Field Recording

4/10/17-upstairs in my house

My friend types her essay in her bed, moves around in sheets

4/12/17 Basement of my house

Dryer tumbles big load of clothes, door opens upstairs and people walk in

4/13/17 Walking down the street from Hofstra to my house

Wind blowing, airplane flying by, leaves crinkling

Basement of Hofstra library

My friend eats his mcdonalds snack wrap and coffee- crinkle of paper, chewing, moving plastic cup, drinking

Journal Entry

4/1/17, 6:58 PM, Waiting for train at Mineola
Farthest sound: Music from inside a car pulling into the station, train horn
Medium: Beeping from ticket machines, music playing from a speaker
Closest: Couple talking next to me, Voice on intercom announcing trains, luggage rolling behind me
Medium
Hectic
Couple talking, train horn, car music, music form speaker, beeping, intercom

4/5/17, 6 PM, Getting my haircut at the Hofstra salon
Farthest sound: Woman talking on phone outside
Medium: Brush sounds/folding foil from woman getting her hair dyed, running water in sink, cabinets opening and closing, 2 hairdryers on high
Closest: Woman talking next to me, hairdresser talking to me, comb running through hair, scissors snipping
Medium sound level
Relaxed
Talking, hairdryer, scissors snipping, cabinets closing, running water in sink, comb in hair

3/17/17, 8:05 AM, Waiting to board airplane
Farthest sound: Baby crying at other gate far away
Medium: “ding” from people’s tickets being swiped, Voice on intercom announcing flights
Closest: My friends talking, Man on the phone in front of me, rolling luggage scraping floor
Medium/Loud
Hectic
Talking, phone call, rolling luggage, intercom

3/8/17, 7:45 PM, sitting down in back of the student center
Farthest sound: Faint chatter from people walking out by sbarro
Medium: 2 people sitting and talking a few tables away from me, worker wiping down tables about 50 feet from me, worker taking out the garbage
Closest: My friend sitting across from me talking, her fork scraping the bottom of her plate
Medium sound level
Relaxed
talking, fork scraping, eating, garbage bag

Estabrook Elevator

elevator door opening and closing, elevator going up, and then the door opening and closing again