‘County inspired my CD’ (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

‘County inspired my CD’

7:29pm Monday 21st June 2010

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A music-loving Bradford Council officer has recorded a collection of tunes inspired by Yorkshire.

The Colours of Yorkshire CD by saxophone player David Wilson, the authority’s cultural programmes manager, features ‘sound sculptures’ to reflect the mood at Haworth, Oxenhope, Saltaire, Pen-y-ghent, Robin Hood’s Bay and Whitby.

Mr Wilson, who has completed a four year degree in culture and regeneration at Bradford University, said: “As a bit of relief from my study I have been trying to get out into the countryside.

“I like to put how I see and feel about a place in music. Haworth is always cold to me, there’s a cold edge to it, it’s on the moors. So the music reflects that. It’s in A flat minor, which is a mysterious sounding key.

“Saltaire by contrast is very upbeat, it’s quite bohemian, you get a lot of artists there. The track about Robin Hood’s Bay is very mellow, it’s a beautiful place to unwind.

“If someone was to visit those places and wanted to take something away with them they might take a photo or a postcard or the sound that sums up the place.”

Mr Wilson, a member of a band called 3 Men and a Bass, is looking to release the CD, which he composed and recorded at home.

He also hopes to send a copy to Antony Gormley as he took part in the sculptor’s fourth plinth art project in London’s Trafalgar Square last year.