Location: NY Subway
Sounds heard: people talking, doors closing, subway chime, rails screeching, wind howling, wheels squeaking
Field Recording 1
Location: My living room at home
Sounds heard: Music from video game, clicks of XBOX controller, prismo (my cat) sniffing the hell out of the phone, cars in the far distance, creaks of the house as people walk.
Field Recording 1
Location: between HofUSA and Dutch Treats
Sounds heard: slight wind/air, sirens, a car horn honking, distant and muffled voices
Field Recording #1
Location: A friend’s car, driving across campus
Sounds: The car speeding up and slowing down, a jacket moving repeatedly, people shifting positions, the driver’s shoes squeaking on the brakes and accelerator, muffled laughter, keys jingling quietly, windshield wipers
Field Recording 1
Sounds heard: distant voices and laughter, plastic containers opening, rustling and clanking of items on the metal table, light breeze, birds chirping.
disclaimer: voices on the video have consented to be recorded in advanced.
Field Recording #1
Location: Bench in front of Davidson Hall
Sounds: Airplane flying overhead, Students going to next class, Bike rack/Lock, Door Opening and Closing
Field Recording 1
Location: Merrick Avenue Athletic Center – volleyball courts
Sounds Heard: Shoes squeaking on the floor, volleyballs hitting arms, hands, and bouncing off the floor with varying intensity. Close female voices yelling and communicating, far male voices also yelling and laughing (all reverberating in the space). Footsteps thudding across the plastic flooring, some closer than others.
Field Recording #1
Location: Shore of Long Beach, New York
Sounds heard: Small ocean waves, big ocean waves, sand grinding against the speaker, sweater rubbing against speaker.
Field Recording 1
Location: Hofstra University, just outside Emily Lowe Hall
Sounds Heard: the Hofstra shuttle breaking then passing by, the Hofstra gardeners raking the leaves
Journal Entry #1
Location: 224 Lenox living room Time: 10 PM
Farthest Away Sounds:
- people talking and laughing upstairs
- footsteps upstairs
- music playing upstairs
Mid Range Sounds:
- sink running in kitchen next door
- plates and bowls clanking in the sink
- bedroom door opening in closing
Closest Sounds:
- roommates sitting around table talking and laughing
- chairs being scooched on floor
- tv playing wii music
Sound Level:
When I started my observation I was the only one in the room and was mostly hearing everything upstairs that was very faint and far away and then as it went on more and more people joined in the living room and then we started playing games and it progressively got louder and more lively
Descriptors: lively but calm
Essential Sounds
- laughing
- music
- wii music