Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. 2/7/2017

Approximately 7:30 AM

My car, on the Meadowbrook Parkway, heading to Hofstra

2. Another car on the road, some distance away.
3. Another car as it passed me on the left.

The sound of the wheels as the car quickly moves.

4. 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.

5. Loud: my car is naturally pretty loud, as well as the cars around me, and my music is turned up even louder to compensate.
6. Quaint
7. 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

1. February 9th, 2017, 7:16 – Nassau 4th Floor
2. Farthest Sounds – Bang from upstairs, Suitemate’s music
3. Medium Sounds – Shower, Suitemates’ laughing, humming of the radiator
4. Closest Sounds: My breathing
5. Sound Level – Soft
6. Sound Description – Relaxed
7. Essential Sounds – Music, Shower, Footsteps

Location: Outside, Netherlands, Hofstra

Sounds: Boots scraping against pavement. Music volume increases as I near the source.

1. February 3rd, 2017 12:23 a.m.-My dorm
2. Far sounds: people hitting something against the wall outside my building, people yelling and talking, music playing from someones car
3. Medium Sounds: my roommate taking a shower and listening to different music
4. Close sounds: the Golden State Warriors basketball game, game commentators talking
5. Sound level: Medium
6. Environment: Chaotic
7. Essential Sounds: Car radio, roommates music, sports casters

1. 4/27/2016, 7:27pm, L216
2. Far: people talking as they go up and down the stairs, laughter
3. Medium: the studio door opening and closing from various people walking in and out
4. Close: music playing from the computer, my own typing
5. Level: Medium
6. One word: Calm
7. 3 sounds: music, studio door, laughter

Location: Subway

Sounds: Music being played

1. 4/12/2016, 2:54pm, My room
2. Farthest: People walking and talking in the hallway
3. Medium: Cars driving past my window, a motorcycle revving the engine as it drives by, the shower running
4. Closest: music from my computer, whirring from the heater, my own typing
5. Level: Low
6. One word: Mellow
7. 3 sounds: motorcycle revving, shower running, music

1. 3/10/16, 3:48 pm, Lowe 216
2. Farthest: Printer, door slamming closed
3. Medium: music playing, people talking, someone shuffling through paper
4. Closest: typing, water bottle clicking open, phone vibrating, notebook pages flipping
5. Sound level: Medium. The music is loud, but other than that there is not a lot of loud noise.
6. One word: Stressful
7. 3 Sounds: music, talking,typing

1. Location: Dempster Hall
2. Sounds: Cindy Rosenthal lecture, papers turning, students, chairs, distant classical music from next door

Location: In room, next to keyboard

Sounds: Beautiful music being played on a keyboard.