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This mix is also part of the very early music collection of a still very new collaborative music making project called MixterPlus.

Based on a vocal track “Did I dream you?” originally created and shared by “Loveshadow” – one of the most talented, skilled and prolific music makers you will find anywhere in the collaborative music scene – and in many ways my musical hero.

Casting aside the intimidation I feel around his work, this little production, re-imagines his vocal track into a different context:

Imagine a little studio on the outskirts of Paris, where two long distance musical friends meet in person for the very first time – one arriving from the UK, and the other one from far away Canada. In that studio they find some vintage musical gear, like analog string machines, an electric piano, maybe even a Mellotron and various analog synths and a vocoder, along with a Fender Bass VI – with flat wound strings! – And a few video games.

Maybe a few pints were shared. Maybe memories of long ago loves, too.

Loveshadow sits down behind the microphone on a dusty old electric piano, while Nico5 picks up the Fender Bass VI …

Or was that just a dream?

Reconnecting with a dear musical friend.

While the collaborative music making community and project MixterPlus is very much in its infancy, some music is starting to be made. My first contribution to a growing collection of music in that community, is my production based on Madam Snowflake’s a capella vocal track “Valley of Lost Dreams”.

Imagine yourself in a darkened concert hall

It’s kind of difficult to see, but it seems, that at the front center of the stage you see Madam Snowflake – on one side a grand piano and on the other, a small drum kit, with the drummer holding his brushes in anticipation.

Immediately behind Madam Snowflake, a semi-circular small choir of what you think looks like clones of her.

And behind this small group, a much larger semi-circle, several rows deep: Looks like a full symphonic string orchestra, with the first and second violin sections to your left, the violas in the middle, and finally the celli and contrabasses to the right. There may be a harp and a some weird flute like thing, too — but it’s hard to tell in the dark.

And then a faint light gently illuminates the background choir as they softly sing – and suddenly you’re floating – like in a dream …