- 12th floor lounge of my building
- buttons being pressed, credit card swiping, beeping, laughing, talking, candy dispensing, buzzing from vending machine
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Location: My bathroom, Hague.
Sounds heard: Hair Blow Dryer
Sound Journal #3
- 2/11/16, 5:27 pm, Walking through the Netherlands courtyard towards the Netherlands Core
- Farthest: faint noise coming from the TV’s in the houses, muffled talking from the students, the sound of the back turnstile moving
- Medium: my own footsteps and the sounds my jacket makes when it rubs together
- Closest: other people’s footsteps as they passed by me, my own coughing and sniffling, the wind through the trees
- Low sound level
- One word: Calm
- 3 words: wind, coughing, footsteps
Field Recording 1
Location: ABP
Sounds: Music playing, people talking in the background, typing and something shuffling.
Journal Entry 2
February 2nd, 10:23 Lounge
Farthest: Pool balls hitting, laughing from another room
Medium: typing on computer, footsteps around corner
Closest: television playing, people talking, someone breathing heavily
Sound Level: Moderate
One word: relaxing
Three essential sounds: faint laughing, television, typing on computer
Field Recording #1
Location: My Room
Sounds heard: Faint rain bouncing off my window, Clock ticking, Dog running at the end.
Journal Entry
Location: Panera Bread, Massapequa 5 p.m.
Farthest: Cars driving by outside, Sound of register bells ringing
Medium: Conversations across the room, soda machine dispensing soda
Closest: Friends talking, phones buzzing, silverware clanging against plates
1 word: Bustling
3 Sounds:People talking, Soda Machine, Cash register bell
Field Recording
Location: Cozy Mel’s Restaurant
Sounds heard: Friends talking close by, crowd of restaurant talking, plates and silverware clanking, background music
Thursday, 11pm, Parking lot near Oak Street
Farthest: Cars driving by on the adjacent street, muffled conversation from nearby group of people
Medium: Street lamps buzzing overhead, wind blowing
Closest: Sound of rain water rushing into the storm drains
One Word: Melody
Three Sounds, Rain water in storm drains, Street lamps, cars
Location: Hague Common Room
Sounds heard: Rumbling of Coca Cola machine, quiet lights buzzing.