Possible World by Norm Ballinger

In August of 2022 I went into Roost Studio to record some demos of a half dozen songs. I had no intention of making an album. Jimmy's enthusiasm for the tracks had me thinking I might finish a few tracks for release. But things got rolling, so I brought a few more songs in and did some collaboration with Michael and Joanna, which rolled over into 2023. When I went to see Mo Pair, his wife Bianca, and Emilie Clepper perform at The Purple Bee Studios in January, Emilie offered to record with me. I didn't have a song of my own to record with her, so I wrote A Perfect Master, which we did in one session while her son, Jack, entertained himself with a stuffed monkey Jimmy had given him. By then, it became The Project. I was most fortunate to have Mo Pair play recorder on A Perfect Master as well as well as bass on several tunes. Chris Searles, though incredibly busy with his Biodiversity project, very generously came in and gave us a whole palate of percussive grooves and textures to work with. I was feeling lucky, so I figured I'd ask Oliver Steck to contribute and, man, I'm so glad he brought his accordion!


Special thanks to: Peggy Kelley, RJ Oehler, Cat Brown, Janet Brooks, Emily Fordyce, Lorinda Robb, Gretchen Janzow, and Thais Perkins at Reverie Books.

Started out playing bars and coffee houses around Akron and Cleveland, Ohio in the mid-70's. Moved to Houston in 1977 - was a good time to be a musician in Houston. Learned carpentry alongside songwriting and both have been life savers, though making a living as a songwriter is tough. I won't quit.