Journal Entry #10

  1. 4/9/2020, 1:15pm, 7/11
  2. Cars outside driving by, the wind, & music playing in the backroom.
  3. Door opening/closing, doorbell, car door slamming, & car starting. 
  4. Fridge door opening/closing, credit card machine beep, & cash drawer opening/closing. 
  5. The sound level is low and relaxed.  There were no sounds that were loud and ear-piercing.  The amount of sound activity was moderate since there were sounds happening at the same time, but could still be pointed out.  
  6. Casual. 
  7. Cash drawer, credit card machine, & fridge door. 

Journal Entry #7 – Brennan

When & Where:  04/07/2020 2:11pm Sitting at a table near an open door to my porch

Far Sounds: birds chirping, insects buzzing, someone pouring out water, leaves blowing in the wind, people chatting on the street

Medium Sounds: the TV in another room, my mom walking around, the laundry machine running, a radio

Close Sounds: Keyboard typing, footsteps, chairs and stools squeaking on wood

General Level: low

One-word Description: relaxed

Essential Three Sounds: distant nature sounds, the quiet radio playing, wood squeaking

Journal Entry #9 – Ferguson

1. Date: 4/3/20 – Time: 3:00pm – Location: My Bedroom

2. Farthest away from me, I can hear noises coming from the television downstairs and my mother laughing.  I can hear my little sister as she is constantly laughing too.

3. In a medium range, I hear cars driving past my house outside and noises coming from the television in my bedroom.  I also hear music coming from my portable speaker.

4. Closest to me, I hear my fingers typing on my keyboard and air being blown out of my laptop.  Internally, I can hear words of encouragement as I am working on an assignment.

5. The general sound level is rather noisy than quiet due to a good amount of sound activity being present.

6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is “tranquil”.

7. Three sounds that are essential to the “sound environment” are the sounds coming from the television in my bedroom, the sounds of music coming from my speaker, and my sister laughing downstairs.

Journal Entry #11

Date, time, location: 4/2/20, 10:06 pm, my bedroom

Sounds Farthest away from me: my brothers playing pool, my brothers screaming, pets running around the house, the bell on my cat’s collar

Medium Range: my parents talking, my parents watching a movie from their bedroom

Closest to me: tapping on a keyboard, music from my headphones, my phone going off from notifications

General sound level: medium and low activity closer to me

One word description: normal

3 essential sounds: watching a movie, my brothers screaming, pets running around the house

Journal Entry #9

  1. 4/1/2020, 5.30pm, Chipotle
  2. Cars driving by outside, car honks & wind outside.
  3. Door opening/closing, car beep from locking it, & music playing in the back room.
  4. Meat sizzling, oven beeping, workers talking, paper to-go bags opening, & food containers opening/closing.
  5. The sound level was quite low since Chipotle is only take-out and no customers were inside.  The amount of sound activity was high since all the workers were preparing food orders. 
  6. Balanced. 
  7. Food sizzling, food containers opening/closing, and to-go bags prepared.