TEC Workshop, Teaching Creative Software Design

June 26-28, 2023 I was fortunate to lead three days of workshops at Tecnológico de Monterrey (via Zoom) with the team of music technology professors from across multiple campuses. It was a fantastic eight hours each …

My Work in an Art Show…

My work will be part of an art show at the UCM Art Gallery in the UCM Art Center… “The University of Central Missouri Art Center Galleries has announced two exhibitions, “The Faculty Show” and “Continues …

Student Resources

Resources for Students of Jeff KaiserThis page created by Dr. Jeff Kaiser for use in his classes. If you need a letter of recommendation, please click here and follow the instructions. If you are looking for …

Research Presentations

Research Presentations (Invited) January 2023, Missouri Music Educators Association. Presented “Hands-On Digital Audio Workstations:Teaching with free and/or inexpensive software.” September 30, 2022, Guest speaker to the Minnesota College and University Council for Music on the development …

Resource: Music Technology, Pedagogy, Equity

My pedagogy project, Why Reaper?, is dedicated to providing music technology educational resources, pedagogical insights on equity in the music tech education world, and tutorials and other resources focused on teaching with professional tools that are …

Book: Loopers: Aesthetics, Technologies, and Creative Practitioners

"Our Lady of the Blessed Tape Loop" by Jeff Kaiser. Photograph of a loop he used in the early 80s.

Authors:Jeff Kaiser and Gregory Taylor In process. Do you use repetition as part of your creative practice? We want (and need) your input, including: professional and amateur musician/sound artists and developers of hardware and software. Please …

Article: How I lost 150 lbs. thanks to Max/MSP!

[Note: This is an older paper that pre-dates my PhD studies. It catches the mood of the time when composers and performers in certain arenas were viewed as necessarily categorically distinct. Thankfully, not so much now.] …

New video, “Ode to a Spy Balloon, Part 1”

Ode to a Spy Balloon

A new oddity from me, “Ode to a Spy Balloon (Part 1)” features me playing balloons while generative software plays a foley footstep sample library. I don’t know why I did this one, but it was …

The Choir Boys with Choir – MOXsonic 2023

The Choir Boys (Jeff Kaiser and Andrew Pask) premiere a new concert length work for, The Choir Boys with Choir, featuring the UCM Concert Choir under the direction of Jackson Thomas. Originally intended to be performed at MOXsonic …