Date: Thursday, April 28th

Time:  11:09pm

Location: the craft room in the basement of Lowe

Far Sounds: a custodian rolling a garbage can in the hallway

Medium Sounds: the washer and dryer running in the laundry room

Close Sounds: the air vent running, my costume maintenance partner typing on their laptop, the dryer in the craft room running

Sound Description/Level: quiet, still feeling, lots of white noise happening

One Word: calm

Most Important Sounds: the dryer running in the laundry room, the typing on the laptop next to me

location: bits and bytes

time: 11 am

sounds heard:

my friend joe calculated math and worked through his work. My friend walked toward us and machines made noises in the background. If you listen closely you can hear the doors closing in the background as people walk in and even the little beep of someone buying food.

close sounds: My friend mumbling and calculating his work

medium sounds:  building sounds 

far sounds: doors closing and opening

Time: 3:51pm,

Location: My room in the basement of my house.

Far Sounds: A big truck driving by outside.

Medium Sounds: my house mate watching The Nanny upstairs, someone walking in the kitchen.

Close Sounds: the washer running, the dryer running, a metal button scraping against the inside of the dryer.

Sound Description/Level: quiet, calm, almost still

One Word: sleepy

Most Important Sounds: the dryer, The Nanny playing upstairs

Location and Time: Michelle’s Room 7:45 PM

• bobs burgers playing on TV
• backpack zipping
• water bottle dinging on metal
• backpack straps pulling
• shuffling of feet on the carpet
• rustling of hangers
• moving of plastic bag in the closet
• sniffle
• throat clear
• rustling of windbreaker
• cracking of knuckles/joints

Date: April 19th

Time:  8:23 pm

Location: Downstairs living room of my house

Far Sounds: thudding from upstairs, sounds of cars on the turnpike, wind quietly whooshing outside

Medium Sounds: humming from the washing machine, sounds of plastic streamers ideally rubbing against one another.

Close Sounds: Gordon Ramsey’s master chef on the TV

Sound Description/Level: low level, still, monotonous

One Word: lonely

Most Important Sounds: TV and sounds of the wind quietly whistling outside

February 27, 10:45 PM

Location: in a Threepenny tech run in the playhouse theatre

Farthest: sounds of people walking on the stage, set pieces being adjusted, pages being turned

Medium: accordion noise, people talking in the background, low laughs, 

Closest: sniffle, Weston singing, bag falling on ground

General sound level: lower, hushed, ambient low noises under louder focal ones

Sound environment: peaceful, sedated, focused

Defining sounds: according, singing, low chatter in the background

location: bits and bytes

date: April 18

Far sounds: little carts being pushed across back and forth and beeping in the background

close sounds: students typing and talking, lots of laughing and foot-stomping

medium sounds: wind blowing, birds chirping 

sound level/desciption : very Monday morning, so calm but still

important sounds: beeping sounds and carts being pushed

Date: April 17th

Time:  12:31 pm

Location: my bedroom

Far Sounds: a plane flying overhead, a car door closing in a neighboring driveway

Medium Sounds: cars driving down the turnpike, people talking outside

Close Sounds: a podcast playing, my own typing, the wind, the house creaking 

Sound Description/Level:  medium level of sound, appropriate for the time of day

One Word: ordinary

Most Important Sounds: the podcast playing, the people talking outside, the car door closing

Date: April 15th

Time: 4:57pm

Location: the snack isle of Target

Far Sounds: people talking in the surrounding isles, the automatic doors squeaking, the shuffling of feet, a kid yelling

Medium Sounds: people walking near the snack isle, the doors in the freezer section opening and closing, someone on the phone in the next isle over, an employee wheeling by a big stocking cart

Close Sounds: people next to me talking about their grocery list, the crinkle of a bag of chips as someone picks it up and puts in in their cart, my friend next to me talking on the phone, a cart being pushed behind me

Sound Description/Level: pretty noisy, many layers of sounds, busy

One Word: bustling

Most Important Sounds: the crinkle of the bag of chips, the kid yelling, my friend on the phone