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Don't Spread Germs

from Random Numbers by The Argent Grub

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This track takes an old UK public information film, and mashes it up a bit. But it didn’t start out that way…

** This track also available on video - youtu.be/z88EGAAl8xE **

… it started from a challenge to create some looped audio that could be re-used by others (over at Linux Musicians: linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=23699 ). Once that was done I created a short track, which was nearly released as it was, but then I went searching for a voice to overlay onto the track.

I stumbled on the Don’t Spread Germs film: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1945to1951/filmpage_dsg.htm and it seemed to be just the right message for these times. It also fits the audio well.

I also found (OO) - Animation Short Film (2017) by Osro: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHJprFGzH0k which seemed to be a great contrast, while on a similar theme, so I had a go at fitting the old and the new together.

So what started as an audio project ended up as a video project. I think the audio works well on it’s own, so it’s available as it’s own download here.

The film – Don’t Spread germs – is available on YouTube: youtu.be/z88EGAAl8xE

The loops used to make the track are available (along with others) for reuse here: archive.org/details/libre-music-challenge-13

lyrics

LYRICS

Reproduced and remixed under the Open Government Licence Version 3 from: Don't Spread Germs: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1945to1951/filmpage_dsg.htm


Now I’m going to show you three things and you’ve got to tell me what you do.

Number one
A pint of ...

Oh you seem to know what to do with that one alright.

Number two, a handkerchief.
(sneeze)
Excellent!
Remember coughs and sneezes spread diseases

Now, number three, a bowl of disinfectant.

Hey! You don’t drink it man,
don’t drink it man,
don’t drink it man,
don’t drink it man,
don’t drink it man…

… that’s for the soiled handkerchief which is full of germs.
You put the handkerchief into the disinfectant which kills the germs and so stops the spread of infection.

Now lets get this quite clear.
Don’t spread germs.

You sneeze into the handkerchief and then put the handkerchief into a bowl of disinfectant to kill the germs, not in with the families washing.
Got it?

Remember, don’t spread germs.
Remember, don’t spread germs.
Remember, don’t spread germs.

credits

from Random Numbers, released October 22, 2021
CREDITS
Neither the film, or the finished track, would have been possible without people choosing to openly licence their material for re-use. So thank you for doing that.
Equally, all the software tools used to create the track and film were free and open source.

Don’t Spread Germs from the UK National Archives.
Director John Krish
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1945to1951/filmpage_dsg.htm
Reused under the Open Government Licence version 3

(OO) - Animation Short Film (2017) by Osro
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHJprFGzH0k
Reused under the Creative Commons Attribution licence (reuse allowed)

ALBUM ART
The Argent Grub

SOFTWARE
Ardour: ardour.org
Audacity: www.audacityteam.org
Ubuntu: ubuntu.com
Jack: jackaudio.org
GIMP: www.gimp.org
LibreOffice: www.libreoffice.org
Flowblade: jliljebl.github.io/flowblade/

PLUGINS
Ardour Community (ardour.org)
Calf Studio Gear (calf-studio-gear.org)
Chowdsp (github.com/jatinchowdhury18/AnalogTapeModel)
Dragonfly Reverbs by Michael Willis and Rob vd Berg (github.com/michaelwillis/dragonfly-reverb)
MOD Team (moddevices.com/gear-gallery/)
Spencer Jackson (ssj71.github.io/infamousPlugins/)
Steve Harris (github.com/swh)
TAL-Togu Audio Line (tal-software.com)


Thanks to:
UK National Archives: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/1945to1951/filmpage_dsg.htm
Osro: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHJprFGzH0k
LJK, Stu
Anyone who has ever made a linux audio plugin:
linux-sound.org/plugins.html

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