Journal Entry #11

Date, time, location: 4/2/20, 10:06 pm, my bedroom

Sounds Farthest away from me: my brothers playing pool, my brothers screaming, pets running around the house, the bell on my cat’s collar

Medium Range: my parents talking, my parents watching a movie from their bedroom

Closest to me: tapping on a keyboard, music from my headphones, my phone going off from notifications

General sound level: medium and low activity closer to me

One word description: normal

3 essential sounds: watching a movie, my brothers screaming, pets running around the house

Journal Entry #9

  1. 4/1/2020, 5.30pm, Chipotle
  2. Cars driving by outside, car honks & wind outside.
  3. Door opening/closing, car beep from locking it, & music playing in the back room.
  4. Meat sizzling, oven beeping, workers talking, paper to-go bags opening, & food containers opening/closing.
  5. The sound level was quite low since Chipotle is only take-out and no customers were inside.  The amount of sound activity was high since all the workers were preparing food orders. 
  6. Balanced. 
  7. Food sizzling, food containers opening/closing, and to-go bags prepared. 

I sit in my cube of a Room.

4/2/2020

Farthest Sound- The shower from the master bedroom going off a few rooms over, and the dishes being washed in the kitchen.

Medium Distance- The washer and dryer going off and one of my roommates folding them and putting them away.

Closest Distance- My music playing as I work on my homework and the typing on my computer, the wind is also blowing quite against my window making a whistling sound. 

Sound Description- Hectic and busy

Important Sounds- The shower, the washer and dryer, my music, and the dishes.

Journal Entry #10 – Barone

  1. Date: 3/31/20 – Time: 12:30pm – Location: My Home (Carmel, NY)
  2. The farthest sound from me is my mom talking downstairs to a friend.
  3. In the medium range of sound, I can hear my sister playing the piano and singing below me.
  4. The closest sound from me is my phone playing music next to me.
  5. The general sound level is more loud and the amount of sound activity is a lot since the sounds are loud enough to cause a ruckus.
  6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is pleasant.
  7. 3 things that are essential to the “sound environment” is my mom talking downstairs, my sister playing the piano and singing, and my phone playing music.