Location: Breslin Hall
Sounds Heard: You can hear the sounds of my professor as she’s teaching something about legal studies and the sound of my neighbor shuffling through her notes to try to find the answer. You can hear the clicking of the keyboard as I’m messing around on my computer.
1- Thursday, April 24, 2014, 3:15pm, Breslin Hall
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
Furthest away from me, you can hear my professor lecturing about the legal studies in business and asking the class questions pertaining to the lesson we’re learning.
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
At medium range from me, you can hear my neighbor flip through her notes as she looks for the answer to the question my teacher has just posed.
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
Closest to me, you can hear the sounds of my clicking away on my keyboard as I’m pretending to take notes in class.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
The sound level in the classroom is rather quiet as everyone’s paying attention and trying to grasp exactly what the teacher is trying to explain.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
Bored
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 that are essential to this sound environment are the sounds of my professors voice in the background as she’s teaching class, the sound of my neighbor flipping through her notes and the sound of me messing around on my computer.
1. Hallway of my house, 10:30 pm, 4.24.14
2. Sounds furthest from me:
3. Sounds at a medium range from me:
4. Sounds closest to me:
5. The level of sound activity and general sound level:
Sound level is low but feels rather high due to my headache. Activity is minimal.
6. Word to describe sound environment:
Slow
7. Three sounds that complete sound environment:
Around 3pm, 4/22/14, in the car
Sounds heard: the car moving, music from the radio, singing to the radio, the window being lowered, wind coming through the window
1. Lowe 106, Thursday, April 24, 6:40 PM
2. Sounds furthest from me:
3. Sounds at a medium range from me:
4. Sounds closest to me:
5. The level of sound activity and general sound level:
Quiet and very dull. Nothing is happening, just mostly ambient noises from around.
6. Word to describe sound environment:
Waiting
7. Three sounds that complete sound environment:
Sounds Heard: A scene between two actors at rehearsal.
Emily Lowe 106
Here is the field recording to follow my sound journal. Lawn mowers, children and birds, OH MY!
1. Walking down Hamilton, toward Breslin, Thursday, April 24th, 2014, 2:30 pm.
2. Sounds furthest from me: In the distance, I can hear a riding mower, squealing into gear as the blades are engaged and the subsequent whir of cutting grass.
3. Sounds at medium range from me: On my other side, I can hear children laughing and screaming as they have recess on the playground at the California Ave school. This, along with the sound of the mower in the distance, really brings in the feeling of spring.
4. Sounds closest to me: The wind is rustling the leaves in the trees as I walk beneath them. I can also hear several birds chirping, although, as I’m not a bird expert, I couldn’t name what they were, but they are featured in my field recording. They are singing happily, sharing in my joy on this beautiful day.
5. General sound level and level of activity: The sound activity is pretty busy with the sound of the children screaming and laughing, combined with the undertones of the mower and the wind and birds. The sound level is medium, though.
6. Word to describe sound environment: Springy.
7. Three sounds that complete the sound environment:
— the lawn mower
— children laughing and playing
— birds chirping
1. 4/22/2014, 7:17 AM, Basement of Bits and Bites: My Anthropology Class
2. Identify the sounds farthest from you: I sit next to the right wall of the classroom, so I can hear the muffled sounds of the class that is going on in the room adjacent to this one. I can also hear someone stomping around upstairs, and perhaps down the steps that are above/next to this classroom.
3. Identify the sounds at medium range: Most of what I’m hearing is at medium range. My professor is changing accents as she notes the fact that no one ever shows up for this class. She is already late, so she is deciding to start… I can hear my few fellow classmates shuffling through their belongings and the projector humming. There is a constant weird sound in this room: it’s like there is a marble bouncing around a pipe or something that is always vibrating because of the machinery in the building.
4. Identify the sounds closest to you: Closest to me, I can hear my laughing Buddha bracelet scratching against my MacBook. I can hear the girl behind me “mmhmming” when she agrees with something that is said. I can hear the boy next to me typing on his computer (which has a sloth wallpaper). When my professor walks near me, I can hear her boots scuff the floor.
5. General sound level and activity: The general sound level and activity of this space is sleep-inducing. The amount of constant sound gives the room a general hum, and the energy of this class is almost always dispirited.
6. One word to describe the sound environment: Dull
7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment:
-The low marble rumble
-My professor speaking and walking around
-My fellow classmates
1 – 4/24/14 – 11:09am – OSLA
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.
5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.