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Discography

Serenade of Strings (2010)
Seventeen acoustic guitar instrumentals of layered, shimmering texture and melody. More relaxing than a massage!

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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 riffs, big melodies, and over the top solos!

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The Firebard (2004)
Ten energetic instrumental rock songs with 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."
- BW&BK Magazine

New Albums Streaming!
September 2010
Every track from both of the new albums, Serenade of Strings and The Lost Art, are now available for streaming right here at www.randyellefson.com! Now every song I've released can be heard in its entirety so you know exactly what's on that CD you're ordering! Please have a listen - it's the whole reason I do this!
Album Info Released!
August 2010
Full track listings, cover art, credits, and most importantly, some mp3s of the Serenade of Strings and The Lost Art albums are now available exclusively here at www.randyellefson.com! Serenade of Strings features a rare performance of "Dee" by Randy Rhoads but is otherwise all original music, half written before tendonitis and half after. It also includes the only classical guitar piece I ever wrote, "Fantasia Etude", which I recently finished writing the tablature for and will be posting online here...
Site Updates
August 2010
A number of updates were made to the site recently, including alternate photos from the album photo shoots. I also replaced the twitter widget that didn't work in some browsers and the mp3 player that didn't work in others. The biographies have been updated along with new Frequently Asked Questions. Have a look around the site!
Release Dates Known!
August 2010
The release date for both Serenade of Strings and The Lost Art is scheduled for September 14th, 2010, with full streaming audio coming in the next month! Both albums will be available here (CDs and mp3 downloads) and at the usual online stores. Please have a listen to the free mp3s available to all site visitors.
New Recordings
July 3, 2010 9:35 PM
Over the past month, new drummer James Goetz and I have been working on drums tracks for new material. Actually some of the songs are quite old but still hold up, while some songs are former instrumentals to which I've added lyrics. Most of the songs are new, though.

I feel more like a real engineer, or even a producer, when recording someone else performing. Technically I get both credits all the time anyway, sometimes sharing the engineering one...
New Drummer?
March 13, 2010 8:28 AM
About a month ago, I bought an electronic drumkit by Roland and have started playing drums myself here in the studio. I doubt I'm the new drummer on my projects, but you never know! I seem to be learning fast and it's a lot of fun. Jeff should never have let me do a bit of drums and all the percussion on the acoustic album. It whet my appetite!

I bought these for the studio so we can record drums whenever we want instead of...
Studio Move
March 13, 2010 8:55 AM
For the past few weeks, I've been moving the studio within the house. This was brought on by intending to regularly use a microphone now. I never needed to do that until the acoustic guitar album, when I took over my guest room here because it's the only room quiet enough. The temporary arrangement is becoming permanent now, due in part to recording a singer now, too, plus wanting to record acoustic whenever...
Classical Guitar
February 20, 2010 4:13 PM
While I haven't quite returned to classical guitar, I've recently come as close as ever since 1996. After finishing my classical guitar degree, I recorded nearly 20 of the pieces at home. Four of these were a guitar and flute sonata. In the last week, I learned all the flute parts on classical guitar and recorded them on the same guitar as the actual guitar part, recorded in 1995! This was fun, challenging, and turned out better...