Coury Palermo

I apologize for silence.  I am slowly returning to normal.  Glad to be home and finally back behind the keys.  Here is a blog I typed on my phone August 12th while trying to wrap my head around the recent chaos that was CA.  I hope this finds you well and content to be alive [...]

Floor to ceiling windows and the excitement of my new latitude pry my eyes from sleep – up with the sun.  Today I decided to ignore the fight and made my way to the street below.  There is nothing like being completely alone – where no one knows your name and every step forces you [...]

Writing with a stranger is like making love to someone for the first time.  The end result can be a combination of torturous elation or regretful horror.  At least with sex there is some instinctual warning that, whether followed or not, supplies clear perspective as to the outcome of said debauchery.  With songwriting it’s all [...]

Morning flight to LA – off for several weeks of writing, recording & meetings.  This trip’s been in the works for quiet some time.  Originally set for much earlier in the year – for once I’m thankful for the delay. When it’s not right we know it but we still press ahead – selfish to [...]

Today I sit at my regular spot – headphones pressed tightly against my head – the reflective sounds of “LeaveTaking” chasing me from reality.  Rain, the distant sight – steady and yet somehow still.  It is a day like no other.  As I recently wrote, “nothing ventured, nothing discovered” – I find myself with new [...]