Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location: outside the window in my dorm

Sounds: Wind, a plane, beads clacking, shuffling, something hitting my AC unit, the cord on the blinds hitting the wall

location: inside Netherlands Hall

sounds heard: “Say My Name” by Destiny’s child, people talking, the television

Location: Outside Axinn Library 

Sounds heard: People talking quietly, laughing, footsteps on concrete, crows cawing, various types of birds chirping and singing, wind, cars driving by on Hempstead Turnpike.

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

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

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

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

1. 4/14/23 in my dorm on the phone with my family

2. Farthest Away: People talking in the hall, my dad frying something on the stove, my dogs barking outside (also via the call)

3. Medium Range: My neighbor’s door opening and closing, my mom shouting across the kitchen so I can hear her, the trees scraping up against my window

4. Closest: My HVAC unit blowing loudly (and uselessly), my sister talking to me, the sound of rustling every time I move around

5. Sound Level: Loud (because of my family)

6. Sound Activity: Constant

7. One Word: Chaotic

8. Essential Sounds: My dad frying something, my mom shouting across the kitchen so I can hear her, and my sister talking to me

Location: Panera Bread

Sounds Heard: Background Music, People Talking, Dishes Being Moved Around in the Kitchen, Paper Rustling, Beeping from a Kitchen Appliance, Someone Slurping Their Drink

1- Backyard of off campus home, 12:06pm, 04/14/2023

2- farthest away sounds – car driving by, ambulance siren, different car starting, honking, airplane above, hum of traffic on a nearby street

3- medium range – chorus of birds chirping, air conditioning whirl, rustling of bushes, distant voices from inside the house and the next door backyard, car alarm

4- closest sounds – my sniffles (allergy season is upon us), the tapping and swishing of my metal straw against the metal coffee cup, buzzing of bees, tapping of foot on bench

5- it is relatively noise provoking, considering its generally calm demeanor. Lot of random noises coming together to really create the soundscape.
6- lively

7- birds chirping, metal straw, buzzing of bees