Album Notes

Ballurio released his first music compilation called "Musica Ambiens" in late 1989. The recording contained ten songs and was a combination of new age and rock, a music genre he called "Composite Music". It was during this early exploration of music that he became fascinated with instrumental music, which became the emphasis of his song writing. Ballurio believes it is easier to write a song that imparts a particular emotion when using voice, after all it is the dominant way we, as humans, communicate. He finds that the ability to relate emotion without words using only music is an exciting challenge for any songwriter.

In 1997 Ballurio began work on his second compilation and focused on an instrumental exploration of guitar rock from the perspective of melody and orchestrated guitar. He constructed his first studio where he spent a number of years pulling wires and laying tracks, and by June of 2000 mastering had started, by September the CD was in production. The CD, Spider Dance, debuted November 2000.

Ballurio's latest project was approached from the complete CD perspective, creating a CD that was more than the sum of it parts. More progressive than Spider Dance, In The Machine is rock music that captures the emotions stemming from modern day life and society. The nine tracks of In The Machine move Ballurio's music into new territory, exposing his skills as artist, songwriter and guitarist. The music is both lyrical and hard, edgy and subtle, a blend of many musical genres wrapped in a progressive rock framework. The CD In The Machine debuted October 2002.