soundwalk

I have the advantage of working in a restaurant where noise is always prevalent. I decided to analyze the sound that occurs in the restaurant because we seldom recognize it while working but the sound is everywhere. I was able to take a few moments off waitressing to analyze what sounds where going on around me that I never pay attention too. In the background I could hear a faint song, "I'm coming out" playing on the radio. I could also hear the bussers speaking to each other in spanish, but I couldn't make out what they were saying. In the background I could also make sounds of the ac and noise from the outside street. In the foreground I heard people asking waiters for ketchup, mustard etc. I also paid more attention to the demands the waiters were making to the kitchen, bar, etc and the questions asked by the waiters while serving to the cutomers. In the foreground you can also here the banging of different kitchen appliances the dropping of different types of glassware.
It was really interesting to analyze sound through this exercise because I also paid attention to the clinging of silverware, cups, the tapping of glasses, the stacking of trays. Before doing an experiment like this you tend not to allow yourself or ignore those sounds, but with hearing those sounds you understand why the restaurant is the way it is. Those types of sounds make the landmark all the more adjustible and you tend to take advantage of the situation.