Sound Journal 5

April 15th 2022

Eve Journal 4 

DATE: 04/15/2022

TIME: 4:02 pm 

LOCATION of the sound environment: Calkins Quad/ Pilates class

  • Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

Cars wheels, parking, etc.

People chatting or screaming.

Other professors talking in their classes outside (they were really far away)

  • Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. 

Drums playing from another dance class that was being done outside.

Birds doing some noises.

Mosquitoes buzzing

  • Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

Professor guiding us through the pilates class.

Pilates Music on the background for the class.

Some of my peers laughing

The wind

Sound of leaves and trees moving

 

  • Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

The level and activity of sound was busy and varied

  • Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.

Full

  • Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. 
  • People laughing
  • The wind blowing
  • Sound of leaves and trees moving
  • All of these make the place be relaxing

Sound Journal #5

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

Sound Journal #5

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

Field Recording #4 Molly Guinen

location: my living room

time: 5:24pm

far sounds: footsteps in the other room, a car driving by outside

close sounds: my house mates talking, footsteps of someone walking next to me, something clanking on the coffee table

medium sounds: the tv playing different clips of shows as my house mate scrolls through Netflix, someone getting up and opening the front door, the door closing, someone putting dishes away in the kitchen, the door being unlocked and locked

important sounds: dishes being put away in the kitchen, my house mates voices, the sound of the different shows on the tv

sound description: noisy, loud, lots of overlapping voices and sounds

one word: lively

journal entry 4

location: new jersey

time: 3:30 pm

far sounds: crow making noise and birds chirping

close sounds: car trying to start and yelling

medium sounds, trucks passing by

important sounds: crow and birds making noise

sound description: uneasy but wary

one word: spooky

Journal Entry #4

Date: April 3rd, 2022

Location and Time: the women’s dressing room in the basement of the Adams Playhouse, 2:34pm

Far Sounds: someone running down the hall in heavy boots, someone running the sink in the adjoining bathroom, a voice passing by the door

Medium Sounds: people on the other side of the room talking, someones phone playing low music on the other side of the room, hangers scraping against the metal of the clothing rack as someone moves costumes around, a shoe hitting the floor on the other side of the room from someone taking it off

Close Sounds: the monitor right overhead playing the show, the person next to me scraping their chair against the floor, someone close to me spraying hairspray, noises coming from the phone of the person next to me as they play a game

Sound Description/Level: sounds slightly restless, the noises of people getting ready and waiting around, the general ambiance of being back stage at a show in the routine of performing

One Word: restless

Most Important Sounds: the monitor playing the show, the sounds coming from the phone next to me, people talking on the other side of the room

Journal Entry – Gianna DiReda

Date: April 3, 2022

Location and time: My bedroom, 6:09 pm

Far Sounds: Cars on the turnpike, the wind, someone cooking in the kitchen

Medium Sounds: Someone moving about upstairs, the oven timer

Close Sounds: A car idling in the driveway, the front door closing, my own typing, a bird outside

Sound Description/ Level: Low, relatively quiet

One Word: calm

Most Important Sounds: The oven timer, the birds singing outside, the car idling outside