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PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY

Italian multiinstrumentist DANIELE LIVERANI has carved his reputation not just as a solo artist but as member of the bands EMPTY TREMOR, KHYMERA,TWINSPIRITS, COSMICS, PRIME SUSPECT and mentor behind the GENIUS ROCK OPERA concept album.
His first product would be a 1988 cassette 'Me And Me Too'. A veritable barrage of tapes followed numbering 1989's 'The Last Gift Of My Teens', 1990's 'Holding The Sun Of My Life', 1991's 'The Wheel Of Emotions', 1992's'Loving The Human Race' and 'As A Rule' with the prog band EXARULE.
Yet another cassette was then issued in 1994 entitled 'Nearly Gold Emotions'. The following year Liverani attended the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles, where he recorded his fist instrumental album VIEWPOINT to be released later after some years.
The album, recorded at 56 Studios in Santa Monica, saw the talents of ARMORED SAINT,FATES WARNING man JOEY VERA and RICKY WOLKING utilised on bass, and JULIO MATHIS II on drums.
The guitarist, albeit as a keyboard player, discovered and united in 1995 with young promising band EMPTY TREMOR, writing, producing and performing Keys on their 'Apocolokyntosys' and 'Eros And Thanatos' outing.
Finally his first solor record 'VIEWPOINT' is released in 1999.
Liverani's next move would be the monumentous trilogy releases GENIUS TRILOGY endeavour released in 3 chapters in 2002, 2004 and 2007.
A massive wealth of global Rock talent was on hand to perform the parts of individual characters to tell the tale of the 'Genius' character's journey.
Participating would be RING OF FIRE and YNGWIE MALMSTEEN man MARK BOALS cast as 'Genius', LANA LANE as the 'Doorkeeper', PAIN OF SALVATION's DANIEL GILDENLOW portraying "TwinSpirit n. 32", GRAVE DIGGER frontman CHRIS BOLTENDAHL as the 'Stationmaster', JOE VANA of MECCA as "King McChaos Consultant", STEVE WALSH of KANSAS fame as "Wild Tribe King", the veteran JOHN WETTON as "McChaos King", OLIVER HARTMANN from German Metal band AT VANCE as "Wild Tribe Consultant" and ex-CRIMSON GLORY vocalist MIDNIGHT as "Maindream".
Other inclusions in the second and third episodes saw PHILIP BYNOE of the STEVE VAI band and RING OF FIRE playing "The Storyteller", and DREAMTIDE's OLAF SENKBEIL, RUSSEL ALLEN of SYMPHONY X, EDU FALASCHI of ANGRA, JEFF MARTIN of RACER X, ROBERTO TIRANTI of LABYRINTH, JOHNNY GIOELI of HARDLINE/ and AXEL RUDI PELL, LIV KRISTINE ex THEATRE OF TRAGEDY, JORN LANDE of MILLENNIUM/ARK/MASTERPLAN, ANDREA DATWYLER of LUNATICA, TOBY HITCHCOCK of PRIDE OF LIONS, DC COOPER of ROYAL HUNT, SILENT FORCE.
Drums would be in the capable hands of DARIO CICCIONI.
Liverani's composition 'Meteor' was included on the JASON BECKER tribute 'Warmth In The Wilderness Volume II' released in late 2002 by LION MUSIC.
Another album with his band EMPTY TREMOR is released:THE ALIEN INSIDE features the new singer OLIVER HARTMANN.
The album is released by Frontiers records worldwide and leads the band to the great experience sharing stage as opening band for the “Train of toughts” italian summer tour of DREAM THEATER in 2004.
Embroiled in yet another ambitious venture the Italian struck up a partnership with STEVE WALSH of KANSAS repute, combining efforts to forge KHYMERA.
KHYMERA is an AOR pot pourri project. The debut album would score heavily on the points scale for having lead vocals sessioned by STEVE WALSH of KANSAS and STREETS fame.
The songs collected for the 2003 debut album would prove of great curiosity value including two tracks previously recorded by MR. BIG for the 'Navy Seals' soundtrack, the Giorgio Moroder penned 'Strike Like Lightning' and 'Shadows' alongside no less than four tunes penned by SURVIVOR guitarist JIM PETERIK with 'Living With A Memory', 'Say It With Love', 'Tears On The Page' and 'Aftertouch'.
Also featured were two WINGER compositions 'Without Warning' and 'Written In The Wind' and a HARDLINE track 'Love Leads The Way', originally included as a Japanese bonus cut for the 'Double Eclipse' album. The MECCA duo of Joe Vana & Thom Griffin would supply backing session vocals.
That same year a second solo album 'Daily Trauma' saw issue. Liverani handled all instrumentation excepting drums, delegated to Dario Ciccioni.
KHYMERA releases another album and gathered a full band lineup with Dennis Ward of PINK CREAM 69 on vocals, drummer DARIO CICCIONI and new guitar sensation TOMMY ERMOLLI.
Ward makes his absolute debut as lead singer with this album showcasing an incredible voice that will make one wonder how come this guy never take the mike in hand before playing bass!
The songs are again gathered from some of the most outstanding writers in the melodic rock and AOR scene featuring the likes of Robin and Judithe Randall (If You Dare To Dream), Jeff Scott Soto (You Can't Take Me), Don Barnes (Looking For You and After The Way), but the bulk of the album showcases the shining songwriting of brothers Tom and James Martin (ex SUGARTOWN), who penned songs for such artists as DO (Angel By My Side) and RONAN KEATING among others.
Just like the first record was the very best melodic rock could offer, the new one showcases a rich and diverse songwriting along with great musicianship.
After 3 quality albums, Daniele has recently left his historical band EMPTY TREMOR band officially, to concentrate in some new musical adventures he's working on.
Infact, In 2007 his new line up TWINSPIRITS is ready to release the first album. This project comes with the purpose of creating the ideal prog rock band that he always dreamed of. He gathered throughout years the suitable elements that could fit his designs. Dario Ciccioni on drums, guitar prodigy Tommy Ermolli, bass talent Alberto Rigoni and the raw voice power singer Søren Adamsen from Denmark. The first album is called “The Music That Will Heal The World” and has been released by Lion Music on june 15th 2007 with worldwide distribution. The band is already working on the second album... KHYMERA 3rd release has been completed, with the same line up as the second one and will be released on february 22/2008 by Frontiers.
During 2007, Daniele has composed and recorded a new challenging instrumental record under the moniker of COSMICS titled THE COSMIC YEAR. The lineup for this new adventure features VIRGIL DONATI(Planet X) on drums, RUFUS PHILPOT(Planet X) on bass, TOMMY ERMOLLI(Khymera/Twinspirits) on Guitars and himself on the keyboards. The release of this new record has been done on March 2008 for Lion Music Finalnd.
In 2009 Twinspirits changes his singer and welcomes in the line up Goran Nystrom from sweden, shortly after this change, a new album is released by Lion Music titled, "The Forbidden City".
In 2010 Daniele leaves Khymera project and forms "PRIME SUSPECT" new aor project feat. Dario Ciccioni, Tommy Ermolli, Mauro Catellani and Olaf Senkbeil (Dreamtide) releasing selftitled debout album for Frontiers records.
In early 2011 the third album of Twinspirits titled "Legacy" is released, containing the 30 min suite "The Endless Sleep", one of the major creative efforts of his career...
Daniele gets back full time to guitar after 2011 latest release of Twinspirits, and a the instrumental prog metal guitar album "Eleven Mysteries" come to light in summer 2012, released by Lion Music.
The line up includes new talented musicians he discovered lately, Paco Barilla' on drums, Tony Dickinson on bass and Marco Zago on Keyboards.
He has just released a new guitar album in January 2014 by SG Records entitled FANTASIA and he is writing on a new multi episode Rock Opera tha will be titled Even & Odd, that will keep him busy for the years to come for a new musical journey that will feature many great singers around the world, so...stay tuned! Work in progress!

Playing in Their Dreams
Daniele Liverani Lyrics

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[Jason]
Now What You See Is Just An Old Fantasy
It's The Image Of Me That My Fans Use To Dream
I'm Very Sick Into That Reality
But My Love For Life Is So Strong And I Still Exist

Life Is Not Being Easy On Me
But Thanks To All My Fans

I Will Always Be
[Jason & Main Choir] Playing In Their Dreams

[Jason]
All Humans Should Live In Their Fantasies
So They Can Stay Away From Any Sorrow And Pain
Just Look At Me I Was Forced To Stop Playing
The Power Of Their Dreams Can Make
My Hands Fly Again

Life Is Not Being Easy On Me
But Thanks To All My Fans
I Will Always Be
[Jason & Main Choir] Playing In Their Dreams
[Jason] Life Is Not Being Easy On Me
But Thanks To All My Fans
I Will Always Be
[Jason & Main Choir] Playing In Their Dreams

[Genius]
Tell Me That What I See Is Real !
That You're Not Just A Fantasy Of A Dream !
Tell Me You've Won Your Fight
And You're Going To Play For Us Again !

[Jason]
I Once Heard That A Human Entered This World...
Do You Know ? Please My Dear Friends Tell Me More !
[Twin Spirit N. 32]
The King And His Little Son Are In Danger !
He's That Human And I'm His Twin Spirit
[Genius]
The League Thinks It Was Their Fault
But It's Really Mine !
[Jason]
Now I Know What The Baby Was
Being Sent The Asian Stores...
Now I Know He Was The Little Prince
One More Ship Is Leaving Today
For The Asian Kingdom Where He's Being Kept
You Can Hide Yourself Inside And Leave !

[Twin Spirit N. 32 & Genius] We Will Go !
[Jason] Good Luck !
[Jason & Main Choir] Now Go And Save The Prince !

[Genius figured out that the music was played by the fantasy image of the great guitarist Jason Becker, one of his most admired guitar players ! Being extremely popular in Japan and dedicated to eastern sounds, a se tof infinite versions of him was made available at the European "Japan Fantasies" store, ready to be used for the fans that were dreaming of him ! Genius and Twin Spirit N. 32 were delighted and enlightened by the fantsstic melody that Jason was playing and for a while, they forgot about their troubles. The information from Jason was very insightful and luckily, there was a possible aim to reach for. Among all of the Dream Kingdom there was an intense exhange of objects and fantasies performed by many ships that were exchanging objects and fantasies of different cultures everyday...]

[Storyteller]
Jason led them to a place where the ships were leaving for the Asian Kingdom. After a sincere thanking, they slipped into two cases filled with strange looking objects and proceeded very carefully, hoping not to be noticed. Five minutes later, they were carried into an enormous ship and eventually left for the Asian Kingdom. The prince was waiting to be destroyed as a toy fantasy in one of the Asian stores due to the sentence of Maindream for his father's crime. There as no time to waste, Christmas was getting nearer and during that time many children dream about dolls ! Meanwhile, the Dream League commander was still searching for Twin Spirit N. 32 and he couldn't explain why he was not at his console in the European Twin Spirit land ! He was extremely upset and asked his troops to be wiser and search farther.

Overall Meaning

The song "Dream in Liberty" by Daniele Liverani tells a story of perseverance, hope, and the power of imagination. The lyrics are delivered by a character named Jason, who appears to be a guitarist that is unable to play in reality due to illness or disability. Instead, his fans use his image to dream and imagine that he is still playing. Despite this, Jason remains full of love for life and thanks his fans for keeping his dream alive.

The song also touches on the idea that humans should live in their fantasies to avoid sorrow and pain. Jason sees the power of his fans' dreams and believes that they could make his hands fly again. Later in the song, the story shifts to a mission to save a young prince who is in danger of being destroyed as a toy fantasy. Twin Spirit N.32 and Genius are the other two characters involved in the story, and they work to save the prince and fulfill their mission.

The lyrics of "Dream in Liberty" encourage us to hold onto our dreams and use imagination as a tool for healing and hope. The story within the song is also a reminder that sometimes, when reality is difficult, we can find solace in the power of our imaginations.

Line by Line Meaning

Now What You See Is Just An Old Fantasy
The image people see of me is merely a fantasy from the past.

It's The Image Of Me That My Fans Use To Dream
My fans use an outdated image of me to dream about.

I'm Very Sick Into That Reality
I feel unwell in the current reality.

But My Love For Life Is So Strong And I Still Exist
Despite my illness, I still have a strong passion for life and exist in this world.

Life Is Not Being Easy On Me
I am facing many challenges in life.

But Thanks To All My Fans, I Will Always Be Playing In Their Dreams
Despite my challenges, my music will always live on in the dreams of my fans.

All Humans Should Live In Their Fantasies
People should live in their fantasies to escape the hardships of reality.

So They Can Stay Away From Any Sorrow And Pain
Living in fantasies can allow people to avoid sadness and pain.

Just Look At Me I Was Forced To Stop Playing
I had to stop playing due to circumstances beyond my control.

The Power Of Their Dreams Can Make My Hands Fly Again
The dreams of my fans have the power to bring my ability to play music back to life.

Tell Me That What I See Is Real!
Please confirm that what I am seeing is real.

That You're Not Just A Fantasy Of A Dream!
Tell me that you are not just a fictional character in a dream.

Tell Me You've Won Your Fight And You're Going To Play For Us Again!
Please tell me that you have overcome your obstacles and will play music for us again.

I Once Heard That A Human Entered This World, Do You Know? Please My Dear Friends Tell Me More!
I have heard about a human entering our world. Would you please share more information with me?

The King And His Little Son Are In Danger! He's That Human And I'm His Twin Spirit
The king and his son are in trouble, and he is the human I have heard about. I am his twin spirit.

The League Thinks It Was Their Fault But It's Really Mine!
The Dream League thinks they are responsible, but in reality, the fault is mine.

Now I Know What The Baby Was Being Sent to The Asian Stores... Now I Know He Was The Little Prince
I have figured out the identity of the baby being sent to Asian stores. He is the little prince.

One More Ship Is Leaving Today For The Asian Kingdom Where He's Being Kept. You Can Hide Yourself Inside And Leave!
Another ship is leaving for the Asian Kingdom, where the prince is being kept. You can hide inside and leave.

We Will Go!
Twin Spirit N. 32 and Genius agree to go on the mission to save the prince.

Good Luck! Now Go And Save The Prince!
Jason wishes Twin Spirit N. 32 and Genius good luck on their mission to save the prince.

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

rodrigo raya

10y↑14

1.    He Will Die...................(00:01)
2.    Playing in Their Dreams.(09:25)
3.    You Won't Escape.........(16:21)
4.    Valley...........................(21:38)
5.    Beware.........................(27:29)
6.    My Dear Son.................(33:22)
7.    What He Has to Say......(41:45)
8.    All My Fault..................(48:47)
9.    To Be Free....................(59:26)
10.    Fight Again..................(1:04:15)
11.    Far Away from Here......(1:09:52)

All comments from YouTube:

Camilo Soto

11y↑7

Very underrated work. Great performances from Daniel Gildenlöw, Russell Allen y Mark Boals (the rest of them are also great, but this three are my favourites). Daniele Liverani is a real Genius.