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Journal # 7
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1)3/14/13 5:45 p.m, parking lot outside of the Netherlands

2)  Footsteps of people crossing the street, talking of people crossing the street

3)  Jingling of keys, more footsteps as people approach, the door to the bridge opening and closing

4) The squeak of the turnstile, more people talking, the cars passing by, honking

5) The sound activity is high, it is loud

6) Busy

7) The cars, the turnstile, and the footsteps

Journal Entry #2
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1- 02/04/2013
9:40pm
Mineola Train Station
I am sitting on a bench near a curb under a bridge. Many streets surround me.

2- Sounds farthest away: A clicking noise that sounds like a cricket chirping but clearly is not, must be a far off machine or an alarm that refuses to turn off. A solitary laugh, the slightest hint of conversation which lasts very little.

3- Sounds at medium range: Occasional car slams and honks, random squeaks and sputters from driving. Nothing consistent or constant.

4- Sounds closest to you: Cars whiz by and start off relatively far away but then reach middle range and eventually become the sounds closest to me when they pass behind me.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity: It would be completely silent if it were not for the cars and alarm. The sound level is hauntingly low and any sound activity only occurs in sporadic spurts. The lack of sound creates a solitary environment that is extremely unsettling. Very much like what I would imagine the sound environment to be like in a scary movie before something horrible is going to happen.

6- One word description to the “sound environment”: Eerie.

7- 3 sounds essential to the sound environment: Clicking alarm, cars whizzing past, the solitary laugh.

Sound Journal- Christian Titus
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1. February 24, 2012 at 11:00pm, inside a stuffed car
2. Cars passing by.
3. Air blowing against the car, the sound of the tires against the asphalt, the engine running.
4. Female voices talking over each other, my own voice, the radio.
5. The environment is very busy with conversation and music, with a very constant smooth background of the road and tires and blowing air.
6. Return
7. The female voices, the radio, and the sound of tires on the ground.

Journal Entry #4
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1- 2/24/12 – 1:35am -My Dorm Room

2- Airplane passing over head, people laughing outside, and cars honking

3- People talking and laughing as they walk through the stairwell

4- Computer fan hum, refrigerator sound, HVAC hum on

5- The general sound level is low and amount of sound activity is low except for interruptions

6-  Spontaneous

7- Plane flying over hear, people laughing/talking, computer hum