Episode 13 - Hope Tala
DESCRIPTION
Hope Tala, the talented British singer-songwriter, shares some fascinating aspects of her journey, and the evolution of her creative process including the influence of her intimate relationship with literature - a major source of her emerging songwriting talent.
SHOW NOTES
02:00 - Hope discusses her time studying English literature at the University of Bristol
03:10 - Hope admits she did music for fun and it was never her career goal. But suddenly, music went from no plan at all to plan A.
03:55 - Discusses the marriage between music, songwriting, and literature. Hope’s talent bloomed when sherealized the lyrics of a song and poem are essentially the same, one just has music behind it.
04:44 - Hope admits her talents wouldn’t be what they are without loads of reading and the exposure to amazing works of literature.
06:42 - Hope’s very particular about the chords in her music. Her sound can be described as 90’s RnB soul mixed with bossa nova.
08:10 - Growing up, the social messages and inherently rebellious nature of HipHop and Rap genres inspired her to challenge norms.
09:43 - Hope also credits, British singer Tracey Thorn’s song Each and Everyone as an empowering source of confidence that helped Hope successfully own her voice.