Field Recording #6

Listen to

3/15/12   8:45 pm   Gas station

You can hear the voice and echo of a woman talking on the screens where the gas pumps are throughout the recording.  Cars whoosh by in front of me and the sounds get louder as they come closer.  At the end you hear the car door being opened and there are a few beeping noises  signaling that the door is open.

Journal Entry #7

Date: March 15, 2012

Time: 7:45pm

Location: Target

Farthest sounds: Footsteps, hangers clanking, squeeky cart wheels

Medium Sounds: People talking, kids screaming, the cash registers beeping

Closest Sounds: Avery talking, my cellphone ringing, my breating

 

General Sounds: hushed roar

Environment: laid back

3 sounds: Avery talking, kids screaming, the cash register beeping

Journal Entry #6

1- 3/15/12 – 9:29 PM – 8th floor of Axinn Library
2- The elevator, cars outside
3- People typing, coughing, occasionally whispering, papers rustling, bags unzipping
4- The air vent, my typing, my watch ticking
5- Very low
6- Studious
7- My typing, the air vent, papers rustling

Field Recording 6

Listen to

 

:00-:35 Philip Glass

:07 Duck my life <http://www.duckmylife.com/>

:14: Beja standing up

:16 Duck my life

:20 Beja running into a chair

:21 Duck my life

:23 Beja walking, dragging his feet

:30 Geena tapping the table

:31 Duck my life

:32 Duck my life

 

Because shooting ducks when you’re angry at a website makes everything better.

Sound Observation #7

– 3/15/12 – 6:30 pm – Leiden House

– Sit, close eyes and allow the sounds around you to envelope you, listen for all of the sound in your environment.

2- a plane is flying in the distance with engines roaring. it gets farther and farther away. the wind is also blowing
3- some boys in the house are being loud and obnoxious as per usual
4- my roommate is snoring and clicking her teeth. my suite mate is in the other room coughing.
5- it is fairly calm and relaxing before what will be a hectic time for some people
6- calm
7- the wind blowing gently, the plane’s engine roaring in the distance, the boys downstairs yelling

Journal entry #7

1- 3/15, 2:54, Art History class

2-The hum of the vents, people walking by in the hallway
3-The girl presenting her project, the clicking of people typing. Someone clicking their pen, people shifting in their chairs, someone coughing
4- the scraping of my bracelets against my laptop, James and Eliza typing on their computers
5-busy sounding. The sounds of typing come at different intervals, which feels as though the someone is continuously typing
6- Learning
7- Typing, the hum of the vent, the girl talking

Journal Entry #5

1. Target, 3/7/12, 7:36pm.

2. Carts moving, beeping from the checkout, talking.

3. More carts, children playing, their mother calling them, heavy boxes being dropped on the ground.

4. A person going through the make-up next to me, foot steps behind me, Taylor talking.

5. The sound level and activity is generally moderate.

6. Bustling.

7. Shopping Carts, talking, checkout.