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Journal Entry 3
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March 17, 3:45. My living room.

The sounds that are furthest away from me: Cars outside, plane flying.
The sounds that are a medium distance from me: Wind outside, footsteps and music upstairs, voices down the hall, fridge humming.
The sounds that are closest to me: Avatar: The Last Airbender on the TV, housemate talking, typing.
The sound level of the space: Medium
One word description: Welcoming
Three sounds that are most important to the environment: TV, housemate talking, wind.

Field Recording #3
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Location: Bits & Bytes
Sounds Heard: People talking at other tables, beeping of items being scanned at the register, me putting my metal water bottle down, people walking/shuffling around the space, laughing

Journal Entry
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Sound closest to me: Tori Amos’ To the Fair Motormaids of Japan in my airpods, keyboard clacking

Sound in medium distance: cat toy jingling, cat meowing at her toy

Furthest sound: cars outside

Overall, it is pretty peaceful here and very calm. It is just me, Tori Amos, and the cat. And her stupid toy.

Three essential sounds: Song, cat, toy

One word: soothing

 

Sound Observation
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Friday Morning – 8:00 AM – My Bedroom

Sounds Furthest from me – The wind blowing, cars outside driving by

Sounds medium from me – birds chirping outside loudly, talking outside from next door neighbors in the backyard

Sounds closest to me- my roommate opening their door next to mine and it slamming shut

Overall it is really peaceful and quiet and there is not much sound besides the temporary shutting of the doors and talking. The birds chirping feel like a light soundscape.

“Comforting”

The 3 essential sounds are the birds chirping because they make the environment fuller, the talking of my neighbors, and the doors shutting.

Journal Entry #3
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3/9/24 – 6:36 – My Bedroom

Farthest Sound : Cars driving on the freeway, Sound of Planes passing by

Medium Sound : Whirling of the wind, voices from the street

Closest : Raindrops hitting my closest window, housemates walking outside

Not much sound activity, minimal and generally quiest which makes it easier to pick up on the individual sounds

Description : Calming

Essential Sounds : Raindrops, Wind, Cars

 

Journal Entry #3
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3/9/2024, 2:02 PM ET, Broadfield

The sound furthest away from me is very quiet rumbling and banging of the dryer downstairs.

A sound a bit closer to me is high-pitched humming sound of the fridge on the right behind the wall.

The sound closest to me is Sophie watching TikToks on the couch to the left of me.

The sound level is very quiet, to the point where you could probably hear a pin drop.

The word I would use to describe the sound environment is hushed.

Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the sound of a phone buzzing, Sophie’s soft tapping on her phone, and the humming.

Sound Journal #3
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3/8/24 – 3:13PM – My room

  1. Sounds farthest from me: Birds chirping outside
  2. Sounds at medium range: My footsteps, my housemate singing in the other room
  3. Sounds closest to me: My breathing, putting things down as I clean my room, the sound of my hangers being moved in my closet
  4. Sound level: pretty quiet, as usual. The sound activity is more active – things are happening and sound is being created, it just isn’t loud.
  5. Description word: serene
  6. Essential sounds: The birds, my housemate’s singing, and my footsteps.