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Voices in Watton & Wayland: Turning words into action
Pic: Jade Brown singing with Illusive.
Jade Brown (centre) belts out a tune with Illusive at last year's National Rock and Pop Festival. Credit: Andy Howes
30 May 2003 1354 BST
Jade Brown's diary


Jade Brown is a singer and songwriter who wants to make it as a star.

As she signs off her diary for 大象传媒 Norfolk, the talented teenager tells us of her plans for the summer - but beyond that her future is less certain.
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Listen to Jade's diary: Part 1: Jade says what it's like to be a budding singer

Listen to part 2: Jade tells us how her big meeting went

Listen to part 3: Jade talks about her father's death

Listen to part 4: Meeting Sir Tim Rice

Listen to part 5: Jade talks about her summer plans


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graphic: open quote marks. Hopefully you鈥檒l see my name in lights in ten years. I鈥檒l probably get back to you when things start slowing down a bit. Or maybe fame will beat me to it? I don鈥檛 know. graphic: close quote marks.

- Jade Brown
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3rd May

For the last week I鈥檝e been around my friend Carrie鈥檚 because my parents have been on holiday in Spain.

At school there have been quite a few things happening. The National Youth Festival for Music: we applied to be at one of their gigs and yesterday a letter came through saying that we had got through, which is great.

Also, the Birmingham NEC gig: we did this last year and it was one of our biggest and best performances. They鈥檝e invited us back this year and so hopefully that will be even better.

6th May
My weekend wasn鈥檛 exactly brilliant. I鈥檓 actually grounded at the moment. It鈥檚 not a laughing matter. I disobeyed my mum and lost her trust. I really regret doing that. I won鈥檛 say what I did because it makes me sound terrible. It鈥檚 nothing too bad but I lost my mum鈥檚 trust and I hate that.

On Friday night I worked, Saturday night I baby-sat, Sunday night I stayed at home. So, it hasn鈥檛 been that interesting. But it did make me realise that, however interesting your social life is, it's good to have a sit down and relax.

I鈥檝e been learning about this new computer programme where you sing your songs into the computer and play your songs into the computer through computer files. It then prints them out on a musical score for you. You can also make your own CDs.

It costs a lot of money but I鈥檓 getting supported by the Jacqueline McGee Trust so I can buy this. It's quite expensive and my parents wouldn鈥檛 be able to afford it because I might have to go out and buy a computer to go with it.

I just want to thank the Jacqueline McGee Trust and the Rotary Club in Watton because without their support I wouldn鈥檛 have got very far.

14th May
This is going to be the last time that you hear from me because I鈥檝e been really busy with my GCSE mocks.

What will I be doing in the future? I鈥檓 going to carry on with my job. It鈥檚 going well. I didn鈥檛 think that I would be able to stick a proper job but it looks like I can.

School? I鈥檓 just going to keep on going. I鈥檝e been having some problems recently with sleep, but you鈥檙e teenager, you鈥檙e at high school, it happens. Hopefully in the far future I鈥檇 like to spend more time recording my own music because when I leave Wayland I鈥檓 not going to have Illusive behind me. I just want to say something that I think is really important.

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Graphic: Video icon.Watch Jade's meeting with Sir Tim Rice

If in ten years' time I was one of the richest women in the world, I鈥檇 like it to be because of my music and not my image. But for now I鈥檓 in Watton and I鈥檓 going to keep doing what I鈥檓 doing. Hopefully my musical will get there.

My school, my friends, my family: you can鈥檛 give them any more credit. And my dad, rest in peace, he鈥檚 what got me here and I want to thank him for that. I also want to thank the 大象传媒 for letting me do this because it鈥檚 been an experience for me.

Hopefully you鈥檒l see my name in lights in ten years. I鈥檒l probably get back to you when things start slowing down a bit. Or maybe fame will beat me to it? I don鈥檛 know. Anyway, speak to you soon.

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