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Field Recording #1

Posted on February 15, 2025 by previous-student

Time: 12:16 PM

Location: From inside my kitchen to the sidewalk outside my house in Hicksville, New York.

Sounds: Opening/closing the door, opening/closing my gate, my dad’s car heating up, airplane, helicopter, wind, birds, and footsteps on concrete/grass/snow.

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Posted in Field Recording | Tagged Kevin | Leave a comment |

Field Journal #1

Posted on February 14, 2025 by previous-student

Time: 8:30pm

Location: Mineola train station

Sounds: Wind whipping, man yelling “taxi”, the train whistling to leave

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Posted in Field Recording, Uncategorized | Tagged Mineola, Rachel Chisholm | Leave a comment |

Field Journal

Posted on February 13, 2025 by previous-student

TIme: 9:45 PM

Location: Hofusa

Sounds: Voices all around that are overlapping, Music playing on the speaker overhead, Plastic food containers opening and closing

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Posted in Field Recording | Tagged #courthompson | Leave a comment |

Field Recording #1

Posted on February 13, 2025 by previous-student

Time: 9:05pm

Location: Kitchen in my house

Sounds: A hockey game coming from the TV, typing on a keyboard, keys jingling, notification from a phone.

https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Field-Recording-1.m4a
Posted in Field Recording | Tagged Reece Haberman | Leave a comment |

Field Recording #1

Posted on February 13, 2025 by previous-student

Time: 9:20 am

Location: Sidewalk from my house to campus entrance.

Sounds: Crunching snow/ice, footsteps, pant legs shifting against each other and gusting wind.

https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Sounds-of-Snow.m4a
Posted in Field Recording, Uncategorized | Tagged snow, wind, Zoe, Zoe McCrea | Leave a comment |

Field Recording

Posted on May 13, 2024 by previous-student

Location: My dorm

Time: 11:39

Sounds: Mac Ayres’s new song playing in the background, writing notes with a sharpie, distance wind from the window being open

https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Field-Recording-3-real.m4a
Posted in Field Recording | Tagged Emma Barnaby, music, wind, Writing | Leave a comment |

Final Field Recording

Posted on May 12, 2024 by previous-student

Location: my bedroom

In this recording, you can hear me moving my cat in my lap and the sound of my air conditioner. It is a very quiet night as I sit and do homework.

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Posted in Field Recording, Uncategorized | Tagged Field Recording, Muirhead | Leave a comment |

Field Recording

Posted on May 12, 2024 by previous-student

Location: my kitchen

In this field recording, you can hear my roommates talking and my cat purring. It is a very typical night at home, and all of us are talking about the recent club elections my roommate just had.

https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Hofstra-University-6.m4a
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Field Recording

Posted on May 12, 2024 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Hofstra-University-5.m4a

Location: my living room

In this recording, you can hear my girlfriend and I bullying the cat as my roommate types on their computer. The air conditioner is going, and you can occasionally hear me hiccuping.

Posted in Field Recording, Uncategorized | Tagged Field Recording, Mer Muirhead | Leave a comment |

Field Recording

Posted on May 8, 2024 by previous-student

5/8 8:26pm Playhouse greenroom

In this recording you can hear the music from the Danceworks piece currently on the stage. You can also hear laughter and chatter from dancers in the greenroom as well as my typing.

https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Hofstra-University.m4a
Posted in Field Recording, Uncategorized | Tagged Danceworks, Katie King | Leave a comment |

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