{"id":3059,"date":"2015-04-11T22:47:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T20:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andreineagu.com\/?p=3059"},"modified":"2015-04-11T23:01:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T21:01:29","slug":"10-minutes-with-trevor-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andreineagu.com\/blog\/10-minutes-with-trevor-james\/","title":{"rendered":"10 minutes with Trevor James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s young, he&#8217;s talented and he&#8217;s gathering a huge fan base on Facebook and YouTube by doing what he loves the most: playing the bass. Meet <strong>Trevor James<\/strong>: an American bass player based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He&#8217;s playing bass covers that he records on the spot in his room. Now almost every young romanian knows about Trevor James and one thing is for sure: he&#8217;s getting viral with every second!<\/p>\n<p>It was just an ordinary Sunday when I discovered Trevor. I was scrolling on Facebook&#8217;s timeline and I saw this cover:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sduyI7kA9gA\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This fellow can handle the bass. I looked him up on the web and I saw that he covered a lot of cool songs from Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson to Omarion, Chris Brown or Tank and yes: Adrian Minune and Florin Salam.<\/p>\n<p>I sat and talked to him and all I can say is that he&#8217;s a genuine guy and a talented musician.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell me a little bit about yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>My name is Trevor James, I&#8217;m 23 and I&#8217;m from Los Angeles California. I&#8217;ve been playing for almost 10 years. Started playing bass when I was 13, had my first gig In front of 3 thousand people when I was 14. Music has always been a part of my life. My dads a singer so I have always grown up around music. I have played with many R&amp;B and gospels and jazz artist in LA. Most recently I put out my first album titled <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/show-time\/id927623708\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Show Time&#8221;<\/a> that&#8217;s out on iTunes right now!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are your musical inspirations?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I have so many music inspirations but I would have to say james brown and Michael Jackson are my inspirations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where would you most like to perform?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I would love to perform in Europe not sure where I would like to but somewhere that many people can come out and watch<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>If you weren\u2019t singing, what would you be doing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If I wasn&#8217;t a musician I would probably be a tennis player. I used to play tennis for a wile and I was nationally ranked. At one time I wanted to try to go pro.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>It was always the bass or..? How did you realize that the bass is your favorite instrument to express yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;ve always loved bass, but started out playing the piano when I was younger but never liked it. I wanted to be a <strong>rock star<\/strong>, so my father bout me a guitar. I was getting better but I always had my eye on playing bass. So freshman year of high school I was in the school jazz band and I over heard the teacher say they needed a bass player and I had an old dusty bass I never could play sitting in my room and I screamed out I can play bass not knowing what I just got myself into but I&#8217;m glad I did and I haven&#8217;t looked back!<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you consider yourself a vocalist as well?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Yes I consider my self a vocalist but I&#8217;m not a crazy singer like Usher or anyone like that but I can hold a note haha.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 tracks in your playlist right now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>That&#8217;s a tough one I don&#8217;t think I have top ten tracks but top ten artist would be Michael Jackson, Kendrick Lamar Chris Brown, James Brown, John Mayer, The Gap Band, Diplo, 2Pac, Snoop Dogg &#038; Jill Scott. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 5 albums in your opinion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Another hard one for me. Just about every Michael Jackson album it really paved the way for so many Pop and R&#038;B artist<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Would you come to Romania to perform?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Yes I would love to come to Romania and perform. Hopefully one day soon!<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>European girls or Americans?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ha ha! I love my American girls but European women have just an amazing vibe and there just different and exotic. So European women! <\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite dish<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Mexican food! I can eat that all the time!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Describe my song (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JG08xHkJ7oI\" target=\"_blank\">The Way She Moves<\/a>\u201d) in 3 words!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Fun. Sexy. Romantic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite song on your album and why do you like it the most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Favorite song on my album would be &#8220;Stay With Me&#8221; because it has a great grove and the lyrics are very passionate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j48QmP8NODg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s a challenge: make a bass cover of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JG08xHkJ7oI\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Way She Moves\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah man! I&#8217;ll do it might not be for a while but I&#8217;ll get to it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JG08xHkJ7oI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s young, he&#8217;s talented and he&#8217;s gathering a huge fan base on Facebook and YouTube by doing what he loves the most: playing the bass. Meet Trevor James: an American bass player based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He&#8217;s playing bass covers that he records on the spot in his room. Now almost every young romanian knows about Trevor James and one thing is for sure: he&#8217;s getting viral with every second! It was just an ordinary Sunday when I discovered Trevor. I was scrolling on Facebook&#8217;s timeline and I saw this cover: This fellow can handle the bass. I looked him up on the web and I saw that he covered a lot of cool songs from Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson to Omarion, Chris Brown or Tank and yes: Adrian Minune and Florin Salam. I sat and talked to him and all I can say is that he&#8217;s a genuine guy and a talented musician. Tell me a little bit about yourself My name is Trevor James, I&#8217;m 23 and I&#8217;m from Los Angeles California. I&#8217;ve been playing for almost 10 years. 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