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Field Recording #10

Posted on April 26, 2016 by previous-student
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4/26/2016, 5:32pm, SC in front of Starbucks

Sounds heard: laughter, chatting, random conversation,

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Field Recording 11

Posted on April 25, 2016 by previous-student
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Location/Time: Au Bon Pain, 1:00 p.m., April 25th

Sounds Heard: music playing in the background, people in the cafe chatting, people at my table talking to me, laughing.

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Field Recording

Posted on April 22, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Field-Recording-3.mp3

Corner of Taras Shevchenko Pl. and 7th St. 4/16/16 2:03 pm

Cars driving by, various people (men and women) walking and talking, slight wind, shuffling of shoes

 

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Metropolitan Museum

Posted on April 22, 2016 by previous-student
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Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wednesday April 20th, approximately 4pm, overlooking Gallery 700.

Sounds heard: footsteps, echoes of voices.

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Field Recording

Posted on April 22, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Front-Yard.mp3

4/22/16, 9:30am, front yard

sounds heard: many different types of birds, cars driving in distance, lawn mower in the distance

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Field Recording

Posted on April 22, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Field-Recording-Window-Struggle-MP3.mp3

8:42P.M. 4/21. My room.

Sounds Heard: Me jiggling the window trying to get it to close, me hitting a can of paint against the hinge multiple times, the fan blowing, the window shutting, me locking it, the blinds coming down and closing, music from a car outside.

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Field Recording

Posted on April 22, 2016 by previous-student
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4/21/16, 8:45 pm, Lowe

People talking, announcements, footsteps

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Field Recording

Posted on April 21, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Field-Recording-2.mp3
  1. Location: 9th floor of Bill of Rights
  2. Sounds: wind blowing, birds, truck backing up, cars passing, window closing
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Field Recording 10

Posted on April 21, 2016 by previous-student
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Location: Subway

Sounds: Music being played

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Field Recording #9

Posted on April 21, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Recording-4-21.mp3

Location/Time: Unispan into Student Center, 6:54pm

Sounds Heard: footsteps, doors opening and closing, random chatter

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