Category Archives: Journal Entry

Journal Entry #8 – Michael DeRosa
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  1. Location: 4/4/18, 6:30pm, Mineola Station
  2. Farthest sounds: taxis pulling up to the curb, train whistle in the distance
  3. Medium sounds: people in line buying tickets, footsteps on the stairs, wind rustling
  4. Closest sounds: trains pulling up to the platform, announcer over intercom, train door opening, people walking by
  5. Sound level is high
  6. One word description: train
  7. Three essential sounds: announcer, train whistle, train pulling up to platform

Journal Entry #8: Chris Z
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2/2/2019, 6:13pm, thrift store in Garden City

Far-away sounds: Radio playing music, a bit of coughing, beeps of card reader at checkout.

Medium-range sounds: Footsteps, coat hangers clanking.

Close-range sounds: Clothes rustling from being picked up and thrown about, people talking.

General sound level: Medium high, elevated level of sound activity.

One-Word Description: Bustling

3 essential sounds: Coat hangers, talking, radio playing.

Journal Entry 7
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Location: The Cuban, Uniondale, NY, 8:20pm, 4/2/2019
Farthest: receipt printing, food sizzling, water pouring
Medium: glasses clanking, people talking, silverware hitting plates
Closest: plates hitting each other, people talking, Latin music
Sound Level: low-medium
Description: social
Essential Sounds: glasses clanking, people talking, music

Journal Entry 6
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Location: LIRR Penn to Mineola, 10:30pm, 3/28/19
Farthest: low humming
Medium: scraping against rails, people talking,
Closest: crashing of tracks and wheels, muffled metal clanging, constant whoosh of wind, air hissing
Sound Level: low-medium
Description: humdrum
Essential Sounds: low humming, people talking, muffled metal clanging

Journal Entry #7 – Michael DeRosa
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  1. Location: 3/28/19, 3:30pm, Bench next to California Ave, outside Philips Hall
  2. Farthest sounds: car horns beeping, people walking down California Ave
  3. Medium sounds: cars driving by, sound of brakes, garbage truck driving by, wind blowing, birds chirping
  4. Closest sounds: trees rustling behind me, people talking as they talk by, a woman on the phone
  5. Sound level is high
  6. One word description: commute
  7. Three essential sounds: cars driving, tress rustling, people talking/walking

Journal Entry #7 – Chris Z
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3/28/19, 11:02AM, quad outside Lowe Hall.

Sounds farthest away: Birds chirping, humming of heater (?).

Sounds at medium range: Wheels of luggage rolling, footsteps.

Close-range sounds: People talking, coughing, laughing.

General sound level: medium, average level of sound activity.

One-word description: Lively.

3 essential sounds: Birds, footsteps, people laughing.

Sound Journal
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I-95 toward Bridgeport, March 15, 2019, 8 pm

Far: police car with sirens on the other side of the highway

Medium: whoosh as other cars pass

Close: radio in the background (the way words are incomprehensible when you’re not really listening), tires against the road, general hum of the engine

Sound level: relatively high, sound coming from everywhere

One word: moving

Essential sounds: police sirens, radio, engine

Journal Entry #6 – Chris Z
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3/12/19, 9:30pm, AMC Loews movie theater lobby

Sounds farthest away: Arcade games beeping.

Sounds at a medium distance: Footsteps, rustle of candy packages being handled, beeps from registers/card readers.

Close-range sounds: A few people talking, chewing.

General sound level was pretty moderate, low amount of sound activity.

One-word Description: Casual

3 essential sounds: Beeps from registers/card readers, rustling of candy packages, a few people talking.

Journal Entry #6 – Michael DeRosa
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  1. Location: 3/7/19, 6:26pm, Kitchen of my house
  2. Farthest sounds: rumbling of cars outside the window, wind against the window
  3. Medium sounds: floorboards creaking in living room, door to bedroom being closed
  4. Closest sounds: stove top sizzle, conversation, fridge door opening/closing, seltzer can
  5. Sound level is low, it’s very relaxed
  6. One word description: homey
  7. Three essential sounds: stove top, fridge door, my housemates’ voices

Journal Entry #5 – Michael DeRosa
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  1. Location: 2/28/19, 6:30pm, Dressing Room in the Playhouse
  2. Farthest sounds: actors talking outside, footsteps, doors opening/closing
  3. Medium sounds: SM over the intercom, costumes rustling on rack, air system humming
  4. Closest sounds: Richard III speaking in chair next to me, music playing, makeup being applied to face, costume zipping up, door opening
  5. Sound level is high, there’s a lot of energy within the room
  6. One word description: tech
  7. Three essential sounds: makeup being applied, SM over intercom, costume rustling on rack