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Field Recording #3
Location: Outside Alliance Hall — February 18, 2013, 2:05 pm
Sounds heard: A fire alarm has just started going off inside the dormitory, and I am standing outside in the crowd of displaced students, some of whom can be heard at the beginning of the sound bite making light-hearted conversation about classes. At times, the blaring of the alarm can be heard only faintly, but the doors to the building sporadically open to admit firefighters and public safety officers, at which point the alarm becomes much louder. The final sound is that of the wind blowing against the building, as the plateau outside Alliance Hall functions as a fairly strong wind tunnel. At the end of the sound bite, one student can be heard asking if another is “ok,” to which his comrade responds, “Yeah, I’m just cold.”
Field Recording 2
Field Recording #2
Location: Sushi Ya Restaurant, Garden City, New York — February 14, 2013, 10:14 pm
Sounds heard: general “happy human” sounds, i.e. a euphony of lovebirds chatting in the small room, with the exception of the couple at the table next to ours, who can be heard bickering (“I’m not shallows, don’t call me shallow.”) Stephen and I tease each other with phony, hackneyed expressions of love (“Your eyes are like limpid pools of…”) At one point, Stephen begins explaining to me the concept of moshing at a concert, and two waiters can be heard nearby speaking a foreign language to one another.
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Field Recording 1
Field Recording 1
Field Recording 1
Field Recording #1
Location: Back of Student Center, during a “Coffee House” style performance series — February 7, 2012, 8:29 pm
Sounds Heard: Aaron playing the acoustic guitar and singing (both amplified), the chatter of students in the dining hall, applause, whooping, and his friend Arianna screaming “Okay, Aaron, I see you!” (to which he replies, “I also see you”), and laughter.