Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1- February 11, Res Hall Lounge, 5:45pm

2- Footsteps upstairs and down the hall, but very little going on “further away” in the sound environment

3- Pan sizzling in the kitchen, music playing and female singing along in harmony, cupbards closing with a bump and utensils being set down

4- HVac humming softly, the chatter of a group of  people standing around waiting to leave for dinner – they are waiting for a few more people, but complaining idly that they are taking too long, shuffling, putting on shoes and coats, etc.

5- The general sound level is at a warm buzz and the sound activity is at perhaps a medium high – even though there isn’t a ton going on the atmosphere is active.

6- Animated

7- Music playing in the kitchen, the pan sizzling and the overlapping conversations of the waiting people

Design studio

Beja’s music playing and a few voices talking about drafting

Location: In 201 of Lowe waiting for sound class

Sounds Heard: Pandora prior to class, Juan clapping, computer sounds, Phil confessing his love for me then hastily retracting his statement, additional small chatter in back of sound.

1. 3/31/12  Bar Mitzvah  4:00pm

2. The sounds farthest away from me are people talking across the room and the DJ’s voice over the microphone.

3. The sounds at a medium distance are the music playing out of the speakers and the kids at nearby tables complaining about the food and laughing.

4. The sounds closest to me are silverware hitting plates and my friends saying how good the food is.

5. The sound level is extremely loud and the sound is constant.

6. I would describe this sound environment as “celebratory”.

7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the DJ’s voice on the mic, the music from the speakers, and the sound of people talking and enjoying themselves.  Sounds like a successful bar mitzvah celebration!

March 29th at 11:50pm in my dorm room.  “Domino” by Katy Perry is playing fainting in the background and then my suitemate starts humming and singing to it.  You also hear a shuffling of paper for a few seconds and the tapping sound of a pen or pencil or something of that nature.

1.  March 15th at 11:20 in studio south of WRHU (I was doing my music slot at Hofstra’s radio station.

2. The sounds farthest from me are people talking and laughing outside the studio.

3. The sound at medium range to me is the studio door shutting and someone is writing on the dry erase board outside the studio door. The marker was very squeaky.

4.  The sounds closest to me are my tracker asking me a question and the song playing in the background which was “The Space Between” by the Dave Matthews Band. You can also hear clicking on the computer in the background as I am moving the next song into the selector program on the computer.

5.  It is pretty calm in the studio and quite relaxing.  We are playing what I consider to be good music and my tracker and I are having a good time.

6.  mellow

7.  The sounds that are essential to the environment are obviously the music playing in the background since it is a radio station, my tracker asking me a question about what is going on, and the clicking on the computer.

When I was sitting in my room this morning, I found this song on Youtube. My friend introduced me to this cover band, Boyce Avenue, a few months ago and I really like their music.  It is Katy Perry’s song “Teenage Dream” and I just came across this song today. Boyce Avenue sings it at a slower pace and uses a different voice range when hitting his notes.

1. 2/23/12  4:30pm Hofstra University Special Collections

2. The sound farthest away from me is the computer playing “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston, and the click-clack of a keyboard.

3. The sounds at a medium range from me are the squeaking of a rolling chair turning back and forth and my coworker on the phone with another department.

4. The sounds closest to me are the whirring and printing sounds of the copy machine as it makes multiple copies at a time and the sounds of me cracking my knuckles and sighing from standing for a long time.

5. The general sound level is moderate and the sound activity is steady.

6. This environment can be described as “productive”.

7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the sounds of the copy machine, my coworker on the phone, and the sounds of her keyboard.  These together create the feeling of a busy, productive office.

Thursday, February 16th at 6:20pm – waiting to get a practice room in a hallway at Monroe Hall

A saxophone and a clarinet can be heard.  You can also hear a door being shut at one point.

On February 7th in a practice room during a rehearsal at Monroe Hall…7:15pm

Sounds: Female voices are singing in Hebrew–starts out in unison–then splits into two parts–then into three parts.  At one point you can hear a shuffle of a paper.