07/08/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation



Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project

Date: 07/08/2015
Location: Practice Room B at South Whidbey High School. Langley, WA (Whidbey Island)
Instrument: Tenor saxophone

Notes:

The image âUntitled (Spotlights), Aâ 2013 accompanying todayâs post Sarah Crowner.

07/05/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation



Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project

Date: 07/05/2015
Location: An abandoned building outside of Mount Shasta, CA
Instrument: Tenor saxophone

Notes:

Yesterday Chris Icasiano and I made our way North from Los Angeles and ended up camping in the National Forest at the base of Mount Shasta, CA. This morning we woke early to continue driving back North to our final show in Portland, but before leaving the town I searched for an interesting spot to document. This improvisation took place in an abandoned building just outside of the town. The building contained several rooms, some of which were filled with junk from squatters and old Christmas Trees, and in other rooms hay was scattered on the floor as though itâs occasionally stored there. This piece explored the dead, lack of resonance within the largest of the rooms.

The image accompanying todayâs post was taken within the building after documentation.

07/04/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation


Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project

Date: 07/04/2015
Location: A rose garden adjacent to a sidewalk in Los Angeles, CA
Instrument: Tenor saxophone

Notes:

This improvisation was documented in a Los Angeles neighborhood within a very small rose garden, Iâd say 4 feet wide by 8 feet long. The garden was adjacent to a sidewalk on what looked to actually be city property, though it was clearly cared for by someone with actually personality.

Chris Icasiano and I are on tour with our band Bad Luck. Two days ago my computer and audio recorder were stollen while getting read to load in our gear at after a show in Oakland. I lost several improvisations, including a few documented while on tour. The next day I purchased a new audio recorder and this morning I set out to document as soon as possible.

The image âUnstable Talismanic Rendering 27 (with gratitude to master marbler Dirk Lange)â accompanying todayâs post by Kerstin Bratsch (2014).

Shh...Secret Forest Show July 18th

At 7:30pm on Saturday, July 18th please enter the Ravenna Woods at the Cowen Park entrance, NE 61st and Brooklyn Ave NE. You will be given a gift along the path. The music will start promptly at 8pm and end at dusk, at which time we will exit together.

 Performing tonight are Neil Welch, John Teske, Ivan Arteaga, Greg Campbell, Tom Campbell, Chris Icasiano, Daria Binkowski and Rose Bellini.


At 7:30pm on July 18th, Begin at:
Cowen Park entrance
NE 61st and Brooklyn Ave NE

take a left at the sign, walk downhill

continue on the trail, pass under the bridge

continue across foot bridge

pass the wooden steps on your left

notice the clearing to the left

enter, walk toward the bridge

cross the small stream

take a left into the performance area