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Discography

Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid (2007)
Ten kick-ass, soaring, intense, instrumental rock/metal songs with crunchy riffs, big melodies, and over the top solos! Crank it up!

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The Firebard (2004)
Powerful, intricate, and energetic, these ten instrumental metal/rock songs have sweeping melodies, killer riffs, and shred solos!

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"Buoyant, melodic, and fresh with vitality, Ellefson's playing is an inspiration all over this intimate, personable, rocking album."
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Story Soon Published
July 2008
A story completed late last year is due to be published at Bewildering Stories, an ezine, though the date is unannounced. The story, 'The Insultalon', is a bizarre commentary on the willingness of some people to insult others as if they will be rewarded for doing so. It's not the usual fantasy I write and is so weird I wasn't sure it would ever get published. Aside from my guitar articles, this will be my first published effort!

An update will be posted once I know more.
Seventh Son Concert
July 2008
My Iron Maiden tribute band, Seventh Son, has its first show booked on Friday, October 3rd, 10pm, at Mac's the Club east of Baltimore. Dave DeMarco, who played bass on the last album, is in the band, as is my live rhythm guitarist, James, making this the closest to a Randy Ellefson concert you might see! Please come out and see us. You can also buy my CDs in person at the show, and this will be a killer time!
New Song Released
April 2008
I've released another demo recording this month! This time the song is "The Gift", an all-acoustic guitar piece that will appear on the next album due to be recorded in a professional studio this summer (unlike this demo, recorded at home). The unnamed album will be all acoustic guitars, 6-string, 12-string, and nylon (classical), plus percussion and acoustic bass. To this end I've got a new acoustic guitar on order, even though my current black one sounds great and I may still use it in the studio.

"The Gift" has a somewhat Spanish...
New Band!
March 2008
Fans of my music will no doubt not be surprised to learn Iron Maiden is one of my favorite bands, so when Dave DeMarco, who played bass on the Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid album, told me last year that he was forming an Iron Maiden tribute band and needed another guitarist, I jumped at the chance. Rehearsals started last year and we quickly reached the two hour mark of songs at the ready. Now we're just searching for a first venue to get started. We're focusing on the first seven albums, which is why we're called Seventh Son...
R.I.P. Floyd
August 3, 2008 8:40 PM
My beloved cat Floyd died this morning after 3 months of battling heart disease (see the Terminally Ill blog). I found him around 7:45 this morning when I got up. He wasn't on the bed like usual, purring for food, or in the hallway outside. I got worried and my fears were soon confirmed.

We are very sad and the house seems so quiet without this constant happy, purry, friendly presence. He liked to be around us and even followed us from room to room, making his absence easy to notice now. It will take a long time
A Touch of Evil
July 30, 2008 4:30 PM
My house has become the place where hardware goes to die, and the latest casualty is my music computer, which is currently dead and awaiting resurrection. Two weeks ago, I had just finished recording all riffs and bass on a tune and was firing up another when it dropped dead. I didn't lose anything at least, but I haven't been able to record since and was planning to bang out a bunch of riffs on rock songs I've had laying around.

The problem now is there's little sense in rebuilding the OS drive...
Working Away
May 8, 2008 4:05 PM
I know the website's been quiet this year, but that's usually a sign I'm busy behind the scenes. I've finished four stories for The Tales this year (about 15,000 words) and at least four acoustic pieces, with significant work done on others. I think the album is mostly ready to go. There are a few sort of "optional" songs I thought to add and will see what I can do to finish them. Due to the situation with Floyd (see the "Terminally Ill" blog), I can't afford recording until at least September, so I have time...
Terminally Ill
May 8, 2008 3:42 PM
I learned a month ago that a beloved member of my family is terminally ill. My almost five-year old Turkish Angora cat, Floyd, has heart disease and has been given 3-6 months to live. We were completely shocked, as he seemed perfectly healthy until I came home from work one Monday to find him breathing hard, like fluid was in his lungs. I could hear it from five feet away. I took him to the vet at once and within an hour he was admitted to a special hospital. I got the first warning of how serious it was when someone literally came...