Books, peer-reviewed articles, and conference papers on improvisation, virtuosity, machine listening, music technology, and music technology pedagogy. Full texts are linked where available.

Book

Kaiser, Jeff, and Gregory Taylor. Building Live Loopers in Max. Technophony, 2026.

Journal articles

Kaiser, Jeff. “Developing a Curiosity-Centered Pedagogy for Music Technology.” Journal of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction, vol. 5, no. 1, 2025.

Kaiser, Jeff. “The Automation of Surprise: Improvisation, Controlled Hallucinations, and the Predictive Mind.” Ideas Sónicas, CMMAS, 2024.

Kaiser, Jeff. “Improvising Technology, Constructing Virtuosity.” Cuadernos de Música, Artes Visuales y Artes Escénicas, 2018.

Conference papers and proceedings

Kaiser, Jeff, and Gregory Taylor. “Building Loopers: A Pedagogical Framework for Teaching Creative Software Design Through Iterative Tool Construction in Max, gen~, and RNBO.” International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Conference Proceedings, Hamburg, DE, 2026.

Kaiser, Jeff. “The Death of ‘Industry Standard.’” Breaking Barriers in Audio, Audio Engineering Society, Conference Proceedings, 2025.

Kaiser, Jeff. “Developing a Pedagogy and Framework for the Analysis of Contemporary Electronic Music.” International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Conference Proceedings, Boston, 2025.

Kaiser, Jeff, and David Borgo. “Configurin(g) KaiBorg: Interactivity, Ideology, and Agency in Electro-Acoustic Improvised Music.” Beyond the Centres: Musical Avant-Gardes Since 1950, Conference Proceedings, Thessaloniki, 2010.

Kaiser, Jeff. “How I Lost 150 lbs. Thanks to Max/MSP!” Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts, Conference Proceedings, University of Minnesota, 2007.