Journal Entry 4.26.23

  1. 04/26/2023 – 10:11 AM – Emily Lowe Room 201 – sound class
  2. Far away: people walking in the hall
  3. Medium: the radiator making squeaky noises, people typing, someone’s foot tapping, someone’s pen clicking
  4. Closest: Rych speaking, my laptop fan
  5. The sound level is medium.
  6. Descriptor: Attentive
  7. Essential sounds: Rych speaking, laptop fan, people typing

Sound Journal 5

Location: My room

Farthest Sound: Hum of cars on the turnpike

Medium sounds: Wind outside my window, cars speeding down my street, electric guitar playing in the basement

closest sounds: Vacuum outside my door, the show playing on my tv, typing noises

Sound level is high and very busy, lots of separate loud noises going on

Description: jumbled

Most Important sounds: Wind, vacuum, tv show

 

Journal Entry #5

Date: 4/14/23

Location: Bill of Rights, my dorm room with the windows open

Far sounds: cars driving below, engines revving, breaks squeaking

Medium sounds: Wind blowing, birds chirping

Close sounds: refrigerator hum, fingers typing on keyboard

Sound description/level: low sound level, everything sounds further away than it it

One word: serene

Most important sounds: birds chirping, cars passing, fridge hum

Journal

  1. 04/13/2023 – 5:55 PM – outside Shapiro Hall
  2. Far away: the Hofstra shuttle, birds chirping 
  3. Medium: the wind blowing, a squirrel, people talking, cars driving
  4. Closest: a Hofstra band playing music, the conductor speaking
  5. The sound level is high.
  6. Descriptor: Musical
  7. Essential sounds: wind blowing, Hofstra band, conductor

Journal #5

Date: 4/14/23

Location: my dorm in VP (7th floor, windows open), playing guitar

Far sounds: cars driving below, engines revving, people talking and laughing in the parking lot

Medium sounds: my roommate laughing at whatever she’s watching

Close sounds: my guitar playing, me singing, typing in the breaks, my laptop fan

Sound description/level: It’s loud for a dorm but quiet for a song, if that makes sense. When I’m playing, the guitar and the song I’m singing are pretty loud, but when I stop it suddenly becomes extremely quiet in the room.

One word: Musical

Most important sounds: guitar, singing, roommate laughing