Field Recording #4
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Location: Social Sports Kitchen — February 17, 2013, 6:33 pm

Sounds Heard: I am taking a lap around the interior of the restaurant/sports bar in which I work, starting first in the dining room, in which the raucous voices of the men who decided to stay and get drunk after the Hofstra Wrestling Team’s Poker Tournament can be heard cheering and carrying on loudly.  About halfway through the sound bite, my shoes can be heard on the wooden floor, as the noise dies down abruptly with my transition into the kitchen (the door of which can be heard).  I make my way past Elvis, the bar back, (apologizing for getting in his way) as a kitchen staff member moves a rack of clean silverware.  I complete my loop by pushing through a swinging door and reentering the main room of the bar, at which point the inebriated patrons can be heard once again.

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1)      2/28/31 8:36 p.m Netherlands Lounge

2)      Radiator

3)      People talking outside, clicking of keys, footsteps of people upstairs

4)      Footsteps, quiet music, quiet talking

5)      It is very quiet here, there is almost no one around, so all sounds are soft

6)      Peaceful

7)      Radiator, footsteps, music

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1- 02/28/2013-6:24-Lowe 110 Rehearsal Santiago ’73

2- Sounds farthest away: Footsteps of people leisurely walking around outside of the room.

3- Sounds at medium range: Musical Director softly saying “One, two, three” as he conducts, cast playing guitar and singing harmonies as well as speaking lines at different times.

4- Sounds closest to me: The sound of my exhalation.

5- General sound level and amount of sound activity: General sound level is very soft and  the level of sound activity is about at a medium. Cast members are singing in harmony, two guitars are strumming to the light whisper of the tempo. All of the sounds come together to make a crisp streamline of sound so that it makes the elements seem linear. The people walking outside are in no rush at all, their steps seem to swing along with the rhythm of the song and the whispers. I notice my breathing naturally aligns itself with the sounds around me.

6- One word description of the “sound environment”: Swung.
7- 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment: Soft whispering of the tempo, singing, guitar.

Field Recording #4
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Location: To continue with the theme of amazing subway singers, here is another clip of a different subway session.

Sounds heard: The “ding dong” of the subway doors opening and closing. Singer with guitar, everybody singing, loud laughter, other guy rapping, whizzing and honking of the train, murmur of people talking, uproarious applause.

To hear more check out their website: Akil www.isawyouguys.com

 

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1- Feb 27, 10:10pm, Dutch Treats

2- The door to the store bumps open and closes every so often as students exit or enter, plastic bags rustle as items are put in them, a general hum of conversation

3- The refrigerated display hums loudly, the mini oven of the sandwich place beeps to signify something is done warming, a worker is fussing with some food items – perhaps cutting something (it is difficult to tell by sound what exactly he is doing due to the incessant humming of the refrigerator)

4- The squeaking of shoes and crinkling of chip bags as people shift in line, I can hear several more distinct conversations regarding/complaining about how long the line is, that it is “taking forever” and that they should open up the second register.

5- The general sound level is at a medium high – the “background” noises are loud, making things a little more indistinct. The sound activity is also about a medium high

6- Impatient

7- the more distinct conversations about the checkout line, the humming of the refrigerator, and the rustling of the people waiting in line