Location: 4/3/2014, 6:45 New Academic Building
Sounds Featured: Royston Coppenger’s voice, Kelly Dietrich’s voice leading our “Don Juan” open dress fight call, Tom Myers running across the stage and throwing his body to the floor, Tom’s boots scraping the floor, a can of spray-paint falling out of a seat and on to the floor, Laura Walsh’s voice, Rachel Calter asking for quiet.
*Permission granted from people heard in recording.
Here is the field recording to match my journal entry of the girl’s dressing room.
1. Girl’s Dressing Room, NAB, Thursday, April 3, 2014, 7:27 pm.
2. Identify the sounds furthest from you: Faint music coming from the row of mirrors furthest from ours, we’re the first one when you enter the dressing room. The toilet flushes in the bathroom.
3. Identify the sounds at a medium range: Creepy Don Juan intro music coming from the intercom speaker across from our row of dressing tables. Rachel announces 15 minutes to warm-ups.
4. Identify the sounds closest to you: I’m playing Dave Matthews Band while Rita, Laura Walsh, Laura Erle, Deanna, and Kelli Spellman talk about our hair, makeup, boobs, boys, and the show. Hair spray and the sound of makeup covers hitting the table.
5. General sound activity and level: the level is loud and the activity is chaotic as sixteen girls scramble to get ready for open dress.
6. Word to describe sound environment: Chaotic.
7. Three sounds that complete sound environment:
– Don Juan intro music from intercom.
– Talking at the back of the dressing room.
– Music and talking in my row.
Location: Adams Playhouse
Sounds Heard:Moving around, a conversation between Ronnie and Kristin, conversations in the background, people shuffling around.
1- Wednesday, April 2, 2014 1:30 PM Graphic Design Lab Room 220, Calkins Hall, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 11549 USA, North America, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Cluster, Observable Universe
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
The room is quiet per usual, but a bit louder from the whirring of the printer.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
mechanical
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
1- Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014, 11:35am, Adams Playhouse.
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
Sound of dancers warming up, tap shoes tapping, murmuring of conversations, shuffling of people going to their seats.
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
Conversations between students, seats folding down, footsteps.
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
Noah and Ronnie having a conversation, opening of a backpack, iphone ringtones.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
The sound level is loud and constant but very blended into eachother, it is difficult to make out any conversations.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
Dance
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact.
Tap shoes tapping, dancers warming up, conversations between students.
1) 4/1/14, Student Center back area, 8:59 PM
2) Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
People in the food service area laughing loudly at an unknown joke, the gates of the food service area slamming shit, the metal bars jingling, The Lackmann manager exclaiming “Estamos Cerrados!” – we are closed
3)- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
The bus people placing new silverware into the holders, chairs dragging as people get up to leave, girls a few tables over making fun of the song “Let me take a selfie”
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
Me, sniffling my nose, feeling illness come on, Christina clacking at her Mac, someone else in our group scraping their knife and fork together, Christina gasping as she gets a text saying P-Safe was looking for her.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
There is a lot of sound going on as the Student Center closes for the evening. The level is high, although muffled a bit by the acoustics of the room. There is a lot of different sounds happening, so the sound activity is very high.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
Busy
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
Location: Penn Station, NYC
Sounds Heard: You can hear the sounds of the Frank Sinatra wannabe in the background as he sings along to karaoke tracks of the oldies in the station. You can hear the sounds of the other people waiting around the station as they chatter amongst themselves and possibly enjoy the music of the gentleman. You can also hear the sounds of my friend as he starts to talk to me, realizes I’m recording, and stops talking.
1- Saturday, March 29, 2014, Penn Station, NYC
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
Furthest away from me, I can hear the sounds of the subway Frank Sinatra crooning away in his tuxedo and top hat. He’s singing some oldies to the crowd standing in the train station.
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
At medium range from me, I can hear the sounds of all the train passengers holding conversations as they wait for the announcement of their track and listen to the guy sing.
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
Closest to me, I can hear the sound of my friend talking to me while we wait for the train to arrive.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
The sound level of the train station is very loud. There’s always something going on and excitement happening everywhere.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
Musical
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact.
Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the sound of the old man singing his oldies into the microphone, the hustle and bustle of the train station, and the sound of my friends voice next to me.