A J Williams, composer of guitar music

I'm not claiming any great expertise in audio or video recording but I doumented my own process, including the method, the kit and the software, and it might be useful to someone who's thinking of starting a website or YouTube…

Feedspot is an aggregator of online content and puts together searchable lists of top blogs in various areas of special interest.

Imagine my surprise at this very blog appearing in Feedspot’s global top 25 classical guitar blogs.  What’s more, it…

I’m really happy about this: some time ago my friend Kirill Voljanin got in touch with me with an offer.  As well as being a great guitarist and composer, Kirill has high-level experience in Russia as a producer and recording…

My first new piece in ages was recently published by Bergmann Edition.  It’s called “Like The Rain”.  I wrote it as a study for my own use, to tackle one of the many weak spots in my technique: false or…

I had some guitar lessons as a kid, but after school I forgot all about classical guitar and played mostly rhythm guitar on steel strings. 

17 years ago, I had a good classical guitar made for me and it set…

I mentioned in an earlier post that I am enjoying working with the owner of Alba Guitar Beads (www.albaguitarbeads.com) on some collaborative projects.  One of them, which I won’t describe in any detail because it’s still under wraps…

Here’s a plug for a company I really like.  If you haven’t already seen adverts for Alba Guitar Beads, have a look at their website www.albaguitarbeads.com 

You’ll see that in addition to the eponymous beads they do a load…

Earlier this year I took on a project for my publisher, Bergmann Edition.  They had received a submission for publication from Afshin Torabi, an Iranian-born musician and academic currently living and working in Canada.  Afshin is a dedicated scholar and…

I’ve been neglecting of late to update this blog when I post a new video on YouTube.  In fact, I’ve been pretty active re-learning, re-recording and videoing a lot of older pieces.  I’m generally pretty dissatisfied with my own performances…

I’ve added yet another guitar to my collection.  I just couldn’t resist when I saw it advertised on eBay.  It’s a slightly shorter-scale classical guitar built by Jacob Van De Geest in Switzerland in 1969. Van De Geest guitars don’t…