But I agree with Cindy. I have heard tracks from “Dreamland” and I think it’s just ridiculous. A forties kind of radio show musical comedy/drama story type thing…in this era? What a weird idea. And for me, it doesn’t work at all.

I tend to think that Mr. Spiner must be insecure about his singing if he wanted to record this mishmash. I heard some of his first CD and I liked his singing voice. I had hoped he would put out another CD like it. But no such luck.

I guess Maude Maggart is fabulous is you like cabaret singers. I don’t.

He does seem to be going overboard with the publicity for this thing. In fact, that really does seem why he has a MySpace page and website…to plug “Dreamland.”

He has a group of die-hard fans who would buy anything he put on record, so I guess that would generate some sales. But I don’t think “Dreamland” is going to set the musical world on fire.

He’s very versatile; why isn’t he acting more? He’d be good in his own tv series.

I’m NOT buying “Dreamland.” I too think that’s it’s an inferior piece of fluff.

Who is being hostile and who is bashing? Not me:) Accept the fact I disagree with you and move on. In my opinion, ”Dreamland” is rubbish. A lost cause. Get over it.

Why you are so hostile about this, enough in fact to keep returning here to monitor and continue the bashing is a mystery to me.

You are absolutely right, it is unlike any other cd. Most cds are worth the listen but this, I simply cannot waste my time. It has only been played once and then stopped after the second track. What a load of c**p

The album came about for a couple of reasons..1) Brent became a partner in a recording studio (a very legitimate one) and 2) He loves music, particularly the type featured in Dreamland and wanted to make another album, mainly because it’s fun and he can, especially since he now has an “in” at a very nice studio.

As anyone in the music business will tell you, an album that has a full orchestra is expensive to make, Now add to that the many hours needed for the editing & sound fx, etc. and you’ve got a considerable investment -suffice to say it’s more than $50k. If you had spent that kind of time and money on a project that you were jazzed about and thought other people might enjoy, wouldn’t you promote it?? And In this day and age, it’s smarter to market it yourself through the internet (and for Brent – at some ST conventions ) than give at least half the profits to a label that probably couldn’t do much better with such a niche audience. Is setting up a myspace page and website that “desperate”? If that were the case, then just about every music artist I can think of is desperate. As for the “constant publicity” that Cindy talks about, I’d argue that outside of the Star Trek related web circles, NOBODY knows about this album.

So lighten up. Brent is a very talented, creative person. And yes, there’s probably not as many acting roles offered to him these days, as happens with any actor over 50. So why begrudge the guy his creative outlets? If you’ve actually heard Dreamland (which for some reason I doubt Cindy has), I find it hard to believe that someone couldn’t appreciate the great amount of creativity that went into it. It is frankly like no other cd I know of. I wish there could be more like it. It’s a very different kind of listening experience and I give it up to him for not only thinking about it but putting it together. It’s good and I think more people should hear it.

And BTW, I listened to this Bat Segundo interview and to me, it was Bat who. for some reason, was self conscious about saying “Star Trek”. Brent seemed to have no problem with it and was just going along with the joke, which really wasn’t a joke. From what I can tell, Brent talks about ST all the time in interviews and is very patient and courteous with what I’m sure can be a tiresome subject for him.

Why would you say that? Because I disagree with you that it is any good?

trekkiegirl says:
Why didn’t you like Dreamland?

Because I don’t wish to waste my time listening to such rubbish:)

I won’t tell.

Why didn’t you like Dreamland?

About Dreamland…still think it is c**p:)

About Dreamland…story was good,beautiful,very romantic,funny. Music wasn’t bad either even there was only one of my favourite standards. I have listened Dreamland a lot and it hasn’t gone bad. So I would say I made a good purchase.

That arsey-thing: I haven’t noticed that he had been recently any more arsey than he usually is.
So,please, give an example.

“Cards”? What?

No,I wouldn’t join the doco. I guess you wouldn’t either?

And by the way,there are some other countries in the world but USA and that where you live.

Every little store that sells something has a web page nowadays so why wouldn’t Brent have?
And I think it is nice that I, who do not live in USA, have a chance to get the cd, because, I think, Dreamland would never have been sold in my local music store.
Of course he could have put it straight to Amazon but it is not really a good place for marketing.

What you mean desparate?
Is it desperate that some big record company does some aggressive marketing for you?

Far from awesome? Well, you are totally entitled to your opinion.

And by the way, Dreamland is awesome and for those who don’t agree, think it as just a something new, an interesting experiment.

I really appreciate it that Brent has started to do his own projects. He obviously has many talents.I am really looking forward to the documentary.

I am sorry but I loved Brent and his work to bits but I decided to move on and leave all this in the past.

With the constant publicity on his new music and the farce website and myspace which assuming is all to plug the new music, I would say that Brent is trying to damn hard for sales. I always thought Brent was far better than this.