Location: Wall St. & Broadway, NY City
Sounds: Talking, footsteps, cars
Tag Archives: walking
Journal Entry #4
1- 4/10/24 – 12:35 – Tables outside of Bits ‘n’ Bytes
2- People talking on the other side of the quad, cars driving down the turnpike, shuffled steps on the concrete.
3- Birds chirping, someone’s heels clacking on the cement as they walk, leaves rustling in the wind, someone’s keys jangling as they walk.
4- My friend typing at the computer next to me, an airplane flying overhead, someone laughing at the table next to me, the ice in my drink shifting as I pick it up and take a sip, the sound of someone’s skateboard as they skate by my table.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity – Sound level: low and quiet; Sound activity: relatively high, there are a lot of different noises and sounds outside.
6- Peaceful.
7- The birds, the ambience voices throughout the quad, and the steps and general movement of the people passing by.
Field Recording #3
Location: Bits & Bytes
Sounds Heard: People talking at other tables, beeping of items being scanned at the register, me putting my metal water bottle down, people walking/shuffling around the space, laughing
Journal Entry 3
- 03/08/2023 – 1:55 PM – Outside of the Graduate Residence Hall
Far away: The Hofstra Shuttle moving around, footsteps
Medium: Very windy, some cars driving, someone locking their car with the alarm
Closest: Birds, the gardeners trimming the grass and collecting shavings in garbage bags
The sound level is medium.
Descriptor: Tranquil
The essential sounds are: the soft footsteps, the wind, and the gardeners.
Field Recording #2
Location: Hofstra’s Unispan
Sounds: Clothing rubbing together, distant and closer cars moving, engines sputtering, footsteps, light key jingling.
Field Recording #8
Location: Walking to my bedroom in my house.
Sounds heard: My footsteps, stairs creaking, setting laptop down, door creaking, door closing & chair rolling.
Field Recording #3
Sounds Heard: Footsteps, someone rolling a backpack on the floor, breathing
Field Recording #1 – Ferguson
Location: Inside of Pennsylvania Station
Sounds In Clip: People talking with others (and occasionally making other noises) throughout the station; People walking up the steps in order to exit the station; Someone rolling their luggage across the floor
Spring?
Location: Outside of Vander Poel 4/7/18 around 6pm
Sounds heard: Birds chirping, my footsteps on grass, cars passing by in the Vander Poel parking lot and on Oak Street
Field Recording
Location: My dorm room in the Netherlands.
Sounds: Writing with a pen, coughing, cars driving down the street