Following up on a FRSH KPT SCRT alumni from last October,
Chicago-based singer/songwriter/jazz trumpeter Sam Trump
returns w/ his debut music video for the song, “Daydreaming.”
The title track from his forthcoming album w/ TxE producer,
G_Force (aka Calvin Valentine) -
the song is the public’s first preview of the full-length album
which we all hope will make good on the promise of his earlier EP.
Recorded in just over a week in G_Force’s home studio in SE Portland last summer,
the Daydreaming album shows both artists stepping up their respective games,
venturing just slightly out side of their natural comfort zones
to form an interesting new sound that combines both of their own known styles,
but also breaks some new ground for each other as well.
While simultaneously holding down successful stints in numerous groups -
including the live multi-genre band, Sidewalk Chalk,
the Chicago x Oregon rap conglomerate, Fang Tshida (more on them coming soon),
& a handful of others -
its good to see that Sam is still pushing thru as a solo artist as well,
w/ “Daydreaming” being just another well-placed step towards his surely bright future.
In what started out as G_Force chopping old up an old soul sample
& leaving it looped in a Donuts-esque fashion,
Sam wrote to the beat in Chicago
before flying out for the recording sessions in PRTLND,
at which they both agreed that the track needed something different.
So G_ started to play an organ over the loop
& they decided to go with the more organic/”less is more” approach,
keeping the new chords & taking out the original sample altogether.
Shot on location in Pittsburgh, PA -
the clip for “Daydreaming” is unfortunately ripe w/ R&B video clichés galore,
including about a dozen sing-reaches & pointing motions towards the camera
& at least one way over-the-top pillow grab during the performance scene,
but it is well shot & definitely does get the point across
that Sam Trump is a name to remember in 2012.
You can view the video for yourself
& download Sam’s self-released EP for free all below.
yo that was hot. good job all around