Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 06/11/2015
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Location: Practice Room B at South Whidbey High School. Langley, WA (Whidbey Island)
Catalogue #: 06112015
Notes:
The image “Debuggin’ DNA Origami” (2013) accompanying today’s post by Shane Hope.
Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 06/10/2015
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Location: Thornton Creek house. Seattle, WA
Catalogue #: 06102015
Notes:
The image accompanying today’s post by Carl Stromer.
Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 06/04/2015
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Location: Thornton Creek house. Seattle, WA
Catalogue #: 06042015
Notes:
This improvisation was documented after reflection on the work and artistic contributions of the great sound master John Coltrane.
The image “Untitled from Oh God, He Said, Talking to a Tree” (2006-08) accompanying today’s post by Walid Raad.
Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 06/03/2015
Instrument: Tenor saxophone / upright piano
Location: Practice Room B at South Whidbey High School. Langley, WA (Whidbey Island)
Catalogue #: 06032015
Notes:
This improvisation was recorded by playing into an old upright piano with the guts exposed. Outside the room about 50 feet away a mass of graduating seniors with their friends and family enjoyed a barbecue.
The image “Magic Flute: Dove, state VIII” (2007) accompanying today’s post by William Kentridge
Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 06/02/2015
Instrument: Tenor saxophone / Concert bass drum
Location: Band room at Chief Sealth High School. Seattle, WA
Catalogue #: 06022015
Notes:
Between teaching students this morning I found myself with a spare half hour of uninterrupted time. An incredibly large concert bass drum called me to action. I placed my mic behind one of the drum heads and explored the color of this instrument as well as my own. The booming hits were created by smacking my horn against the drum head, and the metallic swirls of sound were cause by rubbing the tip my horn’s bell against the head while gently blowing into the horn.
The image “Skidmore” 2013 accompanying today’s post by Ryan Oakes and Trevor Oakes.
