Dare to Dream (Yanni album)

Dare to Dream
Studio album by Yanni
Released	1992
Genre	Contemporary instrumental Soft adult contemporary Easy listening New Age
Length	59:05
Label	Private Music
Producer	Yanni
Yanni chronology
In Celebration of Life (1991) Dare to Dream (1992) In My Time (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Dare to Dream is Yanni's eighth album, released on the Private Music label in 1992 (see 1992 in music). The album peaked at #2 on Billboard's "Top New Age Albums" chart and at #32 on the "Billboard 200" chart in the same year.^[2] It went gold within two months of its release and was nominated for a Grammy.

The album was followed by the sell-out, 65-city Dare to Dream concert tour which challenged audiences "not to be afraid to dream."^[3]

His newest album, "Dare to Dream," says Yanni, "comes from a realization that not only don't people go after their dreams, they are often afraid to dream at all. If we don't dare to dream, we can't shape our future".^[4]

Album

Track listing

1. "Once Upon a Time" – 3:53
2. "A Love for Life" – 5:10
3. "Nice to Meet You" – 5:37
4. "So Long My Friend" – 3:50
5. "You Only Live Once" – 7:22
6. "To the One Who Knows" – 5:40
7. "Face in the Photograph" – 3:49
8. "Felitsa" – 4:47
9. "Desire" – 5:02
10. "Aria" – 4:00
11. "A Night to Remember" – 5:48
12. "In the Mirror" – 4:07

Personnel

• All music composed and produced by Yanni

RIAA certification

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold and Platinum database entries:^[5]

• (G=Gold, P=Platinum, M=Multi-Platinum)

• YANNI DARE TO DREAM 08/06/92 PRIVATE MUSIC G ALBUM SOLO Std
• YANNI DARE TO DREAM 05/05/94 PRIVATE MUSIC P ALBUM SOLO Std

The Dare to Dream concert tour

^[4]

Dates

Early 1992

Cities

65 cities

Set list

The band

This 2 hour and 15 minute concert is performed completely live and showcases the broad range of Yanni's music through a unique marriage of acoustic and electronic sound. Yanni and two additional keyboardists (Bradley Joseph and Julie Homi), are backed by a rhythm section headed by Charlie Adams on drums, with Michael Bruno on percussion and Osama Afifi on bass, and a string section featuring Charlie Bisharat and Karen Briggs on violin, and Sachi McHenry on cello.^[4]

• Charlie Adams – drums
• Osama Afifi – bass guitar
• Charlie Bisharat – violin
• Karen Briggs – violin
• Michael Bruno – percussion
• Julie Homi – keyboards
• Bradley Joseph – keyboards
• Sachi McHenry – cello

Tour production

• Yanni's Manager: Jeff D. Klein
• Booking Agent: Fred Bohlander, Monterey Peninsula Artists
• Tour Manager: Vincent Corry
• Prod. Mgr/Designer: David "Gurn" Kaniski
• House Sound Mixer: Tommy Sterling
• Stage Monitor Mixer: Paul Serault
• Stage Manager: Peter Feldman
• Drum/Bass Tech: Jeff Buswell
• Keyboard Tech: Peter Maher
• Vari-lite Operator: Bryan Faris
• Sound Tech: Tracy Kuntsmann
• Lighting Crew Chief: Gus Thomson
• Lighting Tech: Tod Metz
• Tour Accountant: Diane Kramer, Numbers, Inc.
• Set Construction: George & Goldberg
• Wardrobe: Lynn Bugai
• Yanni's Assistant: Susan Smela
• Tour Publicity: Dione Dirito

• Special Thanks
• Yanni thanks E-mu Systems for providing the state-of-the-art sound generating equipment, including 4 Emulator IIIs, Proteus 1 and 2s, and 2 Procussion units used in the performance.^[4]

Miscellaneous

The music Once Upon A Time was adopted by TVB as the background music of world weather from July 28, 1991 to December 31, 2009.

References

1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r123565
2. ^ "Chart history for Dare to Dream". AMG. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r123565. Retrieved 2007-08-31. 
3. ^ Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1993, official concert program.
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Dare to Dream - Official concert program. Yanni. 1992. 
5. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold and Platinum searchable database". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH. Retrieved 2007-01-01. 

External links

• Official Website
• Dare to Dream at Allmusic