Monthly Archives: March 2021

Field Recording #3 – Dylan Pojano
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Location: On my way to the student center, one of the Hofstra’s Grounds Crew was using a leafblower near the stu bus stop.

Sounds Heard: As one eavesdrops on the match, it is clear from the noise alone that the howling winds are no match for the vicious raw power that the leafblower roars.

Journal Entry #3 – Dylan Pojano
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3/12/21, 11:23 pm, Enterprise (My Room)

Sounds farthest away from me: People conversing as they go in and out of Dutch and HofUSA, indistinct voices and trills carried out in the night sky, just before the cars pull up. They’re revving just outside HofUSA, their engines sounding like a wild pack of beasts as they drive by, some even popping like fireworks

Sounds at a medium range from me: Occasionally, I will hear someone going up and down the stairs, as they open and close the squeaky banshee that is the stairs door. Every now and then, an RA will patrol the floor. Even at one point, someone attempted to fill up their water bottle, as the old ceramic water fountain hisses at them for even trying.

Sounds closest to me: The room above me will drop a pencil, open and close their dresser, or simply just fiddle around and scoot in their chair. As I am in my room, with the repeated white noise that is my dehumidifier, accompanied by the sound of my keys and mouse clicking as I type this.

The general sound level and amount of sound activity: An adequate amount of sound, nothing too extreme, but there is a large quantity of different sounds occurring.

One word description to the “sound environment”: The culmination of all the noise would be best described as content, for every noise is serving a purpose for one reason or another.

Three sounds which are essential to the sound environment: The thunder from the engines, the squeaking stairs door, and the constant dry wheeze that is my dehumidifier.

Journal Entry #3- Dani Ruiz
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March 12, 2021 at 3:54 PM

Location: An outdoor table at a small cafe in Garden City

Far Sounds: The cappuccino machine inside the cafe, the bell as people enter and exit the store next door, cars honking, an ambulance going through the intersection

Medium Sounds: The conversations of people at the other tables, kids ridding skateboards on the other side of the street, construction workers backing up a truck, other people eating

Close Sounds: The cars going past the street next to me, the wind blowing, people walking past, my chair scraping against the sidewalk as I rock back and forth, my Zoom class in my headphones

Sound Description/Level: Loud and busy with another sound constantly getting my attention

Important Sounds: The cars passing by, the construction workers, my Zoom class

Journal Entry 3-Juliana Battaglia
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Friday, March 12th 2021 6:00pm

Location: At Citi Field, now a mass-vaccination site.

Farthest Sounds: The sound of cars driving by outside, sirens of emergency vehicles. 

Medium Sounds: The voices of the other nurses talking to their patients. The sound of footsteps as people walked around the facility and up and down the stairs. The opening and closing of the doors to exit.

Closest Sounds: The nurse speaking directly to me. The unwrapping of the needle and sterilization equipment. The tapping sound from her fingers as she verified my information, coupled with the sound of her pencil against the paper as she filled out my information. 

Sound Description / Level: Organized. Medium level. 

Important Sounds: The unwrapping of the needle and sterilization equipment. The opening and closing of the exit doors.