At some point, the dream of reaching an audience fades away from most musicians. Nashville’s Alex Caress had all but given up on music. Little did he know, passionate fans of a song that he wrote over 20 years ago, have been trying to find him for years.

It all started with a mix tape.

In 2006 or 2007, a high school girl in Spokane, Washington named Michaela Alden, burned a mix tape she made onto a CD. It was called “Really Good Mix.” It had songs by indie mainstays at the time like Rainer Maria, Modest Mouse and Built to Spill.

And then 13 years passed.

In a who-am-I-and-what-am-I-doing moment in her life, Alden went back to her parents’ house in 2019 to reflect on her former self. In the process of unearthing some old memories, she opened a box that held “Really Good Mix” and she pop

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