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)
Category Archives: Journal Entry
Journal Entry #3 – Dylan Pojano
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.
Journal Entry 3-Juliana Battaglia
Friday, March 12th 2021 6:00pm
Location: At Citi Field, now a mass-vaccination site.
Farthest Sounds: The sound of cars driving by outside, sirens of emergency vehicles.
Medium Sounds: The voices of the other nurses talking to their patients. The sound of footsteps as people walked around the facility and up and down the stairs. The opening and closing of the doors to exit.
Closest Sounds: The nurse speaking directly to me. The unwrapping of the needle and sterilization equipment. The tapping sound from her fingers as she verified my information, coupled with the sound of her pencil against the paper as she filled out my information.
Sound Description / Level: Organized. Medium level.
Important Sounds: The unwrapping of the needle and sterilization equipment. The opening and closing of the exit doors.
JOURNAL ENTRY # 3 – ALEXANDRA
Friday, March 12th 2021 4:32pm
Location: Sitting under the sky light in my bedroom.
Farthest Sounds: the whistling of the wind, the sound of traffic a few streets over
Medium Sounds: our neighbors dribbling the basketball outside in the driveway, the sound of our front door opening and closing, birds chirping in the tree outside my window
Closest Sounds: Emily and her boyfriend laughing at the tv in the next room, the hum of my mini fridge by my bed, the sound of my space heater turning on, the flickering of my candle on my bedside table
Sound Description / Level: peaceful/ambiance – I feel very relaxed. Not one sound is extremely louder than the other. I enjoy white noise, so I am at ease.
Important Sounds: the bird songs overlapping with the wind, the hum from my electronics turning on
Journal Entry #3 – Ash Boone
Thursday, March 11th, 2021 at 1:02pm
Location: Balcony overlooking the Student Center
Farthest Sounds: students talking amongst each other and socializing, music from farther away in the student center, workers yelling orders at each other, worker cooking with the pans at the sushi place, doors all around the student center opening and closing, creaking of doors and also slamming of some closing on their own
Medium Sounds: bookbags and chairs moving of people a little farther away, the music playing from starbucks, noise of the machine used to clean these cups they use to prepare drinks at starbucks, the oven being opened and closed, janitors walking by here and there, occasional toilet flushing from the balcony bathroom
Closest Sounds: my music playing softly and my fingers tapping my ipad screen as i study for my rhetoric test, chairs moving, bags shifting, keyboard tapping of others near me
Sound Description / Level: bustling– students walking around to hang out and grab food, classes from that time just ended so a lot of people that just got let out from class are here now, the starbucks line is exponentially growing and i missed my chance to grab oatmeal before class
Important Sounds: the cleaning machine at starbucks, keyboard clicking in the balcony of the student center, my spotify homework playlist
Journal Entry 3
In my kitchen. 3/10/21. 8:14PM
Far sounds: Cars, cat bell, housemate on the phone, dryer running
Medium sounds: Footsteps, refrigerator hum, wine bottle opening, pouring into glass
Close sounds: Bubbling, pans clanking, drawers opening/closing
Noise level: Soft
Important sounds: Bubbling, footsteps
Journal Entry 2
Location: My kitchen
Time: 10 PM
Far Sounds: Hofstra show in distance, cars outside driving by
Medium sounds: Washing machine, fridge
Close sounds: fish tank filter, typing, tv show
Overall noise level: Medium low
Important Sounds: Tv, fish tank, and cars
Journal Entry 2
My bedroom 8pm (during a Hofstra online performance)
Farthest sounds: Housemate yelling, TV, air fryer fan
Medium sounds: Air fryer beeping, cat meowing, cat bell, muffled bass guitar
Closest sounds: guitar, drums, clapping
Sound level: Loud
Description: Hectic
Important sounds: Clapping, guitar
Journal Entry #2-Juliana Battaglia
February 26, 2021 at 3:00pm
Location: In front of track 2 at the Mineola Train Station
Far Sounds: The traffic from the nearby roads as the cars honk and speed by. Sirens of emergency vehicles on the main roads.
Medium Sounds: The automated announcement of the train and destination from the intercom. People talking on the phone getting on and off the train. The footsteps of people walking.
Close Sounds: The whooshing of the wind as the train pulls into the station. The blowing of the horn from the train as it passes by. The signal of the doors opening and closing.
Sound Level: Medium
Description: Prominent
Important Sounds: The automated announcement, the blowing of the train’s horn, the whooshing of the train pulling in
Journal Entry #2 – Dylan Pojano
2/26/21, 4:15 pm, Enterprise Laundry Room
Sounds farthest away from me: The tumbling of the dryers, drying the copious amounts of garments it holds. One dinging, signifying that it has completed its hour long cycle.
Sounds at a medium range from me: The fumbling of opening a bag of tide pods, until it finally cracks open the squishy jewels. The scraping of a laundry basket against the floor, like nails on a chalkboard. The flapping noise of various dirty clothes, slapping on top of the washing machines, as they get sorted into their respective colors.
Sounds closest to me: Water hissing and screaming through a small hose, filling up the washing machines. A washing machine buzzing and humming below me, as it gets louder until it’s hurting the clothes at mach speed like a jet engine, so as to surely disperse the soap and rid everything of scum.
The general sound level and amount of sound activity. In its totality, the noise in the room is maddening, but the white noise that is being produced, beckons one to listen to its chaotic symphony.
One word description to the “sound environment”: Frenzied
Three sounds which are essential to the sound environment: Water whistling through the hoses, the dulling drone of the washing machines, and the air punching of the dryers.