This comes as a pretty big surprise as the band including Dave off course seemed to have such a great time together as a band.

I hope the new bassplayer owns a Rickenbacker then i'll be happy.

Hi folks,

Lest anyone think otherwise, I always did have a great time playing with OS. I hope they felt the same way. My decision to leave the band had nothing to do with any of that.

At the core of the matter, "musical differences" and scheduling were the primary motivators behind the move. Timing being everything, now seemed the best time to do it so as not to disrupt the harmony of the group as it prepares for another record and NearFest. It was all as amicable as one could hope for.

I'd like to publicly thank Chris, Stan, Frank and Bill for bringing me on board back in '05. They made it possible for me to realize my dream of playing original progressive rock with a stellar group of players. We had some great times and I'm confident that the best is yet ahead for Oblivion Sun. And yes, befrost...let's keep our fingers crossed that the new OS'er will play a Ric! Either way, I'm sure he'll be a total monster and will help take the band to new heights.

As for me, the 1st week of April is when rehearsals begin with my new prog/fusion project. I'm very excited about beginning this new chapter and will be eager to share the music with you. I'll pop into the forum from time to time whenever there's news.

Thanks again to everyone. It was great getting to meet all the old HTM fans who became OS converts and I enjoyed playing for you!

Best,

Dave

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www.davedemarco.com

Good luck with your new project Dave and thanks for the time you spent with OS.

Thanks, Dave for the music. In todays progressive music the bass-player is equaly important for the band-sound as the drummer, keyboarder or guitarist, so you could say you had your voice in OS! Good luck with your new project; you know I'm a jazz-rock/fusion lover, so I'm excited to hear new music in that style.
Finally, I guess it must have been a hard decission to take this step, especial because you had to leave your friends. Hopefully they'll play you a nice goodbye-song on the new album ;-)

René

I'm sure I've seen as many OS shows as anyone, and I will say that I've thoroughly enjoyed Dave's contributions to the group, and getting to know him. Good luck with your new project(s), Dave. I have one guess about Dave's replacement but I don't like making such guesses public. I'm anxious to see who will fill Dave's spot.

Mark C.

The Nearfest-site mentions Keith Marksoud as the new bassist. Searching on Google learns he played with the RIO-bands Present (a Belgium Band, which visited Nearfest in 2005, including Keith!) and 5UU's (featuring Dave Kerman, while I also found him on an album from Nail from Neil Alexander, in Zero Hour, a group formed by Ken Yamazaki, Three Maximalists and in New Ghosts.

Well, from these bands I can say Keith has a background of adventurous jazz, which could add a whole new sound to OS's style.

Great find steamingears thanks. I searched to find info of what bass guitar/guitars he use. Here is some pics:

Five stringed bass. Anyone who know the manufacture of this bass? As you can see there are some cables attached at the top of the neck. Maybe to get a vibrating sound effect?


Same bass guitar as above.


Five stringed Fender, Ibanez or some other manufacture?

Huge hands!!

theprogmeister said:
There's a bass player listed under personnel for OS.
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music.msn.com/music/artist-credits/keith-macksoud/

I could'nt find anything about personnel for OS at this link:
music.msn.com/music/artist-credits/keith-macksoud/

Those are some recordings that Keith has played on.

Yes that's what i saw.

Was Keith Marksoud at the StanJam at Orion?

Yes, he was at StanJam at Orion. He used a white 5 string, but I don't know the model.

Here's a link to a photo of Keith at Stan Jam. I tried to post just the photo, like the others on this thread, but was unable to.

www.flickr.com/photos/naga3717/2897695086/in/set-72157607564350525/

Dave, we will miss you in OS. I still know the other gigs you play, so we won't be a strangers.

I believe hotlinking is not allowed at the Proboard forums so if you wanna post a picture then upload to www.imageshack.com or a similar website, then you can hotlink the pics from there with this code:

[img] link to image [/img]

For me it's funny to notice Dave has joined Crack The Sky, one of my other favorite bands from the States: Dave's Facebook.

Never heard the band. Glad he joined a great band.

You can't compare CtS with HtM, that's for sure although both have an original view on progressive music. CtS's frontman John Palumbo often says he's surprised people view his band as a progressive rockband. When you can find them, I can recommend the albums Crack The Sky, Animal Notes and Safety In Numbers from their early years, which doesn't mean their later works didn't impress me.

Dave's great bass-work can be heard on the new Crack The Sky-album "Ostrich". It's a less progressive CD than the previous two releases ("The Sale" and "Machine"), but more rocking, with a funky sound. But the great lyrics from John Palumbo have stayed! All in all I really enjoy it especially because the good playing and fine production. www.crackthesky.com/
B.t.w. one of the tracks is called HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY ;D

History repeates itself, or something like that: Stan once played some solo-guitar on the LP "Blowing Up Detroit" from Crack The Sky-leader John Palumbo!

Dave is still in Crack The Sky, which has quite a stable line-up the last couple of years. This month they will release the new album Living In Reverse, which comes together with a download only album called Crackology, which contains re-interpretations of old CTS-songs. More information on www.crackthesky.com/