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Journal Entry #4- Dani Ruiz
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Thursday March 25, 2021 8:05 pm

Location: on the steps of an Airbnb, the location of a senior film shoot

Farthest Sounds: Cars passing on the road nearby, a person flickering a lighter to light a cigarette in the yard, people talking inside the house

Medium Sounds: Crickets chirping, a car pulling into the driveway, car doors opening and closing, the car being locked, people loading bags out of trunks, tree branches moving wildly in the wind

Closest Sounds: The wind blowing loudly, the door opening and closing, people’s footsteps as they enter and exit the location

Sound Description/Level: Medium and hectic. There are a lot of active noises but not overwhelming.

Important Sounds: People’s footsteps, the wind blowing, cars passing by

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Friday, March 26th 3:00

Location: sitting in my car on Hofstra’s Campus, Outside of Breslin 

Farthest Sounds: People speaking to each other as they pass by, people watching videos on their phones as they pass by

Medium Sounds: cars driving by(the tires going over the asphalt), music blasting from cars, squeaky breaks, and horns honking(lol) 

Closest Sounds: the surprisingly strong wind blowing, plants and trees rustling 

Sound Description/Level: Medium. There is a lot of life going on which gives it a busier feeling but it all kind of blends in the background. 

Important Sounds: The tires on the asphalt, people talking and the trees rustling from the wind. 

Journal Entry #4 – Dylan Pojano
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3/26/2021, 6:15, Quarantine housing in Colonial Square (Salem, suite 928)

Sounds farthest away from me: Although confined to one space, I can still enjoy the amazing weather we’re having. As the wind whooshes from outside, and dives through my window. Birds chirping, trees rustling, people walking, and then finally a rusty cart rolls on bye. Completely covered in brown paper bags, food for those imprisoned in quarantine housing.

Sounds at a medium range from me: Paper bags being placed, followed by a knock, signalling that dinner has arrived. Metal doors, opening one by one, to pick up the precarious meal before them. Eager to eat, they rush back inside, as the metal door shuts with a metallic thud.

Sounds closest to me: Other than the keys I punch into my computer, there is not much noise at the center. Occasionally, the A/C unit in the room will loop harmoniously with the winds from outside. The only other predominant sound found at the center is myself, as my stomach growls with its own eager maw.

The general sound level and amount of sound activity: The general sound level is low and the amount of sound activity is sparsely placed throughout the house.

One word description to the “sound environment”: Suspense, the culmination of these subtle sounds can make or break a man’s sanity.

Three sounds which are essential to the sound environment: Rickety rusty carts, metal doors opening, and my stomach growling.

JOURNAL ENTRY #4 – ALEXANDRA
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Friday, March 26th 4:07pm

Location: The front steps of my house 

Farthest Sounds: students talking and walking down the street on the way to campus, cars speeding on Front Street, a distant car horn (someone is MAD)

Medium Sounds: the ice cream truck parked two houses down, people inside my house running up and down the staircase, birds sitting on our fence chirping  

Closest Sounds: the next door neighbors talking in their back yard, the Spanish music playing in our neighbors’ backyard, the slurping sound I make as I throw back a nice glass of strawberry wine, the wind rustling the leaves on our trees in the from yard and plants next to me on the stoop (kinda a papery crunchy like sound) 

Sound Description/Level: Bubbly – there are moments of stillness and quiet, but there is the occasional interruption of a melody or something reacting to their environment. Feels like a nice spring day. I could get used to days like this. 

Important Sounds: the sound of the wind almost feels like it’s playing with my hair, the ice cream truck reminds me that the weather is turning finally and the warmer and sunnier it gets the happier I will be. This is what peace sounds like. 

Journal Entry #4 – Ash Boone
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 at 2:37pm

Location: The field outside the back of stu

Farthest Sounds: cars driving by the main road, a plane every once in a while, music and talking/laughing from another group sitting outside, the sound of a football being thrown and also dropped

Medium Sounds: a group of girls laughing near us about something probably not that funny, birds chirping, wind picking up here and there, people filming outside, workers standing around doing absolutely nothing and yelling to each other about God knows what

Closest Sounds: my music playing softly while the tequila show blasts, we’re all cracking up at the performance, the sound of a wrapper as some people in the group reach for Girl Scout cookies, talking amongst the group, ice being shaken around in Starbucks drinks, grass being walked over, bags moving

Sound Description / Level: lively and peaceful at once— this day off really felt like summer and it was a very pleasant noisiness — a reminder that things are looking much better and happier this time this year compared to last year

Important Sounds: the tequila show, music and talking from various sources and distances, the wind (which created the summer feel with its physical feel, its sound, and the scents it carried)

Journal Entry #3 – Dylan Pojano
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3/12/21, 11:23 pm, Enterprise (My Room)

Sounds farthest away from me: People conversing as they go in and out of Dutch and HofUSA, indistinct voices and trills carried out in the night sky, just before the cars pull up. They’re revving just outside HofUSA, their engines sounding like a wild pack of beasts as they drive by, some even popping like fireworks

Sounds at a medium range from me: Occasionally, I will hear someone going up and down the stairs, as they open and close the squeaky banshee that is the stairs door. Every now and then, an RA will patrol the floor. Even at one point, someone attempted to fill up their water bottle, as the old ceramic water fountain hisses at them for even trying.

Sounds closest to me: The room above me will drop a pencil, open and close their dresser, or simply just fiddle around and scoot in their chair. As I am in my room, with the repeated white noise that is my dehumidifier, accompanied by the sound of my keys and mouse clicking as I type this.

The general sound level and amount of sound activity: An adequate amount of sound, nothing too extreme, but there is a large quantity of different sounds occurring.

One word description to the “sound environment”: The culmination of all the noise would be best described as content, for every noise is serving a purpose for one reason or another.

Three sounds which are essential to the sound environment: The thunder from the engines, the squeaking stairs door, and the constant dry wheeze that is my dehumidifier.

Journal Entry #3- Dani Ruiz
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March 12, 2021 at 3:54 PM

Location: An outdoor table at a small cafe in Garden City

Far Sounds: The cappuccino machine inside the cafe, the bell as people enter and exit the store next door, cars honking, an ambulance going through the intersection

Medium Sounds: The conversations of people at the other tables, kids ridding skateboards on the other side of the street, construction workers backing up a truck, other people eating

Close Sounds: The cars going past the street next to me, the wind blowing, people walking past, my chair scraping against the sidewalk as I rock back and forth, my Zoom class in my headphones

Sound Description/Level: Loud and busy with another sound constantly getting my attention

Important Sounds: The cars passing by, the construction workers, my Zoom class

JOURNAL ENTRY # 3 – ALEXANDRA
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Friday, March 12th 2021 4:32pm

Location: Sitting under the sky light in my bedroom.

Farthest Sounds: the whistling of the wind, the sound of traffic a few streets over

Medium Sounds: our neighbors dribbling the basketball outside in the driveway, the sound of our front door opening and closing, birds chirping in the tree outside my window 

Closest Sounds: Emily and her boyfriend laughing at the tv in the next room, the hum of my mini fridge by my bed, the sound of my space heater turning on, the flickering of my candle on my bedside table

Sound Description / Level: peaceful/ambiance – I feel very relaxed. Not one sound is extremely louder than the other. I enjoy white noise, so I am at ease. 

Important Sounds: the bird songs overlapping with the wind, the hum from my electronics turning on 

Journal Entry #3 – Ash Boone
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Thursday, March 11th, 2021 at 1:02pm

Location: Balcony overlooking the Student Center

Farthest Sounds: students talking amongst each other and socializing, music from farther away in the student center, workers yelling orders at each other, worker cooking with the pans at the sushi place, doors all around the student center opening and closing, creaking of doors and also slamming of some closing on their own

Medium Sounds: bookbags and chairs moving of people a little farther away, the music playing from starbucks, noise of the machine used to clean these cups they use to prepare drinks at starbucks, the oven being opened and closed, janitors walking by here and there, occasional toilet flushing from the balcony bathroom

Closest Sounds: my music playing softly and my fingers tapping my ipad screen as i study for my rhetoric test, chairs moving, bags shifting, keyboard tapping of others near me

Sound Description / Level: bustling– students walking around to hang out and grab food, classes from that time just ended so a lot of people that just got let out from class are here now, the starbucks line is exponentially growing and i missed my chance to grab oatmeal before class

Important Sounds: the cleaning machine at starbucks, keyboard clicking in the balcony of the student center, my spotify homework playlist