02/15/2015 (Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation)

Neil Welch, Continuous Resonance Project
Date: 02/15/2015
Location: Home studio in Clinton, WA (Whidbey Island)
Instrument: Tenor saxophone / goat toenail shaker

Notes:

To create this piece I shoved a goat toenail shaker into my bell. This created a wonderfully muted sound in the lower register while I played. I decided to use slap tonguing to accentuate this mute quality, and I would occasionally interrupt the expected sound profile by reaching into my bell with my right hand and shake the goat nails.

The “Moon Stick” accompanying today’s post by Daniel Barreto

02/10/2015 (Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation)

Neil Welch, Continuous Resonance Project
Date: 02/10/2015
Location: The orchestra room at Chief Sealth High School. Seattle, WA
Instrument: Tenor saxophone

Notes:

I recorded this improvisation in the middle of a sea of steel drums, maybe 25 or so, which I found waiting for me in the orchestra room between students today.

The image “Hour House is My World” (2011) accompanying today’s post by Markus Linnenbrink.