Dave Kerzner

David Nathaniel Kerzner (born July 10, 1968) is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and sound designer as well as founder of the sound sampling development company Sonic Reality Inc. Along with Simon Collins, Kerzner is the co-founder of the band Sound of Contact.Sound of Contact Signs With InsideOut
Prog Rock Magazine. Retrieved April 28, 2013. He is also the co-founder of the band Mantra Vega.Findlay and Kerzner form Mantra Vega – Prog.
Prog Magazine. Retrieved May 16, 2014. His debut solo album, ''New World'', was released in December 2014.Dave Kerzner Expands His New World.
Prog Magazine. Retrieved March 1, 2015.

During his music career, Kerzner has worked with artists and bands such as Alan Parsons, Genesis, Francis Dunnery, Neil Peart, Keith Emerson, Tom Waits, and Smashing Pumpkins.Company – Sonic Reality Inc.
Sonic Reality. Retrieved May 26, 2013.

Early years

Dave Kerzner's interest in progressive music was born upon his exposure to early Genesis, as introduced to him by his good friend and band collaborator Jamie Rickel (drums). The early years were spent tirelessly working/developing original recordings, along with Dave Silverman (bass and vocals).

In the early 1990s, Kerzner began collecting rare musical instruments.Interview with Dave Kerzner – MacMusic.
MacMusic. Retrieved May 26, 2013. When 16-bit stereo digital sampling technology became available, Kerzner sampled these instruments to license to such major digital musical instrument manufacturers as Alesis, Roland and Yamaha. Following this endeavor into the music software industry, Kerzner worked with such recording artists as Madonna, Ringo Starr, and Moog Cookbook as both a musician and as a sound engineer.

In 1994, Kerzner contributed to Kevin Gilbert's solo album, '' Thud'' and appeared as a band member on Gilbert's live album '' Live at the Troubadour''. Kerzner joined the band Giraffe as keyboardist for a one-off tribute performance of Genesis' ''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'' album at Progfest '94 in Los Angeles.Two Thuds and a Lamb – An Introspective by Dave Kerzner.
KevinGilbert.com. Retrieved May 26, 2013.

Collaborations

In 2005 Kerzner performed with Jon Anderson of Yes along with Nick D'Virgilio, Stan Cotey, and Mark Hornsby under the band name Sonik Elementz for a one-off performance of "Long Distance Runaround" during the Winter NAMM convention in Anaheim, California. Between 2007 and 2010, Kerzner collaborated musically with Simon Collins.''U-Catastrophe'' album credits.
AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2013.

In 2010 Kerzner contributed sound design and assistance with music software for Steven Wilson's album '' Grace For Drowning''.Steven Wilson ''Grace for Drowning'' album credits.
Prog Archives. Retrieved April 28, 2013.

Sonic Reality and Sonic Elements

In 1996 Kerzner founded the sound development company Sonic Reality Inc, which focuses on the sampling of every type of musical instrument from vintage keyboards to drums to orchestral and world instruments.Sonic Reality in the UK.
Audio Pro International. Retrieved April 28, 2013. While developing music technology and creative tools for musicians, Kerzner collaborated with professional artists to sample and digitally reproduce the sounds of many types of musical instruments. The sounds are played from music software such as samplers and other music recording tools. Sonic Reality also produces "play along" DrummerTracks and other backing tracks for guitarists, bass players, keyboardists, and singers to work with via various audio devices, mobile devices, and recording software. Kerzner's sounds have been used by artists worldwide.Genesis "turns it on again" with IK and Sonic Reality.
IK Multimedia. Retrieved May 26, 2013.

In 2001 Kerzner teamed up with IK Multimedia to offer the sounds he created for keyboard workstations via computer software. Producing a majority of the sound range for the first comprehensive software rompler virtual instrument called "SampleTank", Kerzner developed a plug-in for popular recording software that offers every type of sampled music instrument with built-in effects to be played via MIDI.IK Multimedia , SampleTron.
IK Multimedia. Retrieved May 26, 2013.

While serving as CEO of Sonic Reality Inc, Kerzner has remained active as a musician as well as providing custom sound programming for touring and recording artists such as the Rolling Stones and Beyoncé.Steven Wilson Uses SampleMoog, SampleTron and iKlip On Tour.
IK Multimedia. Retrieved May 30, 2013.

In 2011, Kerzner founded Sonic Elements, a progressive rock project and electronic tribute band. Sonic Elements uses Sonic Reality samples to create unique virtual supergroups by combining different musicians with Sonic Reality-sampled drummers and other instrumentation.Sound of Contact progressive rock Band Interview , Audioholics.
Audioholics. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

In November 2014, Sonic Elements announced the development of a tribute album remake of Genesis' 1974 record, ''The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway'', to commemorate the 40th anniversary of its release.Dave Kerzner leads studio tribute to Genesis's Lamb.
Prog Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2015. The tribute album has been titled ''IT'', and is scheduled for release in early 2015. The album is slated to feature several of Kerzner's collaborators including Francis Dunnery, Nick D'Virgilio, Steve Rothery and Billy Sherwood. The album also aims to combine vintage classic rock elements with an orchestra to produce a cinematic rock sound.

Sound of Contact

After Kerzner's initial 2006 meeting with Simon Collins in New York City, the two musicians co-produced a remake of the Genesis song " Keep It Dark".''The Brooks Bulletin.'' Brown, Rob
"Canadian Simon Collins releases first US album"
n.d. Retrieved July 22, 2013.Simon Collins Tribute to Genesis Using IK Multimedia Software and Sonic Reality Sounds.
Digital Media Network. Retrieved May 26, 2013. Kerzner collaborated with Collins and played keyboards on his album ''U-Catastrophe'', appearing on the song "The Big Bang".

In 2010, Kerzner and Collins decided to form a band. In 2012, they announced the band as Sound of Contact, with Collins on lead vocals and drums, Kerzner on keyboard, and colleagues Matt Dorsey and Kelly Nordstrom on bass and guitar. The band's debut album, ''Dimensionaut