- Time and Place: Playhouse, 7:41pm, 3/6
- Farthest: shuffling and chatting from audience
- Medium: wheels squeaking
- Closest: orchestra playing from the pit
- Sound Level/Activity: The sound level is consistently at a medium volume
- Description: bouncy
- Essential: pit warming up, speaking and laughing from audience.
Journal Entry #3
3/6/26–6:08 P.M.—13th Floor Lounge of Estabrook Hall
Furthest— doors slamming on floor below, ice machine clattering in the kitchen, distant laughing
Medium— elevator doors opening, conversation in the room over, TV playing nearby, music being played off of someone’s phone in the kitchen
Close— keyboard typing, sound of AC/heater running, footsteps on the floor, doors opening
Sound Level— Medium, not super quiet but the strongest noise is not nearby
Description— Routine
Essential Sounds— ice machine clattering, elevator doors opening, sound of AC/heater running
Journal Entry #3
1- 3/6/26 at 11am, Babylon Animal Shelter
2-Closest Sounds: Dogs barking, People announcing that they are coming around the corner with a dog, People talking about different dogs, rustling of treat bags
3-Medium Sounds: Gates opening and closing, doors to inside opening and closing, people with boots walking back and fourth,
4- Farthest Sounds: Cars pulling in and out of the parking lot, People talking to dogs they have out, Indoor hoses spraying, Dogs barking and howling from inside
5- Sound Level: Very loud with activity
6-One word description: Energetic
7-3 Essential Sounds: Dogs barking, People talking, Gates opening and closing
Journal Entry #3
1 – Thursday March 5th, 7pm, Hofstra Fitness Center basketball courts.
2 – Furthest away from me is the air conditioning, sounds of treadmills and stair masters, and the TVs playing ESPN
3 – Medium range sounds are people walking and talking on the jogging path, the music of a bluetooth speaker across the courts, and water bottles on the sidelines popping open
4 – Closest to me are all the sounds of a basketball game. The ball being dribbled, hitting the backboard and going through the net, sneakers squeaking on the floor, and the trash talk going on between players.
5 – Sound level is high, lots of different people in the busy place makes a very complex sound palate.
6 – “Intense”
7 – The 3 essential sounds to me are the ball dribbling, Shoes squeaking, and the background music.
Journal Entry #3
1 – 3/5/26 at 7:01 pm, Kitchen of Off-Campus Student Housing
2 – Cars driving by(tires sound like they are driving on a slick road), Plane flying, Engine revving, puddle splashes, Car locking sound(Beep!), Faint conversations
3 – AC Unit, door closing, rain drizzling, faucet running, dog barking
4 – Wooden stool creaking, Jiggling of a pencil, Buzzing of the refrigerator, footsteps walking down the hall, audible sighing, pencil jiggling
5 – Sound level: Medium, Amount of sound activity: Moderate(somewhat ongoing sounds)
6 – Down-to-Earth
7 – Buzzing of the refrigerator, Car locking sound, Rain drizzling
Journal
Location: Axinn Library, approximately 12.00 PM.
Noises closest to me: The printer from a student printing out their work. I hear this very audibly as I was sitting right near it.
Background noises: I hear a people talking, very faintly. I also hear footsteps from people walking as well. I also hear people typing on keyboards as they do their work. Occasionally I do hear a yawn or a sniffle from somebody, or a water bottle opening. I also heard a firetruck go by.
Field Recording #2
Location: Hempstead Turnpike – Oak Street Intersection (10:01 pm)
Sounds: Cars and Busses driving by and braking, speech from a car/bus, beeping from the crossswalk button/poll
Field Recording #2
Location: Howard Beach (restaurant called Frenasia) at 9:26pm
Identifiable Sounds: beeping noise from the fridge, music playing in the background, plates being placed on the table, people talking and laughing
Field Recording
Location: Outside my moms window
Identifiable sounds: Rain hitting the roof, rain running/streaming down the gutter of our condo, the sound of my phone charm clinking against my phone case, the screen in the window shutting
Field Recording #2
Location: Student Center Cafe
Sounds: People chatting, footsteps of other people and my own, the register beeping as it scans items, the refrigerator door opening and closing.
