My bedroom 8pm (during a Hofstra online performance)
Farthest sounds: Housemate yelling, TV, air fryer fan
Medium sounds: Air fryer beeping, cat meowing, cat bell, muffled bass guitar
Closest sounds: guitar, drums, clapping
Sound level: Loud
Description: Hectic
Important sounds: Clapping, guitar
Date: Feb. 25th at 7:00pm.
Location: my boyfriend’s bedroom near train tracks.
Far Sounds: traffic and cars speeding down the road.
Medium sounds: the train coming down the tracks.
Close Sounds: Dog barking, my boyfriend is on a conference call, phones ringing and the tv is on but the volume is low.
Sound Level: Medium
Description: Busy
Important sounds: Train coming on tracks, dog barking and multiple people talking on the conference call.
February 26, 2021 at 3:00pm
Location: In front of track 2 at the Mineola Train Station
Far Sounds: The traffic from the nearby roads as the cars honk and speed by. Sirens of emergency vehicles on the main roads.
Medium Sounds: The automated announcement of the train and destination from the intercom. People talking on the phone getting on and off the train. The footsteps of people walking.
Close Sounds: The whooshing of the wind as the train pulls into the station. The blowing of the horn from the train as it passes by. The signal of the doors opening and closing.
Sound Level: Medium
Description: Prominent
Important Sounds: The automated announcement, the blowing of the train’s horn, the whooshing of the train pulling in
February 26, 2021 at 11:55 am
Location: A table near a window in the Student Center
Far Sounds: People walking, the blender from Freshens, the hand sanitizer dispenser going off, employees pushing carts full of items, people walking in and out of the back entrance, the trees blowing in the wind outside the window, trash being thrown away
Medium Sounds: The conversations of those around me, some people getting up and some people sitting down, the sound of chairs scraping on the floor, the chewing of food
Close Sounds: My fingers tapping on the table in front of me, the music faintly coming from my headphones, the sound of the bottom of my smoothie cup against the straw , the straw squeaking as I pull it out of the cup
Sound Description/Level: Busy but not overwhelming
Important Sounds: my fingers tapping on the table, other people’s conversations, and people walking around
2/26/21, 4:15 pm, Enterprise Laundry Room
Sounds farthest away from me: The tumbling of the dryers, drying the copious amounts of garments it holds. One dinging, signifying that it has completed its hour long cycle.
Sounds at a medium range from me: The fumbling of opening a bag of tide pods, until it finally cracks open the squishy jewels. The scraping of a laundry basket against the floor, like nails on a chalkboard. The flapping noise of various dirty clothes, slapping on top of the washing machines, as they get sorted into their respective colors.
Sounds closest to me: Water hissing and screaming through a small hose, filling up the washing machines. A washing machine buzzing and humming below me, as it gets louder until it’s hurting the clothes at mach speed like a jet engine, so as to surely disperse the soap and rid everything of scum.
The general sound level and amount of sound activity. In its totality, the noise in the room is maddening, but the white noise that is being produced, beckons one to listen to its chaotic symphony.
One word description to the “sound environment”: Frenzied
Three sounds which are essential to the sound environment: Water whistling through the hoses, the dulling drone of the washing machines, and the air punching of the dryers.
Thursday, February 25th, 2021 at 9:50pm
Location: Hofusa
Farthest Sounds: kitchen sounds–pans, oil bubbling (GOD the food here is oily and it sucks but we’re all desperate for late night on-campus munching), the distant yelling of order numbers and “brownie sundaes”, doors opening and closing as employees and students go through various entrances and exits
Medium Sounds: laughter, talking, banging, music — the liveliness of those around me hanging with their friends and just being in their own worlds, the movement of chairs and tables against the wooden floor, the TV on in the background
Closest Sounds: my friend talking, music playing, wrappers being played with, and food being eaten. we had nerds ropes which tasted like diabetes and french fries which were horribly oily, did not taste great, and very crunchy because they had clearly just been re-fried
Sound Description / Level: lively but not bustling — chill and lively at the same time; medium volume that fluctuates between quiet and loud
Important Sounds: the sounds from the kitchen, the sounds of food and drinks being consumed, tables and chairs moving across the wooden floor
Location: My room
Far Sounds: cars driving by
Medium Sounds: My roommate yelling at the TV because he’s losing online in smash
Close Sounds: the comically loud noise of my laptop fan
Sound Description/Level: variations of loud and quiet moments
Important Sounds: Russian curses, computer fan, ridiculously loud car engines
Water dripping out of the faucet as the Tv can be heard through the wall pf the bathroom
Location: Driving through Manhattan during the day
Sounds heard: Wind rushing by, people on the sidewalks talking, The rumbling and revving of engines as cars zoomed by, the whooshing of steam from nearby trucks, cars honking, the faint sound of a siren at the beginning