Friday April 9th 2021 7:16pm
Location: My boyfriend’s room
Farthest Sounds: cars driving by, sirens, and a conversation across the street
Medium Sounds: Music from the next room and talking from outside the room
Closest Sounds: The television in the room, Super Mario Party music, and dog barking
Sound Description/ Level: Medium- Lively but winding down for the evening
Important Sounds: Super Mario Party and the television
Friday April 9th 2021 7:14pm
Location: ZAT House
Farthest Sounds: cars driving across front street, the wind whooshing by as the car past each other, horns, an ice cream truck’s melody is heard as it passes by the house
Medium Sounds: the fish tank bubbling in the next room, Harrison getting ready for Phaedra on Zoom in his room, the neighbor’s kids outside playing around
Closest Sounds: Josh and I gabbing about our days, Josh typing on his computer, someone is revving motorcycle VERY loudly outside
Sound Description/ Level: Medium to low noise – very relaxed atmosphere (excited to see Phaedra in under an hour!)
Important Sounds: Harrison’s zoom, Josh’s laugh, SUPER NOISY CYCLE
Thursday, April 8th, 2021 at 1:12pm
Location: Pride Park, near the Ratt
Farthest Sounds: cars driving by, planes flying by, the occasional beeping of car horns, skateboarders, music being played from the distance, girls laughing
Medium Sounds: birds chirping, occasional wind, grass and leftover leaves rustling, people walking in the grass, Hofstra workers driving by here and there in their little Hof-mobiles
Closest Sounds: me tapping on the screens of my iPad and phone in order to do a homework assignment, my friend typing on her computer as she sits on zoom for class, our other friend watching videos on her phone, our other three friends talking amongst themselves
Sound Description / Level: relaxing and peaceful — summer is arriving very quickly and this entire week has been beautiful out. It was pleasant especially for such a stressful week
Important Sounds: talking from different places, laughter, birds chirping, rustling of grass and leaves, homework and zoom — our screens being tapped, our friends talking
Thursday, April 8, 2021 7:35pm
Location: The Greene Turtle on the Hempstead Turnpike
Farthest Sounds: The kitchen door swinging open. The host at the front talking to the incoming guests. The bartender chatting with patrons.
Medium Sounds: The clacking of plates being served at nearby tables. The clearing of plates by a busser at a nearby table. The footsteps of servers in the aisles. The music playing overhead.
Closest Sounds: The clacking of our utensils against the plates. The sound from the TV in our booth. The chatter between us. The server talking to us.
Sound Description/Level: Medium and busy. The sound is paced and coordinated.
Important Sounds: The clacking of our utensils, the server talking, the clearing of plates.
Thursday March 25, 2021 8:05 pm
Location: on the steps of an Airbnb, the location of a senior film shoot
Farthest Sounds: Cars passing on the road nearby, a person flickering a lighter to light a cigarette in the yard, people talking inside the house
Medium Sounds: Crickets chirping, a car pulling into the driveway, car doors opening and closing, the car being locked, people loading bags out of trunks, tree branches moving wildly in the wind
Closest Sounds: The wind blowing loudly, the door opening and closing, people’s footsteps as they enter and exit the location
Sound Description/Level: Medium and hectic. There are a lot of active noises but not overwhelming.
Important Sounds: People’s footsteps, the wind blowing, cars passing by
Friday, March 26th 1:30pm
Location: Mount Sinai Hospital emergency room (I’m fine! Just had to get a test)
Farthest Sounds: The beating of heart monitors far off down the halls. Footsteps. The rolling sounds of machines, wheelchairs, and beds.
Medium Sounds: Papers flipping around. Doors opening and closing. The ding of the elevator as it opens and closes.
Closest Sounds: The chatter of the staff and other patients in the waiting room. People settling into chairs. The sound of the intercom paging staff members.
Sound Description/Level: Medium. Hectic. Lots of motion creating noise but nothing overbearingly loud.
Important Sounds: The beating of heart monitors, the rolling sounds of the various equipment and machines, the intercom.
3/26/2021, 6:15, Quarantine housing in Colonial Square (Salem, suite 928)
Sounds farthest away from me: Although confined to one space, I can still enjoy the amazing weather we’re having. As the wind whooshes from outside, and dives through my window. Birds chirping, trees rustling, people walking, and then finally a rusty cart rolls on bye. Completely covered in brown paper bags, food for those imprisoned in quarantine housing.
Sounds at a medium range from me: Paper bags being placed, followed by a knock, signalling that dinner has arrived. Metal doors, opening one by one, to pick up the precarious meal before them. Eager to eat, they rush back inside, as the metal door shuts with a metallic thud.
Sounds closest to me: Other than the keys I punch into my computer, there is not much noise at the center. Occasionally, the A/C unit in the room will loop harmoniously with the winds from outside. The only other predominant sound found at the center is myself, as my stomach growls with its own eager maw.
The general sound level and amount of sound activity: The general sound level is low and the amount of sound activity is sparsely placed throughout the house.
One word description to the “sound environment”: Suspense, the culmination of these subtle sounds can make or break a man’s sanity.
Three sounds which are essential to the sound environment: Rickety rusty carts, metal doors opening, and my stomach growling.
Friday, March 26th 4:07pm
Location: The front steps of my house
Farthest Sounds: students talking and walking down the street on the way to campus, cars speeding on Front Street, a distant car horn (someone is MAD)
Medium Sounds: the ice cream truck parked two houses down, people inside my house running up and down the staircase, birds sitting on our fence chirping
Closest Sounds: the next door neighbors talking in their back yard, the Spanish music playing in our neighbors’ backyard, the slurping sound I make as I throw back a nice glass of strawberry wine, the wind rustling the leaves on our trees in the from yard and plants next to me on the stoop (kinda a papery crunchy like sound)
Sound Description/Level: Bubbly – there are moments of stillness and quiet, but there is the occasional interruption of a melody or something reacting to their environment. Feels like a nice spring day. I could get used to days like this.
Important Sounds: the sound of the wind almost feels like it’s playing with my hair, the ice cream truck reminds me that the weather is turning finally and the warmer and sunnier it gets the happier I will be. This is what peace sounds like.
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 at 2:37pm
Location: The field outside the back of stu
Farthest Sounds: cars driving by the main road, a plane every once in a while, music and talking/laughing from another group sitting outside, the sound of a football being thrown and also dropped
Medium Sounds: a group of girls laughing near us about something probably not that funny, birds chirping, wind picking up here and there, people filming outside, workers standing around doing absolutely nothing and yelling to each other about God knows what
Closest Sounds: my music playing softly while the tequila show blasts, we’re all cracking up at the performance, the sound of a wrapper as some people in the group reach for Girl Scout cookies, talking amongst the group, ice being shaken around in Starbucks drinks, grass being walked over, bags moving
Sound Description / Level: lively and peaceful at once— this day off really felt like summer and it was a very pleasant noisiness — a reminder that things are looking much better and happier this time this year compared to last year
Important Sounds: the tequila show, music and talking from various sources and distances, the wind (which created the summer feel with its physical feel, its sound, and the scents it carried)
3/12/21, 11:23 pm, Enterprise (My Room)
Sounds farthest away from me: People conversing as they go in and out of Dutch and HofUSA, indistinct voices and trills carried out in the night sky, just before the cars pull up. They’re revving just outside HofUSA, their engines sounding like a wild pack of beasts as they drive by, some even popping like fireworks
Sounds at a medium range from me: Occasionally, I will hear someone going up and down the stairs, as they open and close the squeaky banshee that is the stairs door. Every now and then, an RA will patrol the floor. Even at one point, someone attempted to fill up their water bottle, as the old ceramic water fountain hisses at them for even trying.
Sounds closest to me: The room above me will drop a pencil, open and close their dresser, or simply just fiddle around and scoot in their chair. As I am in my room, with the repeated white noise that is my dehumidifier, accompanied by the sound of my keys and mouse clicking as I type this.
The general sound level and amount of sound activity: An adequate amount of sound, nothing too extreme, but there is a large quantity of different sounds occurring.
One word description to the “sound environment”: The culmination of all the noise would be best described as content, for every noise is serving a purpose for one reason or another.
Three sounds which are essential to the sound environment: The thunder from the engines, the squeaking stairs door, and the constant dry wheeze that is my dehumidifier.