Monthly Archives: February 2016

Sound Journal 2
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  1. Setting: February 4th, 2016 at 5:01pm, Calkins Lab
  2. Farthest Sounds: lights buzzing, computers humming, door unlocks and opens
  3. Medium Sounds: two girls talking in a hushed tone, computer mouses clicking, staccato phone buzzes, key board clicks, printer beeps, feet clomping
  4. Closest sounds: Alex’s foot tapping, keyboard clicking,  two short phone buzzes, paper crinkles while being folded.
  5. Sound Level: Minimal, low but rapid
  6. Sound Description: Productive
  7.  Most important sounds: Keyboard, phone buzzes, girls talking in hushed tone.

Journal Entry 2
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  1. 2/4/2016, 4:12 pm, 12th Floor Lounge
  2. Farthest: Microwave beeping, elevator, door to stair case slamming,
  3. Medium: Vending machine, movie playing in the next room, people talking
  4. Closest: Typing on my laptop, music coming from my laptop, chip bag rustling
  5. Sound Level: Medium. There aren’t many people, most of the noise is coming from the TV’s
  6. One word: Relaxed
  7. 3 sounds: Vending machine, people talking, TV’s

 

Journal Entry 2
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  1. 2/4/16, 3:00 pm, Cindy’s Modern Drama 2 class
  2. Farthest: sound of crackling paper around the room, sound of squeaking chairs, sound of classical music from next door class, sound of muffled whispers
  3. Medium: Cindy lecturing in the front of class, Cindy’s footsteps while pacing
  4. Closest: Sound of pen taking notes, my breath
  5. Sound Level: Medium, everyone is respectfully watching Cindy and the other noises are vague and soft.
  6. One word: Studious
  7. 3 words: notes, lecture, music

Journal Entry 2
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  1. 2/04/16, 11:30 a.m., Au Bon Pain.
  2. Farthest: sound of cashier ringing people up, conversations around the seating area, 80’s pop song playing.
  3. Medium: the conversation of 2 women sitting at the table next to me as well as the tapping of their keys as they type on their laptops, crunching of the food wrappers from the table behind me.
  4. Closest: the sound of my keys as I type, the ice rattling in my cup as I drink my iced tea.
  5. Sound level: loud. Every table is full of people having their own conversations and the music volume is quite high.
  6. One word: Energetic.
  7. 3 Words: talking, music, crunching.

Sound Journal #2
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  1. 2/3/2016, 12:45 pm, Bits & Bites
  2. Farthest: Random chatter between the students at the window about their various lives and days
  3. Medium: The cash register lady asking a customer what item they ordered from the burger bar, two girls talking about how they are upset because the milkshake machine is broken, a student shaking their salad to mix it up
  4. Closest: A girl at the salad bar next to me telling the worker behind the bar what she wants in her salad, my own conversation with a friend behind me in line
  5. Sound Level: High, there were many people and a lot of conversations going on
  6. One word: Lively
  7. 3 words: conversation, cash register beeping, shaking salads

Journal Entry 1
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January 31st 12:07pm Dorm Room

Farthest: tapping outside, cars passing by

Medium: bathroom door swinging, trash can being moved, people upstairs moving around, toilet flushing

Closest: fish tank motor humming, roommates alarm, roommate moving around in bed

Sound Level: Moderately loud.

One word: busy

Three essential sounds: fish tank motor, cars outside, bathroom door

Sound Journal 1
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  1. Setting: February 1st at 8:03 am at my desk in Suffolk Residence Hall, Hempstead, NY
  2. Farthest Sounds: Plane overhead, droning hum of the turn pike, single muted car horns, an engine revving, a car door slams
  3. Medium Sounds: Toilet flushing, the faucet runs, lock turns and clunks, footsteps shuffling across the carpet, the walls tick, a door handle clunks as it turns, door rattles as it shuts
  4. Closest Sounds: Coffee dripping, computer humming and ticking, flatulence against my wooden desk chair, fridge rattling to a settle, pen scratching across paper
  5. Sound Level: Low/minimal
  6. Sound Description: Anticipatory
  7. Important Sounds: Dripping coffee, droning turn pike, computer hum

 

Sound Environment
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February 1, 2016, 12:49am, Hague common room. 

Farthest: A dorm room opening, dragging footsteps, squeak of the front door, murmurs of conversation

Medium: The fluorescent light buzzing above my head, the HVAC unit behind me blowing out hot air softly

Closest: The machine whirr of the soda machine, my chair squeaking below me every time I move, keyboard clicking.

Sound level: Quiet, everyone else in the room previously has left to go to bed, so I am left listening to the noises of quiet for the first time all day. 

One word: Unwinding

Three sounds: Whirring of soda machine, HVAC unit blowing air, distant doors opening.