Emily Lowe room 216
the air unit, my keyboard, cracking my knuckles
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Journal Entry #2
Keri Haslebacher
2/24 6:30pm Student Center Pride Den
Furthest Sound: The hum of the heater on the other side of the room
Medium Range Sound: Group of people arguing and some jazz music being played
Closest Sound: The taping of my friends pencil on the table, and the the clicking of keys on a keyboard
Sound Level: Medium. Loud off in the distance but pretty quite where I am
One Word: Ambient
Essential Sounds: Chatter, Music, Keys
Field Recording #2
Location: a house concert.
The sounds heard in this clip consists of singing, quiet drumming, guitar strumming, people talking, laughter, and applause/cheering.
Journal Entry #2
Date: 2/22 11:15, backrooms of Bits and Bytes
Farthest away from me: The blender whirring at Red Mango
Medium range: People typing and talking in the next room
Closest to me: Two guys at the table next to me talking about their math homework
The sound level is just above a murmur. When the guys at the table stop talking, my surroundings are very quiet.
One word: Buzzing
3 essential sounds: Quiet chatter, typing, and the blender in the food area
Sound Journal
Hofstra Fitness Center 8:07 PM Friday
sounds closest to me: Weights slamming, chattering, sounds of metal banging together
medium distance: pop music playing from the radio, more weights
Furthest from me: cars from outside driving by
sound level: it is pretty loud, as the weights are slamming constantly and people are talking loudly. It is pretty busy.
one word: Rough
essential sounds: the weights slamming, the music playing, the people talking to show that it is crowded
Journal Entry #2
2/23/24 – 11:33 pm – my friends dorm
Farthest Sound – the farthest sound from me is the cars racing down Oak Street, honking at other cars that are going “too slow”
Medium Sound – the sound that is in medium distance from my friend’s air purifier, a white noise background noise if you will
Closest Sound – the closest sound from me is my besties ranting about the newest tea in around campus and a song playing on my friend’s tiktok
The sound level – the sound level continues to vary like the shape of a wave due to the people around me getting really into what they are explaining
One word – drama
Essential sounds – talking, white noise, honking, cars driving quite fast
Farthest Sound – the farthest sound from me is the cars racing down Oak Street, honking at other cars that are going “too slow”
Medium Sound – the sound that is in medium distance from my friend’s air purifier, a white noise background noise if you will
Closest Sound – the closest sound from me is my besties ranting about the newest tea in around campus and a song playing on my friend’s tiktok
The sound level – the sound level continues to vary like the shape of a wave due to the people around me getting really into what they are explaining
One word – drama
Essential sounds – talking, white noise, honking, cars driving quite fast
Field Recording #1
Location: Kitchen in my house
Sounds: Ice cubes going into a glass from a fridge ice maker and then being gently shaken.
Field Recording #1
Location: My Living Room
Sounds: Children’s songs (Super Simple Songs mix of humpty dumpty), My little brother playing with his blocks, then crashing his T-Rex into said blocks; he also has a cactus toy that can replay any sound it picks up and play it back at a higher pitch and speed (much to my chagrin), My little sister cooing and making small noises in the background.
Field Recording #2
Location: My Room
Sounds: movie, cat purring, air conditioner
Field Recording #1
Location : Hofstra USA
Sounds in Clip : Various levels of talking/chatter from various distances, phone dropping on table, bags being dropped on chair, hollow bottle being dropped on table, clanking and moving of chairs