The walk to the performance space takes about 15 minutes at a leisurely pace. After the performance, the audience and musicians will walk out as a group, flashlights are encouraged. Pictorial directions to the site are below.


















Neil Welch, Continuous Resonance Project
Date: 08/06/2014
Location: Home studio in Clinton, WA (Whidbey Island)
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Performed acoustically with the use of circular breathing.
The image “Wild Edible Drawing # 6” (1990) accompanying today’s post by John Cage. The image is “handmade paper of mulberry, burdock, hibiscus stems, barley, hijiki, and clover.”
Neil Welch, Continuous Resonance Project
Date: 07/30/2014
Location: Home studio in Clinton, WA (Whidbey Island)
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Performed acoustically
The image “Children” (1967) accompanying today’s post by Meredith Monk.
Notes:
This improvisation was quickly developed and recorded after reading about the current atrocities being committed in the Middle East between the Israelis and Palestinians. I was particularly horrified by the images and spoken accounts of the grossly disproportionate number of Palestinian casualties in the conflict.
Neil Welch, Continuous Resonance Project
Date: 07/26/2014
Location: Home studio in Clinton, WA (Whidbey Island)
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Performed acoustically
The image “Flag” (1988) accompanying today’s post by Roman Signer
Notes:
During this improvisation I used a trumpet harmon mute, which was placed inside the bell of my horn and allowed to resonate and shake.
Neil Welch, Continuous Resonance Project
Date: 07/23/2014
Location: Home studio in Clinton, WA (Whidbey Island)
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Performed acoustically
The image image “Untitled (Divided) I” (2004) accompanying today’s post by Barnaby Furnas.
Notes:
During this improvisation I used a harmon mute inside my bell and played at a very low dynamic level. The use of continuos tonguing with the lower “bell key” fingerings such as Low C, B, and Bb while using the harmon mute is a sound concept I’ve explored a few times in recordings over the past year or so. This is yet another step towards uncovering new mysteries.
-Neil