{"id":13254,"date":"2012-11-13T12:12:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T12:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=13254"},"modified":"2012-11-13T12:12:50","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T12:12:50","slug":"cardiff-character-ellie-makes-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/11\/13\/cardiff-character-ellie-makes-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff character: Ellie James"},"content":{"rendered":"

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18 year old Ellie James admits she isn\u2019t a typical teenager. \u00a0Having taught herself guitar and beaten off competition to win the accolade of best emerging songwriter at Cardiff Music Festival this October, others might be inclined to agree.<\/p>\n

Ellie, however, takes it all in her stride. Appearing pleasantly pleased by her successes, she seems unaffected by her increasing local celebrity. Despite her musical achievements at such a young age, she remains humble, and insisting that she isn\u2019t especially proud of any of her musical and lyrical talents only highlights her approachable nature.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Ellie, who performs under the stage name Ellie Makes Music, reflects on her musical career with humour. Taking her music but not herself seriously, she recalls the worst moment on stage with laughter; \u201cI was on stage once and I forgot the first line of the song. I kept playing the intro over and over. Luckily my mum was in the audience and she knew the line, so she shouted it at me! Then I remembered the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Music is a passion that her parents fully support, and her mum is particularly encouraging. Admitting to being a major procrastinator, Ellie says it is her mum who steps in if she leaves things until the last minute. \u201cMy mum knows I\u2019m lazy so she pushes me. She says, \u201cI\u2019m your manager so you have to do what I tell you!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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