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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

Non-fiction Book
May 2012
I've been very hard at work on a non-fiction book for the last couple years, having spent most of 2011 writing what I now call “source material” (sort of like research) from which the book will be derived. That was over 200k words, which is a lot, and it was great to be done with that phase.

This year I'm steadily and quickly writing the final book, and with some previous draft material being used, am over 100k words already. Length might be...
Album Update
May 2012
With Chase Breedlove onboard as vocalist, work on the Z-Order debut has resumed. Most of the backing tracks were recorded by early 2011, but some new songs were added this year as part of turning the project into a concept album. The story centers on cyber bullying, lack of communication, drugs, child molestation, suicide, and rebirth. We don't want to be too "heavy" subject-wise so I've been kind of subtle with lyrics, but I'm excited to be touching on...
Z-Order Singer Revealed
May 2012
We're pleased to announce Chase Breedlove of Atlanta as the new Z-Order singer! He brings good lyric and melody writing chops along with his very cool voice, which you will soon hear for yourselves. And he's been great to work with.

I'd like to thank all the people who auditioned or helped out, especially Sean Peck of Cage, who forwarded tons of guys my way. Many were good but I was being really picky, and you know the right voice for your band when...
New Singer
March 2012
After nearly a year of searching, Z-Order finally has a new singer! We've been working on vocal lines and lyric ideas for remaining songs and are hoping to hit the studio soon. His voice is an excellent fit for the music and has a great metal edge to it.

There was some minor drama earlier this year as the guy who backed out late last year said he could do the album. Suddenly I had two singers to choose from, but I'm confidant I made the right choice.
Acoustic Songs
May 9, 2012 3:25 PM
Lately I've been recording another round of acoustic guitar instrumentals for a possible follow-up to Serenade of Strings, but this began as a pet project. I have a lot of old acoustic guitar songs that are of mixed quality. I mean that parts of the songs were great but others not so much. It's because I was less experienced and didn't know classical theory, so I struggled to finish a song with ideas that were...
Instrumental Rock and $$$
May 9, 2012 3:09 PM
While Z-Order was looking for a singer, I recorded tons of existing instrumental rock songs, with me doing all the parts now that I'm a decent drummer. At least one album is ready for release, actually, except that all the money to mix, master, manufacture, distribute, and promote is reserved for the Z-Order debut (which was supposed to be my 5th album). It's unfortunate that these things cost so much. It's always...
Concept Album?
March 5, 2012 9:09 PM
The new singer and I are working turning Z-Order's debut album into a concept album. This was suggested by some of the existing songs, as I've got one about losing faith in religious or political leaders, another about giving into demons, another about no one listening to someone in need of help, another about suicide, and one about moving on from things. The first singer was very opposed to the idea so I dropped it, but...
Recording Heaven
March 5, 2012 8:17 PM
I've been really bad about writing blogs again, but it's partly because I've been recording so much music for the past year. Six days a week I'm recording guitar, bass, or drums here at the house. I've recorded several albums worth of instrumentals and just have to decide when to release things. That always costs money, which I happen to be short on for multiple album releases: Z-Order and Randy Ellefson albums...