‘Secret’ is Out for NWS’ Corey Perrillioux
Julie Bedford and Genevieve Contey
NOAA Office of Communications
April 22, 2009 — By day, Corey Perrillioux works as a busy logistics management specialist with the NWS National Data Buoy Center at Stennis Space Center, Miss. He is responsible for overseeing property and supplies and acting as facility operations manager. He also manages a hurricane-evacuation shelter.
Corey Perrillioux, a logistics management specialist with the NWS, is enjoying rising success as a recording artist. Photo credit: John Stricklin, South Mississippi Living magazine.
By night, Perrillioux — a singer, guitarist, drummer and accordionist — pursues his music passion, playing songs influenced by an eclectic mix of Cajun, country, rhythm-and-blues, and contemporary rock genres. The Louisiana native has opened for national artists such as Martina McBride and Sammy Kershaw, and just released his debut CD, Your Little Secret.
Although the demands of working full time, and songwriting and performing might be vexing to some, Perrillioux sees music as a creative outlet that gives him balance.
“I don’t consider music a job; it’s more of a fun thing I do to blow off steam,” says Perrillioux. “I welcome the time I have with music because it’s my own escape from the regular stresses of life.”