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Where Are They Now... Kasey Truman
10/12/2009 2:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer
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DURHAM, N.C. – During her formative years in California and soccer-playing days at Duke, Kasey Truman always had music in the back of her mind and a song in her heart.
What she needed was time to write, a place to play and an audience to listen.
Now back closer to home, living in Los Angeles, Truman has found that niche. She's in her sixth year with Chop Shop Music Supervision, helping select tunes for movies and TV shows. In off hours, she writes songs, sings and plays guitar in her own band.
With a melodic voice, Truman is on stage, on YouTube, on a website – deerheartmusic.com – and in the spotlight playing “alternative country.”
At age 30 she has reached two of her early goals, performing in Hotel Cafe and Troubadour, where Elton John held his first concert this year.
“I need to make new goals now,'' said Truman, who wants to record a full album and do mini tours, but noted that her regular job doesn't lend itself to long-term traveling.
West Coast cool, creative and competitive, Truman started writing songs five years ago and has turned out more than 30. Four have been released, including “Oh So Safe” that played on the TV show, “Numbers.”
Here is a sample of the lyrics:
“Walking down the street I hear your voice;
It's calling me; it's haunting me
“Well, did you think you really didn't have a choice
but to come with me, take a chance with me;
“You live your life, oh so safe....”
She also got considerable response from “Breakdown,” which was featured on TV's “Gossip Girls.” Tune in on a few lines.
“I saw you; you saw me;
That's when I needed you; You needed me;
...”I thought forever we'd always be...It seems we fit
so perfectly...”
Coach's Approval
Truman, a second-team All-ACC soccer player in 1999, received a positive review from her Duke coach, Bill Hempen.
“I've seen her on YouTube; it's good; I'm proud of her,'' said Hempen, currently the women's coach at Colorado.
Truman spends the majority of her time analyzing songs, determining which music might best fit the TV shows that hire Chop Shop Supervision to help with the selections.
The company chose music for movies “New Moon” and “Twilight.” In the television world, “Grey's Anatomy,” “Private Practice,” “Flash Forward” and “Mad Men” -- winner of multiple awards -- are among the shows Truman and associates helped tune up, so to speak.
“We work with producers and writers and help figure out the music feel shows should have,'' Truman explained. “It's [rewarding] finding a band and having an influence on getting it on TV.”
The Athlete
Growing up in California, Truman was introduced to music by her mother, who took her to a concert.
“I've always loved music; it's been my passion,'' she said.
But in high school at Sierra Madre, Calif., Truman placed singing on the backburner. She concentrated chiefly on academics and athletics, starring in soccer, softball and volleyball.
While a teenager, she attended a summer soccer camp at Duke, impressed coaches, and was recruited. What the Blue Devils got was a versatile, high energy player and leader nicknamed “Jumpy,” who played with abandon and didn't mind getting grass stains on her shorts.
Truman started the first three years, but missed her senior season due to knee surgeries.
Before adversity struck, the 5-8 captain left her mark. She was Duke's second-leading scorer with 17 points as a junior and earned a spot on the All-ACC second-team.
Her career resume included several All-Tournament honors as well as five game-winning goals. Funny, but the shot she remembers most was with her head, not her foot, and it wasn't the decisive point.
“We were playing Wake Forest my junior year,'' Truman recalled. “We were tied 1-1. We had a direct kick and I headed the ball in. They tied the game 2-2, then we won 3-2 in overtime. That was a highlight -- scoring a goal with my head.”
Listed as a defender, Truman played every position but goalie, according to Hempen, and was selected one of the team captains three times.
“The kid would do anything to succeed,'' he said. “If you ask her to play a position she was unfamiliar with, it was no problem. It was just another challenge for her. She was a leader.”
The Duke experience, the academic and athletic challenge, helped prepare Truman for the competitive work place.
“You automatically have to be focused and driven, self motivated,'' she said of meeting the demands of a student-athlete at Duke. “Succeeding in that environment, you [go out] and say: 'Oh, I can do this.' College and soccer gave me an incredible depth of experience for my life now.”
Truman earned a degree in psychology, added a master's in sports psychology from Cal-State Fullerton, and considered going for a Ph.D.
Instead, she heard the sound of music and pursued that profession with passion.
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