Episode 03 - Elder Sister Plumb - Tanya Semple

Singer-songwriter and recording artist Elder Sister Plum talks about how she realized as a teen-ager that while none of the traditional career paths made any sense to her – but music always did. What do you do if you’re a musician and you make a mistake during a song onstage? What does it mean to be a professional musician? And what’s it like for a young musician trying to make a living from music today? In this episode of Staccato, Elder Sister Plum answers these questions based on her own experience and from what she learned from an Artist Development Course at Seneca College. Elder Sister Plum talks about the reality check offered by her college instructor: “If you want to be independent musicians – you’re going to be broke, so here’s how you can use an SM58 (microphone) and your crappy laptop and you’re living in your basement apartment and this is how you record like that.” We’ll hear her describe her song-writing process and extraordinary effort to apply to play at fifty different music festival venues. She also shares the unique challenges - but also the ultimately rewarding experiences of playing live music to an audience. And we’ll also play a haunting track from her latest album: ‘At The Edge of The Woods.’ Elder Sister Plum - her music will hook you in and keep you entranced!