Field Recording #3

Location: Calkins Quad

Sounds Heard:

  • Sirens
  • Birds Chirping
  • Revving of an engine
  • Audible sigh
  • Human inhaling
  • Jangling keychain
  • People talking
  • Short scream/holler
  • Rustling of papers/notebook
  • General street traffic
  • Phone being moved

Journal Entry #12

1) 4/25/2013, 4:40PM, by Calkins Hall

2) The sound of someone’s suitcase (or something on wheels) being dragged across the sidewalks. People chatting

3) More people chatting closer, someone hitting their bag/backpack against another person (making a “thud”)

4) Someone rustling as they try to get comfortable and sleep on the quad, my own rustling as I adjust my position, more and more idle chattering, a couple of yawns here and there

5) The general sound level is rather low but there is a lot of activity

6) Passings

7) The “thud” from the bag/backpack, the suitcase or like object being rolled around, the rustling of people adjusting their positions