11/21/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation

Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project

Date: 11/21/2015
Location: Thornton Creek House. Seattle, WA
Instrument: Tenor saxophone/Chest beating

Notes:

During this improvisation I explored beating my chest while playing, or chest beating on its own. The beating helped to alter the pitch stability while I played but also added a natural textural element to the sound spectrum. A component of improvisation is also the ambient noise of Thornton Creek, as heard from my winder, and slight melodic overtones from tv music off in the living room of the house.

The image accompany the post today by Anne De Vries.

11/18/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation

Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project

Date: 11/18/2015
Location: Thornton Creek House. Seattle, WA
Instrument: Tenor saxophone

Notes:

This improvisation made use of a variety of multiphonics, each of which contained a unique, complex web of harmonic color and wave length oscillation. These multiphonics were then set against one another to create varying layers of color.

The image accompany the post today by Josh Sender

11/16/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation.

Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project

Date: 11/16/2015
Location: The bathroom in my childhood home. Edmonds, WA
Instrument: Tenor saxophone

Notes:

During this improvisation I was interested in exploring bending, peeling, pulsating textures in quarter-tones and tempered turning, all with an underpinning of a blues-link feel.

The image accompany the post today by Drew Nikonowicz.

11/09/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation (documented on Bad Luck US tour) Billings, MT

Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project

Date: 11/09/2015
Location: A small room in Billings, Montana
Instrument: Tenor saxophone

Notes: (Documented while traveling in the Fall, 2015 Bad Luck duo national tour)

*In the spirit of creating work within a series, in this case a collection of work drawn from experiences on the road, all improvisations I documented during the fall Bad Luck duo US/Canada tour are accompanied by images from Pierre Alechinsky paintings.*

The image accompany the post today, Pavan One Thousand Regrets by Pierre Alechinsky, from the portfolio Pencil on Shell.

11/08/2015 Continuous Resonance Solo Improvisation (documented on Bad Luck US tour) Billings, MT

Neil Welch Continuous Resonance Solo Project

Date: 11/08/2015
Location: A small room in Billings, Montana
Instrument: Tenor saxophone

Notes: (Documented while traveling in the Fall, 2015 Bad Luck duo national tour)

I was fortunate to stay for 3 nights in Billings, Montana in the home of friends of ours. I had a comfortable space in which to sit, think, sleep and practice. This improvisation was documented towards the end of a long practice session.

*In the spirit of creating work within a series, in this case a collection of work drawn from experiences on the road, all improvisations I documented during the fall Bad Luck duo US/Canada tour are accompanied by images from Pierre Alechinsky paintings.*

The image accompany the post today, Pavan One Thousand Regrets by Pierre Alechinsky, from the portfolio Pencil on Shell.