Percussion
Fabian Gödecke: Drum-Kit, Percussion
Stephan Wegner: Vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 14) & Acoustic Guitar (1, 2, 3)

Recorded live @ Stadthalle Osterode, 26-12-2016 by Martin Schnella

Mixed & Mastered by Martin Schnella @ Overlodge Recording Studio, Germany 2017

Pictures by: Corina Bialek
Live Sound: Jost Schlüter
Light: Alexander Dobroschke
Tech: Jan René Prekale
Layout: Timo Kahl
Stadthalle Osterode: Corina Eppert

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Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella - The Oblivion Tales

The Spire And The Old Bridge
Treasured Memories
Words Become A Song
Close To The Heart
The Horseshoe
Wild West
My Dear Children
Die Zwerge Vom Iberg
The Dwarfs King
Erinnerungen
Melanie's Theme

Credits:

words & music by: Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella
arrangements by: Melanie Mau, Martin Schnella, Niklas Kahl, Lars Lehmann & Jens Kommnick
Melanie Mau: Lead- & Backing Vocals
Martin Schnella: Lead- & Backing Vocals, Acoustic- & Electric Guitars, Baritone Guitar, Mandoline, Shaker
Niklas Kahl: Cajon, Bongos, Yambu, Djembe, Shaker, Percussion, Drums
Fabian Gödecke: Drums
Lars Lehmann: Bass, Fretless Bass, Vocals

Guests:

Jens Kommnick: Tin Whistles, Low Whistles, Uilleann Pipes, Cello
Stephan Wegner: Vocals on The Spire And The Old Bridge, Treasured Memories, Words Become A Song & Erinnerungen
Jimmy Keegan: Drums on My Dear Children, Die Zwerge Vom Iberg & The Dwarfs King
Dave Meros: Bass on The Dwarfs King
Eric Brenton: Violin & Viola on Treasured Memories
Nathan Brenton: Cello on Treasured Memories
Rachel Hall: Violin on My Dear Children
Tobias Reiss: Piano on Wild West
Martin Huch: Dobro on Wild West
Jan Reinartz: Spoken Words on Die Zwerge Vom Iberg
string arrangements on Treasured Memories by: Nathan Brenton
string arrangements on My Dear Children by: Rachel Hall

Band Pictures by: Sascha Storz Photodesign
Cover Watercolour: Horst Lind / Atelier Pregizer
Drawings: Isa Hausa Illustrations
Additional Pictures: Martin Schnella
Artwork & Design: Martin Huch

All instruments and vocals recorded by Martin Schnella @ Overlodge Recording Studio, Badenhausen/Germany 2016/2017 except:

Jimmy Keegan recorded his Drums @ his home in Los Angeles/USA
Lars Lehmann recorded his Bass Guitars @ his home in Hannover, Germany
Dave Meros recorded his Bass Guitars @ his home in Sacramento, California/USA
Eric & Nathan Brenton recorded their strings @ their home in Tustin, California/USA
Rachel Hall recorded her violin @ her home in Cromer, Great Britain
Tobias Reiss recorded his Piano @ his home in Waghäusel, Germany
Martin Huch recorded his Dobro @ his home in Hannover, Germany

Mixed & mastered by Martin Schnella @ Overlodge Recording Studio, Badenhausen/Germany 2017

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Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella - Pieces to Remember

Can't Fight This Feeling (REO Speedwagon)
With This Heart (Kansas)
Be Good To Yourself (Journey)
Message In A Bottle (The Police)
Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel)
Mission Profile/Stars And Satellites/Snowblind (Threshold)
Land Of Confusion (Genesis)
Like A Prayer (Madonna)
Lay It Down/Carie (Spock's Beard)
Valley Of The Queens (Ayreon)
Amaranth (Nightwish)
A Touch Of Evil (Judas Priest)
Wasted Years (Iron Maiden)
We All Need Some Light (Transatlantic)
Love Will Keep Us Alive (The Eagles)

Credits:

arrangements by: Melanie Mau, Martin Schnella, Lars Lehmann, Simon Schröder, Fabian Gödecke & Jens Kommnick
Melanie Mau: Lead- & Backing Vocals, Hand Claps (2)
Martin Schnella: Lead- & Backing Vocals, Guitars, Bass (11)
Lars Lehmann: Bass Guitar (2,3,4,7,8,12,13), Fretless Bass (5)
Fabian Gödecke: Percussion (11,13), Drums (7,8)
Simon Schröder: Percussion (2,3,4,5,6), Tom Toms (6,11), Hand Claps (2)
Niklas Kahl: Percussion (7,8,12)

Guests:

Jens Kommnick: Whistles (10,11,12,13), Uilleann Pipes (11,12,13), Cello (10,11,12,13)
Eric Brenton: Violin (12)
Martin Huch: Pedal Steel Guitar (15)
Leo Margarit: Vocals (3,4,5,6,13,14)
Johan Hallgren: Guitar Solo (13)
Kristoffer Gildenlöw: Fretless Bass (6)
Rolf Wagels: Bodhrán (9,10)

Pictures by: Sascha Storz Photodesign
Artwork & Design: Martin Huch
Photo-Location: Eulenhof Café Hörden

All instruments and vocals recorded by Martin Schnella @ Overlodge Recording Studio, Badenhausen/Germany 2017/2018 except:

„Love Will Keep Us Alive“ recorded live in Sarstedt

Lars Lehmann recorded his Bass Guitars in Hannover, Germany
Eric Brenton recorded his violin in Tustin, California/USA
Jens Kommnick recorded his celtic instruments in Wremen, Germany
Leo Margarit recorded his vocals in Eskilstuna, Sweden
Johan Hallgren recorded his guitar solo in Eskilstuna, Sweden
Kristoffer Gildenlöw recorded his bass in Nieuwegein/Netherlands
Martin Huch recorded his Dobro in Hannover, Germany

Mixed & mastered by Martin Schnella @ Overlodge Recording Studio, Badenhausen/Germany 2018