Tag Archives: Adelynn Murphy

Journal 5
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Godiva Roosevelt Field Mall, Thursday March 1st at 7:30 PM.  (My break time)

Closest: I hear the ice cream machine buzzing right behind me.  Then I hear one of my coworkers take a woman’s order for a hot chocolate, his footsteps move across the floor to the hot chocolate station and I hear him scoop the ingredients, poor the hot water, and turn the blender on.

Medium: I hear customers enter the store and my manager greets them with “Welcome to Godiva”.  There are multiple conversations going on between customers that I can not understand and many footsteps walking around the store and down the stairs that lead to the stalk room.

Furthest: People’s conversations echo noisily outside the store, some sort of cart (maybe a stroller) is being pushed along the tile to make a ‘thud thud thud’ sound, and the escalator creates white noise in the background.

The general sound level is very high, loud, and fast paced.

1 word: Consumerism

Three sounds: The ice cream machine, ‘welcome to Godiva’, and the echoing conversations represent this environment well.

 

Journal 4
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  1. The intramural fields, Tuesday February 20 at 4P.M.
  2. Farthest: The planes flying in the distance and cars driving down Hempstead Turnpike with the occasional siren of a fire truck.
  3. Medium: The cars driving over the speed bump next to the stop sign (never truly stopping though), the frisbee team running, their cleats making a very distinct sound as they grab the soft dirt, and the frisbee captains calling to the girls to bring it in.
  4. Closest: The frisbee girls who arrived late unzipping their duffel bags and sitting down in the grass to put their cleats on, they also greet me with various ways of saying hello and talk about how the weather finally let them play outside again. I can also hear the sound of a squirrel running up the tree I am leaning my back against, it is a very distinct fast paced scratching (tick tick tick) sound.
  5. The general sound level is low but busy, with the occasional burst of loudness from the frisbee team.
  6. Frisbee.
  7. 3 essential sounds: The cleats running, the captains yelling, and the duffel bags unzipping.

 

Field Recording three
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My suite in C-square, 12A.M.

You can hear my marker rubbing against the paper of my coloring book. Although it is the marker making the sound the different motions cause sharper, duller, deeper, or higher pitched sounds. You can also tell when I changed which shape the marker was coloring including the swirls and straight lines. At one point you can hear a dull murmur of words as my suite mates talk.

Journal 3
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Basement of the Axinn library- 12:45  2/15/2018

Farthest: I can hear people walking up and down the steps and others opening the side door of the library.

Medium: I hear people loudly working on group projects together, while others are gossiping in hushed whispers. I also hear the sounds of people typing on thier laptops, the printers printing out people’s projects, and the turning of pages in a textbook.

Closest: I hear people walking behind me and my neighbor taking out the contents of his backpack and placing them on the table. I also hear popping and clicking sounds in my ears (I am congested this is how I try to itch my throat).

Name of Environment: Studious

Three most important elements: People discussing their projects, typing on the laptops, and the flipping of pages.

 

Journal 2
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Suite in Colonial Square- 12 AM – February 7th

  1. Farthest: I can hear my neighbors having a dulled conversation through the walls, my upstairs neighbors are walking through their room causing the sound of soft thuds above me. I also hear a the engine of a plane flying far far above me.
  2. Medium: I hear my hamster running around my suite in her ball and occasionally slamming into something and my suite mates having a dulled conversation through the wall by my bed.
  3. Closest: I hear my rooms air conditioner humming next to me with the occasional click of an object that fell into it awhile ago.
  4. There is a very low general sound level with quiet sporadic activity.
  5. Relaxed
  6. The three essential sounds for this environment are: The humming/clinking of the air conditioner, the dulled voices of my suite mates, and my upstairs neighbors footsteps. These three sounds sum up dorm life.