The sound you hear in this journal was just me finishing up my essay for an assignment due tomorrow. I wanted to finish it downstairs as I was tired of being crammed up in my room all day. That is why you hear a lot of noises beyond the typing as I was finishing my work in the loudest and most common section of the house. The voices you hear in some parts of the recording was actually my dad and sister changing the lightbulb in the kitchen. Other sounds you heard were me getting up to get a glass of water and walking back to my station. Other sounds that you heard were a few coughs as well as the refreshing sound you make after a nice sip of cold water. Although this was only a 2 minute clip it's crazy to see how many different sounds are around us at all times.

Sound Journal 1

Since this weeks theme was city, I decided to record my drive back from the gym with my friend (that's the voice you hear me saying bye to in the beginning of the video). When I think of city sounds my mind goes straight to late night drives, with the windows down and the wind straight to my face. That is mostly what you hear in this audio clip, me driving my car, the subtle wind outside and if you listen closely the raindrops hitting the windshield. You can also depict from this audio that I am quite a fast driver, as you can hear the engine revving up in certain parts of the audio. That to me is the beauty of driving in the city at night as there are not a lot of cars so you do kind of get to let loose. Usually I play music in the car but today I decided not to as I wanted to emphasize the outside noises that were present.

Sound Journal #2

In this weeks Journal, I was confused how I would make a recording that captures the essence of both Language and Music, but when I was going on a drive today to get food an idea came to be. This recording today was essentially just me skipping through radio stations to find a good song, but when you listen further you see I go beyond just English songs. Being of Indian descent I grew up listening to not a lot of songs of my culture (Hindi and Punjabi music), and I was mostly into rap and pop english songs. But as I grew up I kind of got more into it which is why you see me switching between English and Hindi songs (something you would never see me doing years ago). I realized that since music is so important to me, it wouldn't hurt to broaden my horizons and appreciate music across other languages as well.

Sound Journal #3

I think out of all the sound journals thus far this has to be my favourite, and it is ironic as it was the easiest to think of and make. For the theme of nature/non-human I decided to ride my bike to the creek near my house. In the creek there is a big lake where a lot of ducks and geese are present. It is also a popular hotspot for walks. As I approached the lake I just put my phone down and let nature make the sounds for me. I tried my best to not make any sounds as I wanted to follow the non-human aspect but around the 1:10 mark you see a man coming up to me and talking about how beautiful nature is, as he saw me sitting and watching the geese and the lake. Although this weeks theme fades away from humans I thought it was kind of perfect when that person came up to me as it really highlights how beautiful our Earth is and how us humans must try our best to preserve this beauty

Sound Journal #4

When joining this course, I had no idea what I was in for as I come from the accounting world at Brock so I didn't think I had what it takes to be in this class. That is why I struggled with what I wanted to create for this assignment. Then I thought I'd create something people could relate to and that is social anxiety. I struggle with it a lot so I basically created what it's like in the mind of a socially anxious person. In this audio, I wanted listeners to imagine the cycle of thoughts that go through a person with this disorder. Here is a recording of someone at a public setting seemingly doing okay, until he lets his thoughts and fear kick in. You see the person go through a hypersensitive state of freaking out, then them going to a state of silence and telling themselves they are fine. It results to them finding a place of inner peace which is out in the nature. Using audacity I was able to merge the sounds of me whistling and mimicking birds sounds into the sound of actual birds in nature. The audio ends with the person back in the right mind space in the public setting and that's when the cycle starts all over again. With this audio I don't want listeners to be uncomfortable and give them any sort of eerie feeling, but really just wanting them to understand what it is like in the mind of a socially anxious person.

Injot Nijjar