My sonic walk went really well. In a way, it was really peaceful, just meandering around campus and listening closely to things I’ve never really paid any attention to. During that time period though, it was pretty difficult to record sounds without also recording people talking without their permission. The way I’d overcome this was if I was passing a group of people talking, I’d gently cover my microphone so you couldn’t make out words, but you could tell that there were voices conversing nearby. At first, I thought maybe I’d go record construction sounds, but as I thought deeper about that I began to wonder how I’d manipulate that sound, or if it would even be picked up by my iPhone microphone. I settled on recording a series of sounds that represented arriving on campus and leaving campus, beginning with the sounds of an elevator ride from the 6th floor to the first floor. I did this three or four times, and each time was different because of other elevator riders stopping at various floors. Next, I recorded the walk from one end of Campus Center to the other, and recorded that walk another 3 or 4 times. My two beginning and end points were the sliding doors by the shuttle drop off and the sliding doors on the 2nd floor that lead to the Wheatley and McCormack buildings. When I was doing this I noticed that if you close your eyes for a second and just listen, its really impossible to make out any one voice or sound. It all seemed to blend together, and reminded me of the background noise they might add in a movie during a scene that takes place in a crowded place. Finally, I recorded the shuttle ride from Campus Center to Bayside parking lot. I only recorded this once, as I had a doctor’s appointment to get to and had already spent too much time recording Campus Center. The thing that struck me the most was how loud everything actually is. We never really notice or appreciate it, but the sound of life happening all around us is loud as hell! That was solidified in my recordings; playing them back over headphones at full volume was like a jumpscare.