- Walking out of Nassau Hall on Wednesday, March 15
- Sounds Heard: My footsteps crunching on the snow and ice
Daily Archives: March 17, 2017
Early Morning Cooking
- 3/17/17 8:20AM, Kitchen in 13th floor of Vander Poel Hall
- Farthest Sounds – Wind blowing outside, car horn, Opening and closing of doors on this floor, floor below, and floor above.
- Medium Range – Dishes clattering, vegetables being cut, people talking, music playing at a low volume.
- Closest – Eggs frying on a pan, Microwave hum, my voice singing along to the song
- Sound Level is moderately high and there is a moderate amount of Sound Activity
- Word – “familial”
- Essential Sounds – Dishes clattering, people talking, my voice singing along
E Train
Location: Downtown E Train, somewhere between Penn and 14th Street.
Sounds: Loud music from someone’s headphones, talking, starting and stopping of train
Journal Entry
- 3/16/17, 7 PM, Basement of Library
- Farthest sound: Students talking/studying at farthest table from me (opposite corner of floor)
- Medium: More students talking, clicking of shoes on marble floors, swishing of shoes on carpet
- Closest: Music coming from earbuds of the person next to me, pencil smoothly writing on paper
- Low sound level
- Quiet but tense
- keyboards, faint music, shoes hitting floor,
Field Recording
Location: My kitchen
Sounds: Sink turned on, running water down drain, water filling pot, gas stove being turned on
New Suite Mate Moving In to My Dorm
- March 16th, 6:26pm, my dorm room in Hague
- Far Sounds: Balloons being popped in the hallway
- Medium Sounds: New suite mate walking while moving into his room
- Close Sounds: New suite mate dropping heavy boxes on the floor
- Sound Level: Extremely Loud
- Environment: Chaotic
- Essential Sounds: Balloons popping, conversation, dropped boxes
Digeridoo
Location: Hague common room
Sound: My friend playing his digeridoo over FaceTime
Leaving Estabrook
Date/Location: 03-16-17, 6:45pm, Estabrook elevator and lobby
Sounds heard: beeping of elevator going down, me sniffle, elevator door open, me walking, me going through turnstile, me opening the door to the outside
Spiegel Theatre Waiting for Class to Start
Date/Location: 3-16-17, 3:45pm, Spiegel Theatre
Far sounds: someone walking towards the Spiegel, Spiegel door open/close, someone walking in back of Spiegel
Medium sounds: heating vent, clicking of Tia’s laptop, Jack R. moving in his seat, squeaking chairs, Drew humming
Close sounds: Tia arguing about the annexation of Hawaii, Jack and Drew replying to Tia, Jack reading something out loud from Twitter
Level: medium
Descriptive word: debates
3 important noises: Tia, Jack, and Drew talking, heating vent, squeaking chairs
Field Recording 6
Netherlands North Complex, March 16, 6:34 PM
Snow being stomped and jumped on, Ice skidding across ice, people laughing and joking around
