- Date: 2/22/18, Time: about noon, Location: Inside my car, in the parking lot near the Netherlands
- Sounds farthest: Clouds slightly rumbling, honks in the distance
- Sounds at medium range: Cars rolling by, students walking by
- Sounds closest: Wind blowing, raindrops falling on car window
- Level of sound activity: Generally quiet
- Dreary
- Raindrops falling on car window, wind blowing and clouds slightly rumbling
Tag Archives: Car
Journal Entry
- April 10th, 2017 – 5 am lying in bed and can’t sleep
- Farthest- Faint click followed by air as head turns on and off
- Middle- Birds starting to chirp outside, car driving by
- Closest-My fan spinning, roommate snoring on other side of wall
- Level-Low
- Description- Quiet, relaxed
- Important Sounds- birds, car, fan, snoring
Field Recording 2
- My car coming home from Mcdonalds
- The air is blowing, you can hear the tires on the ground, Will lets out a nice burp and voices can be heard.
Field Recording 002
My car, on Merrick Road by the Best Market as you get off the Meadowbrook.
The rattle of my car, the hum of the road, my car jostling on a bump, and my blinker clicking as I make a turn.
Journal Entry 2
- 2/7/2017
Approximately 7:30 AM
My car, on the Meadowbrook Parkway, heading to Hofstra
- Another car on the road, some distance away.
- Another car as it passed me on the left.
The sound of the wheels as the car quickly moves.
- The engine’s high whine as it struggles to change gears
The engine’s roar as it coasts at about 65 miles per hour.
The music in the car playing very loudly; the cast recording of The Adding Machine: A New Musical.
My own coughing, quite frequently.
- Loud: my car is naturally pretty loud, as well as the cars around me, and my music is turned up even louder to compensate.
- Quaint
- The music playing on the radio.
The sound of my car’s engine chugging along.
The sound of my car’s engine wheezing as it barely chugs along.
– J. Val
Field Recording #5
Sounds: Wind rushing around the car, Clicking of the turn signal, revving of the engine
Journal Entry 6
- 3/4/16, 12:05 am, inside my minivan
- Farthest: Engine
- Medium: Windshield wipers, heater
- Closest: Radio playing “Take a look at my girlfriend”
- Sound level: Medium
- One Word: Van
- 3 sounds: Engine, windshield wipers, radio
Journal Entry 5
February 25th, Tip Top Autobody
Farthest: car door being slammed, cars driving by
Medium: wind making the door open, another door being opened, a phone ringing
Closest: talking, footsteps passing by
Sound Level: Medium
One word: Moving
Three essential sounds: talking, car doors, wind opening the door
Sound Journal #7
1 – 3/13/14 – 5:45pm – Northern State Parkway
2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-Someone sounding their car horn as another driver cuts in front of them.
-The tires of a car squealing.
-3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-The back door locks clicking shut.
-Something sliding in the trunk.
-The car’s engine running smoothly.
4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-The directionals clicking on and off.
-The DJ speaking on the radio to his audience.
-The car heater circulating air loudly and quickly.
5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-The car ride home was pretty loud with different sounds happening all at once. The car heater and radio are what provided most of the loudness, while sounds such as the directionals and car horn simply add to the sound level and activity.
6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
-Mechanical.
7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The engine running.
-The clicking of the directionals.
-The car horn.
Field Recording #5
Location: around 1pm on 3/6/14 at a red light on hempstead turnpike
Sounds Heard: wind rushing by, the squeak of a big truck’s brakes, me sniffling, me ruffling with something in my car, the window closing