NoNeedForSecrecy - LOUD Mix (noneedforsecrecy_-_loud_mix.s3m)

    No Need For Secrecy
    by Liam the lemming

What's this? you ask. Has
the rampant rodent actually
run out of ideas for new
tunes? Is he so desperate
to release new modules that
he's going over old ground?

Well, no. Not quite, anyway
- I passed the original
No Need For Secrecy to a
friend and told him about a
"darker" version which it
started off as (I uploaded
it to ftp.brad.ac.uk not
long after starting to do
ProTracker mods - named
"The Darkest Secret"). And
he wanted it. Well, I could
hardly give him the old one
cos it was basically the
same module with one of the
channels lopped off and an
ordinary 4:4 beat...

So I rewrote it. I'm happy
with it, and so's the mate
I wrote it for. Result -
everybody's happy, and I've
got another s3m to upload.
There, that's that sorted
out, on with the greets. :)

Right. Hello's to everyone
I know at uni - namely Ian
Slavin, Chris Bruce, Bryan
Jones, Lee O'Brien, Jon
Barker, Shereen Walters,
Russ Threadgold, Ste Jones,
Dave Wild, Justin Andrews,
Pete Mercer, Glenn Payne,
Helen Ramkaran, James
Williams, Ivan Marshall,
Ruth Jump, Andi Riley and
the HND2 bods. Did I miss
you out? Sorry, I have a
lousy memory. :-)

And now back to the waffle
from the original module.:)

I suppose I could mention
why the song was written -
the inspiration behind it,
I mean. Well, like I said
already, it was originally
named The Darkest Secret. I
wrote this song when I was
on a real downer because I
was keeping a secret about
myself from all my friends.
I wanted to tell them, but
I was anxious about losing
their friendship over it.

Overanxious, as it turned
out. About a month after
writing the module, the
strain became unbearable
and I finally caved in. I
told a friend who I thought
could cope with it. He did,
of course.

Things just snowballed from
there - within a week I had
told almost all of my mates
and it felt like I'd been
rescued from a prison cell.
The relief I got from their
good reception of the news
was indescribable.

Now I'm studying with a
whole new bunch I'll have
to tell them too... but I
won't let it drag me down
this time. As the tone of
the song suggests, I'm more
courageous now - more guts.

And the secret? I'm gay...
and I'm not gonna hide it
any longer. There's no need
for secrecy any more.

           Liam the lemming