Cross News For November
Date: Sunday, November 02 @ 02:00:00 UTC
Topic: Band News (tours, comings/goings, etc)


What happened to Cross? An open letter from bandleader Hansi Cross:

Dearest friends, fans and fellow proggers,

Every now and then I received questions about what happened to the new Cross album that was meant to be released on May 28, 2007. I get e-mails, from fans and others, wondering if my condition has improved.

Here is some background.

In early April I was working hard finishing the album that was set to be released in late May, 2007. To make things even better we had recently bought a new mixing console and everything was quite hectic. At one point I experienced that sounds started to sound a bit distorted. I figured that it might be something wrong with the new mixing console. I asked others, people like my friend Kent Kroon - who also, like me, is both a musician as well as sound technician - what he thought about the sound. He thought it sounded just great. No one could hear the ?distorted cymbal sound? I was talking about.



To make a long story short:

I went to the doctor, had a hearing test performed which showed a hearing loss in the higher frequencies. "If you are lucky, things will be ok again within three weeks; if not you must learn to live with it" was the info I received. Three weeks later things were even worse. I was extremely sensitive to sounds and one evening a tone appeared inside my head. I now had tinnitus! The doctor said that it was nothing they could do about it and offered me psychiatric drugs "if you feel depressed about it." My answer was "No thanks."

During the following two months I did everything I could to find some kind of cure. The condition got worse. There was absolutely no way I could work on the album or listen to any music at all. In fact, everyone in my surrounding had to talk very quiet and even quiet sounds were rather painful. And the tinnitus sounds was very loud 24/7. I was afraid that my life was more or less over but, I had not given up yet.

One day I found what seemed to be a solution. Low Level Laser Therapy by Dr Wilden.

Later next year, when I have finished the treatment, I will publish a longer description about what I have experienced. For now I just let you know that the condition is much improved and, for those who are interested to know more about the treatment, here is the URL: www.dr-wilden.de/en.

So, one could say that I had a pretty rough period in my life (the understatement of the year) but?the good news is that the condition has improved enough to allow me to start work with music again. Only for shorter periods up to 1 hour at a time and only working with low volume this far. Yet, to me this is pure joy!

At this moment I have finished the first track for the forthcoming album (and I am very pleased with it) and number two will be finished soon as well.

Most of the music is recorded so I will continue to finalize the tracks I can. Some of them still miss vocals and/or some guitar parts. These must wait until the condition is even better - the treatment is for about two years - before I can record the last parts as it requires wearing headphones.

So, at this point I feel pretty sure that we will have the new album named The Thrill Of Nothingness out during summer/fall 2009.







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