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Journal Entry 4
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2012-02-24 2:40 AM in the study room in Liberty Hall

– Sit, close eyes and allow the sounds around you to envelope you, listen for all of the sound in your environment.

2- Cars on Oak St, Airplane.
3- Conversations in the lounge outside.
4- There is the sound of the heater as well as some sort of ultra high frequency whine that I cannot place a source for  – Perhaps the Fluorescents?
5-  There is almost no “activity” yet all of the noises ar very constant.  The heater isn’t loud, but its close proximity in the small room makes it the most dominant presence in this soundscape.  The unidentifiable whine is not as loud or as sharp as the whine from a television or old computer monitor, but is definitely noticeable, and once you pick up on it, it is hard to not be conscious of it.
6- ringing
7- Unidentifiable whine, heater, Conversations outside.

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Journal Entry #4
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1- 2/24/12 – 1:35am -My Dorm Room

2- Airplane passing over head, people laughing outside, and cars honking

3- People talking and laughing as they walk through the stairwell

4- Computer fan hum, refrigerator sound, HVAC hum on

5- The general sound level is low and amount of sound activity is low except for interruptions

6-  Spontaneous

7- Plane flying over hear, people laughing/talking, computer hum

Journal Entry #4
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1) Saturday February 18th, 2012 – 10:00 p.m. – Central Park, Wollman Rink

2) Furthest away from me, and loudest, is the music being blasted through giant speakers, and other city sounds (cars, airplanes etc.).

3) At medium range, there are skaters both old and young speaking, and the sound of their skates slicing the ice.

4) Closest are my friends singing whatever song is playing with me, with the scattered gasp from almost slipping, and my own skates gnawing through the rough ice.

5) Everything is at a reasonable sound level, just like any other day outside anywhere, until the music is being brought into consideration, the speakers overpower most everything and our voices are obnoxiously loud (and not harmonious)

6) Active

7) The booming music, the skates on the ice, and everyones voices.

Sound Observation #4
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1- 2/24/12. 12:24 am. Leiden House

2- the whispers of my suitemates in their room

3- My typing on the keyboard
4- the assholes in Leiden house who disregard quiet hours and blast their music through sets of closed doors
5- even though it’s quiet hours, it seems to be louder than Manhatten on a weekend in the summer
6- annoying
7- as this is the loud Leiden house, unfortunately the assholes are required for the sound level to stay the same. People screaming at them to shut up is also a necessity for this environment to exist. Finally, while it is not wanted, their loud, obnoxious music blaring from their rooms to piss people off is another need

Journal Entry #3
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1- 2/24/12-12:28-Design Studio, Emily Lowe Hall

2- Intense Dubstep music coming from the speakers
3- Chairs clanking, someone coughing
4- Ice clinking in my soda, typing on my keyboard
5- The sound level is medium range, but only due to the loud music.
6- Bangarang.
7- Dubstep music, typing on my keyboard, someone coughing

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Journal Entry #4
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1. 2/23/12  4:30pm Hofstra University Special Collections

2. The sound farthest away from me is the computer playing “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston, and the click-clack of a keyboard.

3. The sounds at a medium range from me are the squeaking of a rolling chair turning back and forth and my coworker on the phone with another department.

4. The sounds closest to me are the whirring and printing sounds of the copy machine as it makes multiple copies at a time and the sounds of me cracking my knuckles and sighing from standing for a long time.

5. The general sound level is moderate and the sound activity is steady.

6. This environment can be described as “productive”.

7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the sounds of the copy machine, my coworker on the phone, and the sounds of her keyboard.  These together create the feeling of a busy, productive office.

Journal Entry #4
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1. 2/23/12, 7:30, The Playhouse Stage.

2. The humming of generators, Athena calling “lights out,” coughing, the echos from lines being said, laughing.

3. Chains clinking, footsteps and pounding on the stage, Zach saying his lines.

4. The squeezing of men’s shoes, footsteps of pacing behind me, my typing on my keyboard.

5. The sound level is mild. Only one person is speaking at a time in this scene and there is not much movement therefore, there is no pounding from footsteps.

6. Focused.

7. The lines being spoken, the humming of the generator, and the echoing.

Journal Entry #4
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1.  Thursday February 23rd at 1:20pm in my journalism class (Dempster Hall) during a test

2. The sounds that are farthest away from me are people walking outside the classroom and they are talking as they walk by.

3. The sounds that are at a medium range to me are the professor typing on his computer in the front of the classroom and a student in the class that is opening up his bag.

4.  The sounds that are closest to me are the sound of the person sitting to the left of me erasing an answer on her on paper and the person sitting to the right of me is breathing heavily.

5.  The general sound level is soft and there isn’t much going on.  Everyone is concentrating on their test.  There is not too much going on besides the sound of typing on a computer keyboard, a bag being zipped open, heavy breathing, erasing, and the faint sound of people walking and talking outside the classroom.

6.  “reserved”

7.  The professor typing on his computer, the sound of heavy breathing from the person sitting next to me, and the sound of erasing from the person sitting on the other side of me.

Journal Entry #4
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1-1/23, 1:45pm, English Lit class room

2-The door opening and closing, footsteps of people walking by, the teacher talking next door.
3- My professor talking, the sound of pages being flipped
4- The squeaking of my desk, the pages of my book turning, the tapping of my pencil on the desk
5- My professor is droning on and the pages are flipped once every couple of minutes.
6- Learning
7- my professor talking and the sound of pages turning.

Journal Entry #4
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Date: February 23, 2012

Time: 7:45 pm

Location: Wings of the Playhouse

Furthest Sounds: The actors doing a scene onstage, lights and the heater humming.

Medium Sounds: People talking in the wings, footsteps, props clinking.

Closest Sounds: Keyboard typing, my computer humming.

General sound and activity: Very busy, but still quiet and focused.

Sound Environment: Scattered

3 Sounds: Scene taking place onstage, footsteps, people whispering in the wings.