Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Date: 2/9 6:51, my upstairs living room

Farthest away from me: My downstairs housemates talking in their kitchen

Medium range: My refrigerator humming in the kitchen and my upstairs housemate’s desk chair creaking a few times per minute 

Closest to me: My keyboard clacking as I type and my occasional sniffling. My other housemate typing on her phone and clearing her throat 

The sound level is very quiet. My other 2 housemates are out of the house and everyone is sort of decompressing from the day on their own in different parts of the house. 

One word: Mundane 

3 essential sounds: Chatter of the downstairs housemates, the fridge, and my housemate’s nails as she types her phone. 

February 8th, 2024. 9:25am J-Train.

The sounds that are closest to me is a child crying next to me and the train announcement.

The furthest sounds are the cars and trucks and music outside.

The medium distances, I would consider the shuffling and train itself, noises from peoples phones and high schoolers talking.

The sound level is loud and the amount of sounds being created is consistent until the High Schoolers got off.

Word Description: Light Cacophony

Important sounds are talking, train on the tracks, crying child, and the MTA Train Announcer!

1. February 7, 2024. 11:30 am. Bits and Bytes.
2. The sounds that are furthest away from me: the sound of cooking in the kitchen, fridges opening and closing, the workers behind the food counters talking to each other
3. The sounds that are a medium distance from me: the hum of the fridges, the women who work at the check out area talking to each other and other students, the chatter of the students eating lunch in this space
4. The sounds that are closest to me: my friend tapping on his computer, the video he is watching, the tapping of my own keyboard.
5. The sound level of the space is medium-to-low, with an occasional louder noise. The sound activity is high, as there are many people in this space doing their own individual things.
6. One word description: casual
7. Three sounds that are integral to the environment: the fridges humming, the employees speaking Spanish casually to each other, and the happy chatter from other students.

Location: Living Room

Sounds: What We Do In the Shadows on the TV, me chuckling at the show, my roommates talking

Location: Monroe Hall Room 213, 5/14/2023

Farthest Sounds: Air conditioner

Medium Sounds: Future President of the Hofbeats speaking at the front of the room, clapping, people singing voice parts

closest sounds: The two lads having a side convo in front of me, me typing

Sound level: Loud, but few individual sounds

Description: Echoing

Important sounds: Clapping, presidential speech, singing

This was recorded at 7:16 in the Spiegel  theater during the Alphie awards – you can hear people presenting on stage as well as the crowd laughing at their jokes!

This was recored at 9:37 in my kitchen, you can hear the sound of my housemates playing music and talking in the other room, the stove being turned on and me moving around the kitchen, opening cabinets, setting things on the counter, and making pasta.

This was recorded shortly after at 5:20 in the ceramic studio office, you can hear my coworker and I talking and laughing and sound of me typing on my laptop, as well as the sound of her walking around the office.

This was recorded at 5:03 in the Ceramic studio office – you hear me sniffling, the sound of me typing on my laptop, the faint whine of the fans in the kiln room and then the sound of a door closing.

Location: Dover house C Square

Sounds: Water running, dishes being cleaned, water being dumped out of cups, cups being put down, muffled laughter, clattering