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Lee Abramson is the Toughest Musician in Michigan. Specializing in Downtempo, he sets Rumi poetry to music: Enya meets the Whirling Dervishes. It's smart, adult and contemporary with complex layers of synthesizers, pads, and vocals. The production is clean with proper levels. The lyrics are expressions of desperate romantic love. One pays more attention to the feel of the singing and the vocals are soothing and enjoyable. It's music that's easy to listen to and easy to embrace.
Lee Abramson's life and music is the ultimate example of living what is possible in the face of any circumstance. Behind his music of mystical love poetry by Rumi, a 13th century poet and philosopher lies a remarkable story. Abramson has had ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) for five years. Though 90% of ALS patients are dead five years after diagnosis, Abramson is still producing complex, joyous music by only using one finger. He explains, “When I’m writing music or lyrics I completely get lost in it – I forget that I have any kind of disability.” He has been called "the toughest musician in Michigan." When you ask him to explain his longevity, he'll say "God was just giving me time to focus on my music.".
Abramson is a happy man for three reasons. First, he visited his doctor who put his mind at ease that he would feel no pain and that his wishes not to be resuscitated would be honored, ending weeks of obsession over the issue. Second, Abramson applied something he learned from the Rumi Music Twitter Strategy. The strategy starts by following everybody who tweets a Rumi quote. Abramson has notice that about half of those tweets are made by New Age hustlers. Crystal healers, aromatherapists, life coaches, Law of Attraction practitioners and the like. Not entirely, but for the most part, the ones with with the most integrity and the most to offer are Reiki instructors. He found a local meditation teacher who had a Reiki background. When she put her hand over Abramson's knee, he felt her healing power, and knew right away that she would bring his soul in to harmony, help him come to terms with his regrets, and keep him from dying in despair. Finally, his girlfriend made a sincere pledge that she would be there holding his hand at the end.
- Comparison: Björk, Groove Armada, Portishead, Massive Attack
Influence: Boards of Canada, Morcheeba, Zero 7, Thievery Corporation
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