Trapper Schoepp

In 2016, he signed with Xtra Mile Recordings and has released four albums under his own name: Rangers & Valentines (2016), Bay Beach Amusement Park (2017), and Primetime Illusion (2019).

[2][3] While recovering from the injury, he heard Bob Dylan's song "Hurricane" in the movie of the same name which inspired him to become a musician: "That first A minor chord got my blood pumping.

[6] Schoepp graduated from UWM with a degree in journalism focusing on radio broadcasting and obtained a Certificate in Rock-and-Roll while studying under the late Dr. Martin Jack Rosenblum, who was a music history and literature professor at the University.

The album's name, along with the featured track "Dream", paid tribute to Geo Valentine and Schoepp's former professor Dr. Martin Jack Rosenblum (stage name Holy Ranger), both of whom were influential in developing his music education.

[10] The music video for the song "Settlin' or Sleepin' Around" features Richard Riehle and was shown at the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival.

In 2018, Schoepp wrote music and additional lyrics to the unfinished Bob Dylan song "On, Wisconsin", originally written in 1961.

Sharing a co-writing credit with Dylan, Schoepp recorded the song at Wauwatosa's Wire & Vice studio for his 2019 album Primetime Illusion.

[19] The additional downtime due to the pandemic also meant he could finetune his piano skills, which were featured for the first time on this album.

Nature is something real that I can feel, see, smell and touch, and it's a place where I've found comfort in these times...The pandemic devastated the live music industry but the need to be transported through song remained.

[22] Writing for Rock Cellar magazine, Jeff Slate referred May Day as "a remarkable new album...Classic-sounding, old school pop songs that pack a bigger punch than just about anything currently on the charts".