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Location: Downstairs of Broadfield, in the chair by the back door

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  • Clothes tumbling around and clinking against the dryer
  • The low hum of the dryer
  • The wind blowing the streamers against the back door
  • A sleeve brushing against a laptop
  • Clicking of the laptop’s built-in mouse
  • A cup being put down on the wooden table

Location and Time: Psibrary, 7:01pm

  • Michelle sneezing
  • Someone in the hallway saying “bless you”
  • Michelle saying “thanks”
  • Michelle laughing
  • Joey laughing
  • Anna mimicking Michelle’s sneeze
  • Michelle continuing to laugh and chuckle 

Location: Floor of the Psibrary

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  • Someone in the hallway making a cat noise
  • Anna and Nicole talking to Olivia about the work they’re doing
  • Michelle zipping up and bouncing her backpack on her lap
  • Michelle moving her backpack around in her arms
  • Michelle dropping her backpack onto the carpeted floor
  • Michelle unzipping her backpack again
  • Nicole’s metal straw swirling in their mason jar
  • Nicole putting her cup down on the desk
  • Michelle playing with the zipper on her backpack
  • Me inhaling
 

Location and time: Jones Beach, 5:30 pm. 

Sounds Heard: 

  • Heavy rustling of wind
  • Birds squawking
  • Ocean waves   

Location: my dorm room, 9:30am

Sounds heard:

  • Rain outside the window
  • Opening the blinds
  • Me sneezing
  • Wind
  • My bed creaking

Location: AMC Movie Theater Roosevelt Field Mall 

Sounds heard:

  • churning of the slushy machine
  • crinkling as plastic wrapping is torn off 
  • clanking of ice as it falls into a cup 
  • spurting of liquid from the soda machine 
  • a distant sound of popping as the popcorn is refilled in it’s case 

 

Location: My kitchen, Hempstead

Sounds heard: crunching of cucumber, breathing 

Location: outside my house, Hempstead. 7:46pm

Sounds Heard:

  • Birds chirping
  • Car on the street driving by/tires against the asphalt
  • Low wind blowing
  • Revving of car engine on turnpike in the distance
  • Leaves rustling

Location: By the Elementary School, 11:05 pm

Sounds Heard:

intense wind

footsteps

distant metal clanging

cars speeding by

flag whipping in the wind

louder metal clanging

Identify the location of the clip: Hofstra Student Center

Identify the sounds heard in the clip:

  • People talking
  • Tapping on the table
  • Message sound
  • Keys
Sound of the Day

1/27/2025

Good Morning to All (1893 version)

Music: Schoolhouse Rock, Rocks!

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1/27/2025

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Read “The Art of Looking with the Ear” in the intro section and chapter 1 of Sound and Music For The Theatre

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