Randy Lyden joined the Reed Music Studios in 1999. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, where he studied piano with Dallas Weekley and Nancy Arganbright and organ with Byron Blackmore. He received his Master of Music degree in organ performance from the University of WisconsinMadison, where he studied with John Chappell Stowe.

He performs regularly on the LaCrosse Lenten Organ Concert series and has been featured as piano soloist with the UW-LaCrosse and Wausau Symphony Orchestras. He has taught piano for over twenty years and also serves as the Director or music and organist/pianist at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in LaCrosse.