Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 03/18/2015
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Location: Home studio in Clinton, WA (Whidbey Island)
Notes:
The image accompanying today’s post by Rafael Gomezbarros
03/16/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation
Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 03/16/2015
Instrument: Tenor saxophone / baby grand piano
Location: The music room at the Lakeside School (Seattle, WA)
Notes:
After finishing my teaching day, I found myself alone at the school. It was a beautiful, sunny day today, but despite this my mood was quite low. As I packed up, the afternoon light shone into the room. Kids were playing outside and I was alone with a beautiful baby grand to explore the room with me.
The image “Swans and Swimming Pool” 2014 accompanying today’s post by Maaike Schoorel
03/15/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation
Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 03/15/2015
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Location: Home studio in Clinton, WA (Whidbey Island)
Notes:
The image “Inner City II” accompanying today’s post by David Koloane
03/14/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation
Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 03/14/2015
Instrument: Tenor saxophone / construction crew and machinery
Location: Home studio in Clinton, WA (Whidbey Island)
Notes:
This morning a road crew began working on the road outside my house. There were very few cars or people out this morning and the neighborhood was incredibly quiet before their arrival. The workers came unannounced and within about 10 minutes began busting up the road and paving new cement. The entire process from arrival to leaving took place within about a 30 minute period.
The image accompanying today’s post by Ibrahim Mahama
03/12/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation
Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 03/12/2015
Instrument: Tenor saxophone / piano
Location: Practice Room B at South Whidbey High School (Langley, WA)
Notes:
Today’s improvisation is a continuation of a current theme in my work, which includes a reliance on a very select number of pitches to capture a mood. I recorded this piece between teaching my students this afternoon. I was a in a very melancholic mood and worked to capture this through singing and playing into the reverberant strings of an old upright piano. I used quarter tone fingerings with a three-note motive, and explored the oscillation of my sound in the horn and the piano.
The image Untitled, Hamburg, 2008 accompanying today’s post by Dirk Stewen
