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.
Tag Archives: Car
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
Field Recording
Location: The drive home from the Movie Theatre
Sounds heard: Me sniffling, my car engine revving, another sniffle, the tires of my car as I hit a pothole, the sound of me hitting my blinker, the noise of the blinker, various sounds as I hit potholes
Journal Entry #4
1 – 2/20/14 – 9:03pm, Sunrise Hwy, Merrick, NY
2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-Wheels of other cars rushing through puddles
-Wind whistling
3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Air creeping through the narrow window opening
-My old car rocking with every bump in the road
4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
– Rain drops hitting the windshield of my car
– Windshield wiper squeaking every time it hits the furtherest limit on both the right and left sides
-Heater
5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
– The sound level is pretty loud. There is a lot of sound activity going on, partly from nature and partly from machines I am using to try to control the nature. Theres a lot going on, and each of these things have a set rhythm to them.
6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
– Effortful
7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-Rain drops falling on the windshield
– Whistling of the wind
-My car jerking around with every little bump in the road
Field Recording #1
Location: Vander Poel Parking Lot (10:00 pm Thursday, February 6th)
Sounds Heard: Me stomping through the frozen parking lot and getting into my little Ford Fusion. Featured sounds: My boots crunching through the icy surface of the snow, keys, car door opening and closing, the seat belt reminder, my seat belt buckling, engine starting, radio turning on.