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Field Recording #8
Location: Breslin Hall, Royston’s Modern Drama class 3/29/12 2:19pm
Sounds heard: Everyone is talking very loudly about our midterm that we are about to have, discussing what will be on it or what info we need to know. This goes on at this sound level for a while, then you hear people start to quiet down as Royston walks in, and someone asks about our research paper. He answers that we will talk about it on Tuesday.
Field Recording 8
Journal Entry #9
1. 3/25/12 In passenger’s seat, near Long Island City 3:00pm
2. The sounds farthest away from me are cars honking their horns and engines revving.
3. The sounds at a medium distance from me are the train passing by overhead and music playing from a car somewhere nearby.
4. The sounds closest to me are the radio playing and the GPS giving directions out loud.
5. The general sound level is loud and constant.
6. I would describe this sound environment as “urban”.
7. The three sounds essential to the sound environment are the train passing by, the cars honking horns, and the GPS. They are related to traveling in an unknown urban area and sitting in loud, heavy traffic.
Journal Entry 9: Seventh Ave
1. 2012-03-23 — Waiting for Megabus @ 28th and 7th
2. Subway rumbling below
3. cars, horns, trucks and busses rumbling
4. Footsteps, people around me taking, people rolling suitcases.
5. It’s New York, everything is in motion. Cars, busses, loud people. There is nothing particularly out of the ordinary compared to a regular day anywhere in the city.
6. Moving
7. Conversations, subway below, cars and trucks.
Field Recording
Journal Entry
1. 3/22/12, 12:00am, my dorm room.
2. People talking outside my window on the stairs that go by my building, a truck outside.
3. Doors slamming in my hallway, the bathroom door opening and shutting, the elevator emergency bell ringing.
4. My heater blasting, the Kardashian’s on TV, my stomach growling.
5. The general sound activity is strong but the level is relatively moderate. There is much activity happening sporadically.
6. Bustling.
7. The students talking outside, the doors slamming in the hallway, and my TV on.
field recording
journal entry
1- Date/Time/Location
March 23/12:30/hofstra library 1st floor
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
people talking
3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
people talking, footsteps
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
people talking, phone ringing, phone beeping, people typing, computer beeping, papers rustling
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
low-medium
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
studious
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
people talking, typing, papers rustling
Sound Observation 7 – Rosevelt Feild Mall (in front of Express)
Sound Observation 7 – Rosevelt Feild Mall (in front of Express)
Georgia Andre
– Date/Time/Location
– March 22 / 5:00pm / Enterance near the store Express / Rosevelt Feild Mall
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
– The sound of other people talking, music playing from other stores
3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
– DJ/Upbeat Music with quick beat playing in Express, my friend Mernielyn talking, People walking/brushing by
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
– My own voice, the sound that ice coffee makes when you swirl it around and there’s some ice still at the bottom.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
– The sound level is very intense – there is a lot of sound so altogether everything sounds muffled – except when you walk past a store sometimes you can hear the specific music – for example the music in Express which is played way too loud – once we entered the store we had to pretty much scream to communicate. Sound gets drowned out in the mall because the ceilings are really high so everything just goes into an abyss.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
– Multitasking
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
– A lot of people passing by talking/Loud Talking, DJ/Upbeat Music from Express, Music/Voices coming from other stores