My room, Suffolk Hall 411 at my desk
The sucking of a straw, the setting down and picking up of my frappacino, sniffling, keyboard clicking, a cough
Daily Archives: March 18, 2016
Sound Journal
- March 18th, 9:10am in line at Cafe on the Corner in the student center at Hofstra University
- Sounds Farthest away: People talking as they walk by, the echo of people’s steps over the unispan, the clinking of pans from the student center cafeteria, popular song playing in the cafeteria
- Medium Distance Sounds: Two women speaking in Spanish behind the counter, setting down of milk canisters as people use the coffee station, milk foaming in the cappuccino maker, people talking as they walk by, other students ordering from behind me.
- Sounds Closest: Muted music from the earbuds of the person behind me, my tapping food, and the vibration of my phone
- Sound level: low
- Sound description: Calm
- Foaming Cappuccino, Echoes of peoples footsteps over the unispan, muted music from the earbuds of the person behind me
Journal Entry 8
- 3/17/16, 9:20am, basement
- Farthest sounds: cars outside, wind chime, wind
- Medium sounds: shower running, music playing
- Closest sounds: washer running
- Sound level: medium
- Sound description: calm
- important sounds: wind chime, shower, washing machine
Sound Journal
- 3/18/2016, 12:49 AM, my dorm room
- People talking in the hall, toilet flushing
- My roommate snoring and moving around
- My pencil and eraser doing line notes, typing
- Low
- Bedtime
- People, toilet, snoring
Field Recording
- Lowe 106, during a break at Peer Gynt rehearsals
- People talking about classes and doing exercises
Field Recording 7
Location: Walking back from the gym
Sounds heard: Water bottle sloshing, foot steps, a stumbled step
Sound Journal 8
Date: 3/17/2016, about 8:00pm, upstairs at the gym
Farthest sounds: People running, cardio machines
Medium sounds: People talking, the music from the speakers, someone putting weights back on the rack
Closest sounds: Music from my phone, different people talking
Sound level: Medium
Sound description: Paced
Important sounds: Music, people talking
Field Recording #7
Location: Student Center by the Unispan
Sounds heard: chatter, walking, someone saying “Yes” repeatedly