Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 07/28/2015
Location: Thornton Creek House. Seattle, WA
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Notes:
The image “Sky Backdrop” (2013) accompanying today’s post by Alex Israel.
07/24/2015 (Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation)
Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 07/24/2015
Location: Thornton Creek House. Seattle, WA
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Notes:
I recorded this improvisation early this morning on the small bridge that spans the width of Thornton Creek, a tiny creek that intersects my yard and is located about 50 feet from my house. The occasional high pitched thumping that can be heard was from a small plastic bucket that would gently bob against the bridge as I played.
The image accompany today’s post show the creek beside my house, taken from the small bridge where I recorded this piece
07/21/2015 (Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation)
Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 07/21/2015
Location: Thornton Creek House. Seattle, WA
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Notes:
The image “Night Fishing” (1993) accompanying today’s post by Peter Doig
07/20/2015 (Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation)
Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 07/20/2015
Location: Thornton Creek House. Seattle, WA
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Notes:
As has been the case for weeks on end, this afternoon the heat is blistering with temperatures well into the 80’s. I decided to record a piece that utilized a small fan which I pulled from my window sill and placed up against my bell. During this improvisation I explored opening closing keys on my horn to adjust the pitch of the fan, pitches which resonated inside my horn.
The image accompanying today’s post shows the fan used during this improvisation.
07/18/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation
Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project
Date: 07/18/2015
Location: The Ravenna Woods at the annual Secret Forest Show. Seattle, WA
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Notes:
Today is the Secret Forest Show, the annual performance which takes place deep in the woods inside Ravenna Park. This concert is staged each year as a collaborative event between bassist/composer John Teske and myself. This improvisation explored the deconstruction of my instrument in which I explored the horn in its fully constructed form, and eventually began pulling apart the instrumentâfirst taking off the neck, then the mouthpiece, leaving finally just my voice itself.
The image accompanying today’s post taken from the pictorial directions that led listeners to the site of the Secret Forest Show performance.