1. David Nathaniel Kerzner was born on July 10,1968 and 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.
Dave Kerzner is the co-founder of the band Mantra Vega.
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.
When 16-bit stereo digital sampling technology became available, Dave Kerzner sampled these instruments to license to such major digital musical instrument manufacturers as Alesis, Roland and Yamaha.
In 1994, Dave Kerzner contributed to Kevin Gilbert's solo album Thud and appeared as a band member on Gilbert's live album Live at the Troubadour.
Dave 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.
In 2005 Dave 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 Show in Anaheim, California.
Between 2007 and 2010, Dave Kerzner collaborated musically with Simon Collins.
In 2010 Dave Kerzner contributed sound design and assistance with music software for Steven Wilson's album Grace For Drowning.
In 1996 Dave 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.
In 2001 Dave Kerzner teamed up with IK Multimedia to offer the sounds he created for keyboard workstations via computer software.
In 2011, Dave Kerzner founded Sonic Elements, a progressive rock project and electronic tribute band.
The album is slated to feature several of Dave Kerzner's collaborators including Francis Dunnery, Nick D'Virgilio, Steve Rothery and Billy Sherwood.
Dave Kerzner collaborated with Collins and played keyboards on his album U-Catastrophe, appearing on the song "The Big Bang".
Dave Kerzner stated he planned to pursue his own solo projects and continue his work with his company, Sonic Reality.
In May 2014, Dave Kerzner announced that he and Mostly Autumn's Heather Findlay had co-founded a new band together, Mantra Vega.
Dave Kerzner rejoined Sound of Contact in April 2015, and alongside Nordstrom, Collins, and Dorsey, began work in Oxfordshire on the band's second album.
In December 2014, Dave Kerzner released his first solo album, New World.