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At one point, it really was all a dream.
It all began in 1999 - Vincent Herbert and Debbie Hammond met at a recording studio while working on different artists. Debbie told Vincent she was looking for a female N'Sync or American Spice Girls. Vincent went on a search and found Judith Fontaine, a local Los Angeles talent scout that had been working on putting various groups together, but had no music. Judith had 2 sets of girls; one that was 18-19 years old, and the other 13-14 years old. The younger girls were called, "First Warning." the original members - alto Melissa Schuman, lead mezzos Holly Arnstein and Ashley Poole, and soprano Alex Chester. Vincent and Debbie put the girls in the studio and began working on an album, after securing the rights to the group from Fontaine. The girls had never been in a recording studio with a major producer, so Vincent had his work cut out for him. Not everyone could keep up the pace, and Alex was replaced with Diane Ortiz. Arrangements were made for the girls to all live together with the Arnsteins during the recording process. They were 13 and 14 years old. Debbie kept referring to the recording process and the group as the dream group, since it was going smoothly with Vincent. She advised that there was nothing scarey about the group, therefore, "First Warning" didn't seem like a suitable name. When Debbie tried to get the name DREAM secured, she ran into some trademark difficulties, and tracked down the original owner of the name. This gentleman put out mellow music that lured people to sleep. Debbie purchased the trademark right and secured it world wide. The group DREAM was officially born by the year 2000. Demo's went out to the CEO's of the major labels, and Sean Combs re routed his flight headed for Japan to get a personal audition. This took place in Debbie's hotel room in Beverly Hills. Diddy signed the girls on the spot! The groups first single, release He Loves U Not was handed to Diddy and Debbie at a showcase by none other than Clive Davis, himself! Clive said, "here honey, this is a hit song," to Debbie, pulling it out of his pocket and handing it to her as he left. The single was a worldwide hit, from the States to U.K. to Japan - Melissa, Diana, Ashley and Holly were launched into stardom. "He Loves U Not" kept enough momentum and peaked at 6 on the billboard hot 200 - upon releasing It Was All a Dream in January of 2001, the album debuted at 2 on the charts and went platinum within 6 weeks. The album was a hit, as well, and Dream was beginning to make history - on March 29, 2001, they became the first (and as of today, the only) girl group to retire a video at 65 days on MTV's TRL top 10 video countdown. Their second single from their debut album, "This Is Me," was released respectively, including a remix, that kept a momentum on radio and video until September of 2001.
Though "This Is Me" and the remix with rapper Kain and Diddy remained on the sales charts for a year and a half, peaking at 1 on TRL - nearing the end of the 2001 summer, a third single, "In My Dreams," was released to radio (including a remix with rapper Bow Wow) for approximately 3 weeks - however, due to the tragedies of 9/11/01, the girls pulled back the single before a video was released, and implored their label and distrubution (at the time, Arista records) to release "When I Get There," a hit ballad from the album, as the third single instead. Arista was reluctant, and the process took weeks and involved everything from fan petitions to on and off radio releases - ultimately, a third single was not released. Nevertheless, anticipation for Dream's return did not fade away.
Perhaps, until March 31st, 2002, when Dream fans discovered that Melissa Schuman (who was nabbing tons of attention from the group) was leaving Dream to pursue a solo career in acting and music. Her departure was then announced to the public on April 1st, 2002. With some of their sophomore album produced, fans devastated, and a member of the band missing, Dream considered going on as a trio. That spring and summer, Dream took a quick halt to realize the situation and to also contemplate their future.
The future arrived in an audition of over 1000 or so girls when the blonde bombshell, Kasey Sheridan got her place in the group, replacing Melissa Schuman with her soothing alto/mezzo vocals and similar light-hearted personality and charm. Kasey's entrance was announced to the public in September of 2002. Though her entrance did not generate as much publicity as Melissa's departure, Dream's everlasting fanbase took a deep sigh of relief as the re-recording process of the group's second album, the newly-titled Reality, began that fall, with the 3 members. Kasey is on song titled, "It Could Happen," which was the last song recorded on REALITY, along the time she was joining the group.
Dream's fanbase held on through winter. That's OK," the first leaked song from REALITY, hit the world wide web. Fans were stunned - the material had a whole new sound, vibe, and edge. Shortly after, a demo version of the then-titled "Krazy," featuring rapper Eve, leaked online as well - fans were generally satisfied and eager to see what would happen with either of the songs. Ultimately, publicity started running - Krazy was revamped to "Crazy", the instrumental was revised and Eve's rap was replaced with one of Bad Boy's local rapper, Loon, as Jimmy Iovine would not approve Eve's part. With various magazine articles and TV appearances, the girls were ready to let the public take control once again.
Originally, Crazy was the most added single for top 40 radio on it's first two weeks of release. However, it stuck primarily to Rap/Hip Hop radio due to it's underground rap and hip hop vibe. When Crazy's video was released solely to MTV, it made the TRL countdown for 15 days, peaking at number 5 on the countdown. Due to what some believe would be the plans of Diddy and his label, the girls of Dream were marketed off as a now more mature, sexy group than they were at It Was All a Dream's release. As a single, Crazy never cracked the top 40, and eventually the album, origionally planned for an August 12 (2003) release, was pushed back to September and then October to increase sales with the album's second planned single, "That's OK."
Attemping to keep their image alive through TV appearances, Hollywood events and magazine articles, Dream was ready to release their finished album, REALITY. On their official website, www.thedreamsite.com, the layout was updated and 6 song clips were available to preview - Diddy's Intro, Why Me (produced by Wade Robson), That's OK (the Underdogs,) Crazy (Diddy and Scott Storch,) Hard to Stop (Produced by Rodney Jerkins), and the record's smash ballad It Could Happen (Diddy and N8.) At this point in time, Dream's fanbase knew that the album was finished and ready for release as well. The album then pushed back to May 25, 2004, (Debbie's Birthday) as Diddy secured his place at Universal music and his distribution deal. The girls took personal time once more. Then the best surprise of all happened. Debbie convinced Melissa to come back! Lead singer Holly Arnstein would not go on a promo tour to support the album, due to her personal relationship with her boyfriend. Websites were no longer updated, pictures were no longer found, and the group became a memory. Except, as mysteriously discovered in September 2005 (nearly 2 years after Reality's intended release) by an online fan on a French digital music website - 4 interludes, for each of the girls, and 13 tracks, personal and produced, were available for 99 cents each. Sparking the fanbase back together, the tracks leaked and REALITY was an underground internet smash. Each song, from the catchy, latin-based "Clap" to the soothful, heart-warming "Promise Me" to the groovy, mellow "Sittin Here" - all were more than what the fanbase expected. "Why Me," a song written by Wade Robson and the girls and dedicated to the fans, delighted all with its electric beat and reassuring vocals. The final version of "That's OK" was leaked as well, with revised vocals and the rap from Fabulous. "Crazy" leaked from the site as the same song. Remaining tracks from the album included "Hard to Stop," "The Real Me," the hip hop dance "What it is You're Feelin," the Tupac-sampled "Bring it Back," the deep, attacking, rock-like "Sitting Here," "Clap," the soothing ballads "Promise Me," "It Could Happen," "Controlled," and finally the electric, powerful female anthem "I Am Woman." The crowd loved it; relationships were reunited and websites were coming together for the common distribution of the lost album. To date, the girls talk about re uniting, but maybe it all was just a dream...
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