Back in 2007, during the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Swing 41 played an intimate set at Tranquebar, a cozy library cafe near Nyhavn. The audience was right up close, and I placed a Zoom field recorder just in front of us to capture the energy of the performance. Listening back now, one thing stands out – […]
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A Moment caught in time – Swing 41 Live at Tranquebar
Posted in live jazz, Peter Williams, Swing 41 on February 21, 2025 | Comments Off on A Moment caught in time – Swing 41 Live at Tranquebar
Jazzy Shorts – A Duo Album, A Moment in Time
Posted in jazz, Jazzy Shorts, Peter Williams, tagged Hard Bop, jazz, Vibraphone on February 15, 2025 | Comments Off on Jazzy Shorts – A Duo Album, A Moment in Time
Back in 2013, life was changing fast. My girlfriend and I were expecting our daughter, and between the excitement and sleepless nights of early parenthood, I found myself composing. The result was Jazzy Shorts—a collection of intimate, duo jazz pieces with my dear friend Jakob Svensson on vibraphone. We recorded it simply: live takes, no […]
The Story of Swing 41’s Only Album
Posted in Peter Williams on February 9, 2025 | Comments Off on The Story of Swing 41’s Only Album
In 2008, the rhythm guitarists of Swing 41—a Danish gypsy jazz quartet—reached out to me after their bassist left. They needed someone to fill in, and I happily stepped up. After playing a few gigs together, I suggested we record a demo. Rather than booking expensive sessions, we kept things simple: a mix of live […]
DAD – Digitally Active Drum
Posted in Peter Williams, Peter's Lab, tagged Digital Musical Instruments, DMI, New Instruments for Musical Expression, NIME, Pervasive Computing on September 15, 2017 | Comments Off on DAD – Digitally Active Drum
The first few seconds of this video are deliberately black screened. Do not adjust your television set. Over the passed several years, miniturisation in electronics has resulted in the ability to move computing from the desktop or laptop computer and position processing power and sensors directly within interactive objects. This concept or phenomenon is sometimes […]
Guthman Competition
Posted in Peter Williams, Peter's Lab on February 1, 2017 | Comments Off on Guthman Competition
I’m proud to be appearing at the Guthman Competetion in Atlanta this year. From commercial products to imaginative stringed instruments to a contraption that allows a fetus to make music, this year’s competition pushes the boundaries of soundscapes and musical design. I will be playing an augmented version of a medieval string instrument that I designed […]
Speech Feature Extraction
Posted in Peter Williams, Peter's Lab on February 10, 2016 | Comments Off on Speech Feature Extraction
For this project I designed an audio based computer game. The player controls the environment with their voice. The Pure Data patch that I wrote is able to distinguish between various vocal sounds. SSSSSSSS ZZZZZZZZ Open vowels Hard constanants These four sounds were used to drive an external physical model of a D.C. motor. Saying […]
Move your hips!
Posted in Peter Williams, Peter's Lab on January 10, 2016 | Comments Off on Move your hips!
How movement affects audience perception In this experiment I set out to determine if musicians can sell themselves more convincingly, just by moving a bit more. It turns out it’s true. it may be obvious on an intuitive level, but obtaining proof is another matter! You can download the full report here:Â PeceptionCognitionPeterWilliamsMP
The Awesome ACPAD
Posted in Music Equipment, Peter Williams, tagged ACPAD, Future Man, NIME, Roy Wooten on June 18, 2015 | Comments Off on The Awesome ACPAD
ACPAD – This new interface for musical expression looks like a great deal of fun. In fact it is very similar to an idea I had recently had, and was considering mounting to my short scale bass guitar. I eventually decided to put that bass up for sale and watch an episode of Star Trek […]
3D sound
Posted in Peter Williams on May 28, 2015 | Comments Off on 3D sound
Earphones may be able to truly record 3d sound. Innovation or just a good press release? At the very least the idea here is not a new one. It is a concept that dates back to the very first days of recording with microphones. http://www.wired.com/2015/05/earphones-may-able-record-truly-3-d-audio/?mbid=social_twitter
Music is the language of love
Posted in Peter Williams on May 23, 2015 | Comments Off on Music is the language of love
Also for spiders According to this study, we can perhaps thank spiders for figuring out that learning to play an instrument is the best way to get the ladies: Spiders strum on leaves for love
