Tag Archives: Journal Entry

Sound Journal 4 – Michelle Pavloff
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Date: April 3, 2022

Location and time: Downstairs living room of my house, 2:00 pm

Far Sounds: Slight knocking of the water heater, electrical buzzing of refrigerator, car honking in the distance

Medium Sounds: Thudding of footsteps upstairs, closing drawers, airplane flying overhead, birds chirping

Close Sounds: Whirring of mini fridge, my typing, knocking at the door

Sound Description/ Level: Quiet, low level

One Word: Sedate

Most Important Sounds: Electrical buzzing, footsteps, typing, knocking

Journal Entry 4 – George
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Date: Saturday, April 2nd

 

Location and Time: 2nd floor of the student center, 8:11pm 

 

Far Sounds: Doors opening & closing, chairs scraping the floor

 

Medium Sounds: Starbucks baristas making drinks, people talking below

 

Close Sounds:  People walking behind me, my typing, 

 

Sound Description/Level: Medium amount of noise, very collegiate

One Word: Late-night

Important Sounds: chairs scraping, baristas making drinks, typing

Journal Entry 3 Nicole Cullen
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Date and Location: March 13th, 6:15pm, Living Room

Far Sounds: Anna and Andrew talking upstairs, footsteps upstairs, cupboard being closed, bag being dropped on the floor, creaking of the radiators, car driving in the street/wheels on the road

Medium Sounds: Front door being opened and closed, front door locking, someone walking up the stairs, water heater clinking, faucet in kitchen running

Close Sounds: Creaking of sliding door/wind against the door, laptop keys clacking, low hum of mini fridge, laptop whirring, Joey talking with me, laptop being closed shut

General Sound level and Atmosphere: mostly quiet; what an average evening sounds like in our house with a steady soundscape that I recognize as normal

One Word: Comfortable

Three Important Sounds: Low hum of the mini fridge, Joey talking with me, footsteps upstairs

Journal Entry 3 – George
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Date: March 11, 2022

Location and Time: 6th floor of the Axinn Library, 2:37pm

Far sounds: wind wooshing, cars driving on the turnpike

Medium sounds: air conditioner running, chairs scraping the floor

Close sounds: typing, pen scratching on paper, soft breathing

Sound Level: Very quiet, library level

One word: Focused

Most important sounds: typing, pen scratching, AC running

Journal Entry 2- Michelle Pavloff
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Date: February 27, 2022

Location and Time: The Joan and Donald Schaeffer Black Box Theater, 1:50 pm 

Far Sounds: Muffled chatter of audience members sitting farther away from me, the faint pinging of a sound effect from the show, a phone falling out of someone’s pocket and hitting the ground

Medium Sounds: Clanging of seats as people were getting settled, Sigma Capella’s ICCA set playing on a phone a few rows ahead of me, Avery, Ben, and Cindy talking, someone coughing

Close Sounds: Joey speaking to me, footsteps of people approaching seats

Sound Description/Level: Light, casual pre-show chatter, not too noisy

One Word: Cheery

Most Important Sounds: People talking, accapella music, jingling of seats 

Sound Journal Entry #2- Gabby Macallister
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Sunday, February 27th, 2:36pm

Location: The breakfast nook at Jane Street

Far Sounds: A car speeding on the main road, The Dixie Chicks playing in Lizzy’s room, the wind making the branches creak, trash bags rustling in the wind 

Medium Sounds: The dryer going, a metal button scraping in the dryer, Tori and Arianna laughing and talking, a car with a loud muffler driving by my house, doors creaking open and close, the wind whistling up against the windows, someone listening to country in the upstairs bathroom

Close sounds: My phone playing “More Than This” by One Direction, the mesh screen hitting the window, Tori and Arianna pouring water in the kitchen, chair creaking underneath me, radiator blowing out hot air in the bathroom

 Sound Description/Level: Loud but quiet, the only constant sound is the dryer going. It is like I am trying to focus on all of these sounds at once but they all happen so quickly. Sometimes all the sounds can be heard at once, but sometimes it is only the dryer that is going

One Word Description: Sporadic

Most important sounds: The mesh screen hitting on the window, Tori and Arianna laughing, metal button scraping in the dryer, chair creaking

Joey Perman Journal Entry #2
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February 27th, 10:08 AM

Location: The couch in my bedroom, facing the open door toward the living room

Farthest: An airplane flying overhead, a car driving by, Anna playing music in her room far down the hallway behind her closed door, Anna’s metal garland pattering against her door as it swings open

Medium: Andrew’s loud footsteps as he walks between his room and the kitchen across the wood floor in the hallway, Andrew rolling a suitcase across the kitchen tiles, the low hum of the refrigerator, Anna sneezing, Andrew saying bless you

Closest: Andrew’s door slowly creaking open, his metal sign hitting the door as it closes, my stomach grumbling

General sound level: There is a low but constant noise as the baseline in this environment, especially with the music playing; it feels like there is a chaos contained to the point where it feels calm from the outside

Sound environment: Contained

Defining sounds: Andrew’s footsteps across the hallway floor, the music playing behind Anna’s closed door, the suitcase rolling over the tiles

Sound Journal 2- Nicole Cullen
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Date: February 23rd, 2022

Location and Time: Student Center, 11:07 am

Far Sounds: Metal lids clanging onto pots, espresso machine steaming, beeping of Starbucks ovens, ice pouring into cups, door closing, chip bag crinkling open, Starbucks drink being shaken in a shaker/ice rattling against the plastic shaker, light jazz music playing in Starbucks lounge

Medium sounds: Chairs scraping on floor, laptop keys clacking, keys jangling, unwrapping of plastic utensils, group of friends laughing, shuffling of feet on the floor, jacket zipping closed

Close sounds: Michelle and Mackenzie discussing our script ideas, trash bin rolling across the ground, group of friends talking behind me, chair slamming on ground, jacket being placed on back of chair, backpack unzipping, popping of container opening

Sound Description/Level: Very loud, distracting, difficult to pinpoint a specific sound on its own/constant overlapping of sounds

One Word: Cacophony

Most Important Sounds: Michelle and Mackenzie discussing, light jazz music in the Starbucks lounge, groups of friends talking behind me

Journal Entry 2 – George
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Date: February 24th, 2022

Location & Time: Bits & Bytes, 7:59pm

Far sounds: People cleaning tables, keys jingling, voices coming through walkie-talkies

Medium sounds: Chairs scraping the floor, people talking at tables

Close sounds: ceiling fan whirling, typing, air conditioner running

Sound description/level: What you might expect to find in a cafe or other public place at night; not deserted but not busy. The sound is clear but not overwhelming.

One word for the “sound environment”: suburban

Important sounds: talking, fans whirling, AC running

Joey Perman Journal Entry #1
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February 11th, 3:24 PM

Location: My house’s upstairs living room, on the couch facing the front of the house

Farthest: Car engines revving, a slow siren, a motorcycle revving, a car horn 

Medium: Downstairs washing machine spinning and clanking (getting louder, speeding up, then stopping, repeatedly), cars driving past the window in front of me, kids shouting in front of the house, the downstairs’ door keypad being entered, the door opening and hitting the wall, a person downstairs walking into the kitchen and then turning on the kitchen sink

Closest: My phone vibrating against the couch, my Fitbit vibrating, the refrigerator humming loudly for spurts of time

General sound level: The environment feels cyclical, with bursts of sound coming in and out, before coming back into a stillness, and then repeating

Sound environment: Unsettled

Defining sounds: The washing machine clanking, the refrigerator humming loudly, and the cars driving by the front window