Daniel Walzer, Ph.D.

I will be releasing a new album of material in a few weeks. It’s based on hours of field recordings taken around Indiana and repurposed into instrumental music. Looking forward to sharing it with everyone.

A bit of personal news to share now that it's official. I am taking over as the Editor for the Music-Business-Industry (MBI) section for College Music Society's Symposium Journal. I've long supported CMS's vision and look forward to building a body of engaged scholarship in the coming years.

Game Soundtrack Creation: A Primer for Creating Music and Sound Assets in the K-12 Classroom - Daniel Walzer, 2025 The global popularity of video games offers valuable opportunities for music educators to enhance student learning through projects focused on creating music an...

I'm pleased to share a new publication on creating music and sound assets for games in the Journal of General Music Education. Link is below. Please let me know if you'd like a PDF to read. Happy to share. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Maine sure is pretty.

Great week of music coding. We had 30 kids this summer across two different sessions. Grateful to my team for their hard work. Lots of fun supporting STEAM creativity.

My graduate certificate in Learning Science, Media, and Technology from IU Bloomington arrived today. Very happy.

Onboarding really should require a module on how to use the reply all feature responsibly.

It's 2003 all over again.

Journal article accepted. Grateful.

Higher education is currently in a state of flux and our institution is no different. It's hard to predict where things will be in the coming years but I will do my part to make this corner of the world a better place. Thank you again.

I'm grateful to share that the IU Board of Trustees voted to approve my application for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Music Technology. It's been a long road and I'm deeply appreciative for the support I've received from colleagues, family, students, and reviewers.

Musical coding camp. 17 creative kids!

The Music Technology Academy is back for a fourth year beginning next Monday. We'll be hosting 17 (!) kiddos in grades K-5 on our campus. They'll learn about music technology, basic coding, and creativity for a week. We'll host a second group in July. It's always fun if not a little hectic.

ElectraSketches, by Daniel Walzer 4 track album

My newest project ElectraSketches is now available on Bandcamp and major streaming platforms. danielwalzer.bandcamp.com/album/electr...

Under Trump, National Science Foundation Cuts Off All Funding to Scientists National Science Foundation staff were told to freeze outgoing funding days after NSF leadership introduced a new policy that requires that grants be screened for “alignment with agency priorities”

I'll never understand how people voted for this. www.scientificamerican.com/article/unde...

Since October, my research team and I have been offering an after school music coding program at a local community center once per week. It has been a rewarding experience. We'll wrap up that program next week and tomorrow a couple of our students are sharing at the local IUI student symposium.

I’m appalled by what’s happening to the NSF and NIH. The realignment and cancellation of funding directly impacts the work I do alongside countless others. Working as co-PI on an NSF AISL grant remains one of my favorite projects. I’ve been trying to get another one for the past few years. Gutted.

It’s confirmed. I’ll graduate next month with a graduate certificate in Learning Science, Media, and Technology from IU Bloomington and transfer into the M.Ed program this summer.

I recently purchased a new to me used car. I enjoy driving it but it's become clear that there were lots of maintenance issues that were overlooked. The upside is that I've been able to do a lot of writing and grading while waiting for various repairs. Not cheap, but I guess there's an upside.

Productive day of writing. Article draft completed! Need to clean up references and then submit. Good progress.

I recently joined the Editorial team of the Journal of Music, Technology & Education. I've long admired the journal and am excited to work with great colleagues I admire. I think an official announcement will be coming in the near future.

Solidarity. Received grant funding in January and finally getting the time to piece together the required elements. Rollout is this fall.

Spring break is meant for wrangling IRB protocols, right? Asking for a friend.

Nice to get an article accepted. Never gets old.

Journal article submitted. Now to wait.

A wonderful profile of friend and collaborator Mariana Lopez. Please check it out. @marianajlopez.bsky.social

All great resources!

Nice to present some updates on our musical coding work at the Suncoast Music Education Symposium today. Always a pleasure to hear what others are doing and get feedback on our project.

Scratch, Code.org, Soundtrap, and Chrome Music Lab.

After school musical coding for grades K-5.