Location Black Box Theater Workshop; 2/27/19
Farthest: Distant chatter
Medium: Saw blades, music playing over speakers, people talking
Closest: Staple gun firing, wood hitting together, staples going into wood
Sound level: High
Description: Industrial
Essential sounds: Machinery, talking
Location: Penn Station tracks for Uptown 1, February 16, 2019
Sounds: banging, squeaking and grinding of brakes, jazz band playing Despacito in beginning, electronic dinging, people talking
Location: Pride Den, 6:45 pm, February 28, 2019
Farthest: footsteps, talking
Medium: whistling, tons of girls talking, music playing through headphones, keyboard clacking
Closest: people talking, pages flipping, chewing, pencil writing on paper
Sound level: medium-high
Description: social
Essential sounds: people talking, whistling, chewing
Location: Central Park, near the zoo, February 16, 2019
Sounds: people talking and walking by, high pitch string instrument playing nostalgic tune (Chinese Erhu)
Location: Hammer Computer Lab
Sounds: Door closing, printer running, coat rustling, people talking, footsteps, water fountain “button” being pushed.
2/27/19, 7:30pm, Backstage of John Adams Playhouse
Farthest sounds: A prop stretcher being set down, scuffs of shoes.
Medium sounds: People talking quietly, the balcony shaking from dancing.
Close sounds: Stomping/dancing, people cheering, music (drums/violin)
General Sound Level: high, high level of sound activity.
One-Word Description: Hurried.
3 essential sounds: Stomps, cheers, music.
LIRR train, Sunday, February 17, 2019, 7:30 pm
Far: door opening at the other end of the car, wind rushing in
Medium: announcements, someone tapping a ring against the window, high-pitched screech of the brakes
Close: people talking next to me, papers falling to the floor
Sound Level: high, sound is everywhere, impossible to block out
One Word: hectic
Essential Sounds: announcements, wind rushing, brakes screeching