Field Recording #5

Location: a kitchen in student housing

Sounds Heard:

  • AC Unit
  • Running water
  • Ceramic dish being placed on the drying rack
  • Water movement(swirling and splashing)
  • Facet being turned off
  • Change in water pressure/setting(water jet)
  • Water going down the drain

Field Recording #1

Location: Bathroom

Identifiable Sounds: Bathroom light being turned on, air ventilation system, running water, rubbing of soapy hands together under the faucet, wiping hands on a towel, bathroom light being turned off, air ventilation system shutting off

Journal Entry

  1. 4/5/17, 6 PM, Getting my haircut at the Hofstra salon
  2. Farthest sound: Woman talking on phone outside
  3. Medium: Brush sounds/folding foil from woman getting her hair dyed, running water in sink, cabinets opening and closing, 2 hairdryers on high
  4. Closest: Woman talking next to me, hairdresser talking to me, comb running through hair, scissors snipping
  5. Medium sound level
  6. Relaxed
  7. Talking, hairdryer, scissors snipping, cabinets closing, running water in sink, comb in hair