"Secret of Service (Reprise)" genre: Mood Music
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	The stillness of the night, the song of the crickets, the silence that's inside. Here in this short, but beautiful cushion of sound.
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	Story Behind the Song This is an instrumental reprise of a song called Secret of Service from my album Archer and the Muse. Originally it was part of the song but then I split it up and made it it's separate track on the album. Archer and the Muse is a folk rock collection I wrote in 1991 that was self released and my first and only vocal release to date. Funny, since voice is my first instrument. All the songs were written in a three month period and have themes of love and social comment. I recorded them all in my bedroom on a Fostex 8-track and minimal gear. The songs are fairly timeless and I would love to re-record the tracks at some point using live musicians. All but the vocals was sequenced, however the arrangements are some of my best ever. This came out at the beginning of the LA coffee house scene and I regularly played many of these venues to great response.

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