ALBUM:
Don't Give Up
TAYLOR USED:
410
SONG CLIPS:
Daddy
28k | 56K
Perfect Care
28k | 56K
CONTACT INFO:
P.O. Box 305
Long Lake, MN 55356
E-mail:
janieplante @msn .com
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Don't Give Up is the realization of a lifelong musical dream for Janie Plante, a wife, mom, and singer-songwriter, whose budding musical aspirations had become a
back-burner avocation behind the priorities of marriage and momhood. As a child, Plante was a precocious music study, who sang, wrote lyrics, and learned both piano
and guitar. When she received her first acoustic axe at 10, Plante skipped "House of the Rising Sun" and went straight to a note-perfect rendition of the Beatles'
"Mother Nature's Son". By age 16, she was teaching guitar; performing at school concerts, weddings, and other social functions; and writing songs to vent her
teenage emotions. She joined a country-rock band at 18, and hit the road. It was a tremendous life experience, she says, that fueled her desire to record an album
of originals. But her life path eventually diverted her down the wedding aisle, to a home in the Midwest, and into the maternity ward (recently for the fourth time).
In her free time, she continued her piano, voice and guitar pursuits, writing frequently and performing at church and other private functions. Suddenly, it seemed,
age 40 was upon her, and that album hadn't yet materialized. Her husband Chuck and several close friends decided to surprise her for her 40th birthday with the
guitar of her fantasies, a Taylor 410, and it catalyzed her dream. Tragically, only a month later, her best friend and a fellow musician (who had helped purchase
her 410) suddenly passed away, making Plante's goal "passionately paramount".
Plante says Don't Give Up is a composite of two decades of songwriting. Much of the album's material is underscored by her Christian beliefs, and explores such
issues as manic depression ("Don't Give Up"), stillbirth ("Another Place"), and the loss of a parent ("Daddy"). She also shows a knack for children's songs on
"Awesome Ocean", a tune she wrote to coincide with her local primary school's annual "Sea" theme. She enlisted the singing talents of the local school's
kindergarten and first grade classes to create a background chorus for the song. Plante handles vocals, acoustic guitar, and keyboards on Don't Give Up, and
sounds like she enjoyed every minute of it.
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