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Posted on March 18, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Peer-Gynt-Rehearsal.mp3
  1. Lowe 106, during a break at Peer Gynt rehearsals
  2. People talking about classes and doing exercises
Posted in Field Recording | Tagged Peer Gynt, rehearsal | Leave a comment |

Field Recording 7

Posted on March 18, 2016 by previous-student

Location: Walking back from the gym

Sounds heard: Water bottle sloshing, foot steps, a stumbled step

https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Field-Recording-7-1.mp3
Posted in Field Recording | Tagged walking | Leave a comment |

Field Recording #7

Posted on March 18, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/3-17-16.mp3

Location: Student Center by the Unispan

Sounds heard: chatter, walking, someone saying “Yes” repeatedly

Posted in Field Recording | Tagged Chatter, commotion, Hofstra, student center, students, unispan | Leave a comment |

Field Recording 7

Posted on March 17, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/recording-20160317-191859.mp3

Location/Time: Lowe 216 studio, March 17th 2016, 9:00 p.m.

Sounds Heard: Typing on a keyboard, moving things on the shelves, me moving things at my table, cough, crinking of newspaper

Posted in Field Recording | Tagged Field Recording, Lowe 216 | Leave a comment |

Field Recording 7

Posted on March 17, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Field-Recording-7.mp3

Location: Dorm Room

Sounds: Popcorn popping, microwave dinging, door opening, popcorn being shaken, door closing

Posted in Field Recording | Tagged Field Recording, popcorn | Leave a comment |
Posted on March 17, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/NJ-Transit.mp3

Location: 3/13/2016, NJ Transit Train, Morris and Essex line, around 4:00pm

Sounds heard: People speaking in Spanish, train brakes, digital voice announcing station stops.

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Field Recording 7

Posted on March 17, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/New-Recording.mp3
  1. Location: NYC, 55th Street
  2. Sounds: People talking, Truck engine, Truck breaks, tires on the wet street, car horn, faint sound of the rain drizzling
Posted in Field Recording | Tagged NYC, rain, Trucks | Leave a comment |

Field Recording

Posted on March 17, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Kittens-Purring.mp3

3/17/16, 6:00pm, Underneath deck at pembroke house

Newborn kittens crying, wind blowing

Posted in Field Recording | Tagged deck, kittens, wind | Leave a comment |

Field Recording

Posted on March 17, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Subway-Station-7th-Ave-E.mp3

3/16/16   9:58 pm  7th Ave Subway Station E line downtown

Many people talking in the under ground station (voices are sort of echoing), subway breaks screeching, and people coming down the stairs.

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Field Recording

Posted on March 11, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Turnpike.mp3

Location: Sidewalk of Hempstead Turnpike

Sounds heard: cars, cross walk beeping, wind

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