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Discography

Serenade of Strings (2010)
Seventeen acoustic guitar instrumentals of layered parts, melody, and counterpart.

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The Lost Art (2010)
Eighteen classical guitar pieces, including Bach, Villa-Lobos, and Tarrega, recorded in 1995 before tendonitis took away this playing forever.

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Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid (2007)
Ten instrumental rock songs with crunchy, energetic, melodic riffs and over the top solos!

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The Firebard (2004)
The debut album of instrumental rock that put Rand on the map, this disc set the tone for his energetic songs with big melodies 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."
- BW&BK Magazine

Introducing Z-Order!
Novemeber 2011
After much consideration, I've finally decided that the vocal album will not be the 5th Randy Ellefson release, but the debut album by a new band, Z-Order. Bassist Dave DeMarco and drummer James Goetz round out the backing band while we're still searching for a replacement singer. Z-Order's website, for now, is at ReverbNation (Z-Order official site), where you can hear demos and sign up for breaking news...
Singer Woes
Novemeber 2011
Well, just when I was about to announce the new singer's identity, something has happened. He had to quit this week because he has had something pretty serious come up and which will dominate his life for the next 6-18 months, so he doesn't have time to get it done. I wish him the best of luck!

This means the vocal album is once again held up while a search resumes. I honestly don't know when this will get done now but it will eventually get out. In the meantime, I will probably release...

Album Update!
October 2011
All of the backing tracks for the 5th album have been recorded and the vocals are slated to be finished by year's end. Much of the album has been mixed as well, so I'm hoping for an early 2012 release. The tracklisting and title are set and will also be revealed soon, but I have to decide if one song will be a bonus held off the release.

Like most artists, I avoid classifying my music, but it does help for marketing. The new album fits the new term New Wave Of Traditional Heavy...

Singer Change!
October 2011
The 5th album is to be the first with vocals, but I suffered a major setback recently when the singer suddenly quit. I'll chalk it up to both musical and personal differences. This is the reason you only see me, Dave (bass), and James (drums) in the new photos.

After a difficult search, I found a new singer who is well known and is significantly better all-around, with a stronger voice, incredible range, who is a better collaborator, and who better matches the rest of the band and...

A Tale of Two Bands
November 14, 2011 9:58 PM
A very long time ago, I always wanted to be in a twin-guitar metal band like all my favorites: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Accept, and most of the big 80s metal bands. That was the style of band I put together after high school, but it didn't last long (though some of the songs have held up and are about to see the light of day on Z-Order's debut).

For lots of reasons, I got into doing instrumentals...

Recording Frenzy!
October 12, 2011 10:48 PM
There's been a tremendous amount of recording done this year on more than just the 5th album, but I find myself keeping the various projects secret for one reason or another. As usual, my lack of updates in not an indication nothing is happening, but the opposite - that I'm so busy writing and recording that I don't give updates except via twitter (@RandyEllefson).

Since my guitar parts for the 5th album...

Drumming Mania
July 4, 2011 9:20 AM
In the past two months, I've recorded the drums on over a dozen songs, but what's new about this is that I'm the one playing the kit! Early in 2010, I bought the Roland V-drums for use on the new album, but I’d always wanted to play and did so for about two months. While tendonitis seldom affects me much anymore, it’s always there, a fact I was reminded of when I got carried away and overdid it. After...
Update Conundrum
July 4, 2011 9:16 AM
I just realized I haven't updated news and blogs in six months! I think what's happening is that I do Twitter updates all the time and this gives me the impression I've done real news updates.

Then there's the question of what constitutes actual news. This year I've recorded myself playing drums to over a dozen songs for later albums, then edited...