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At just twenty years old, Jasmine Rae is a brand new talent with a very exciting future, following her huge win at the 2008 Telstra Road To Tamworth in January. She's quirky, she's funny, she's fresh and, even though she's small in stature, Melbourne-based singer/songwriter, Jasmine Rae has a powerful, professionally-trained voice that is hugely impressive. She has been a performer and writer since she was seven years old, when her poetry was sold at an independent fairy stall. She performed her first original song at eight years old and began vocal training at thirteen. When she was fifteen, Jasmine had the honour of performing at International Womens' Day. In 2004, at sixteen, she was invited to perform with Melbourne's prestigious, brass band, The Moreland City Band. Jasmine took up the opportunity to sing live with “real musicians” and became addicted to the rush of live performance. In 2005, the band made a video clip of their version of the hit track, ‘Killing Me Softly', featuring Jasmine's wonderful vocals, and also performed live-to-air on ABC Radio nationally. It was the same year Jasmine graduated from High School and decided to learn more about making music. At NMIT, where she studied and completed her Advanced Diploma in Music, Jasmine mixed with more of Melbourne's finest musicians and now fully focuses on her career as a vocalist, writer and performer. She first embraced country music in the late 90's after watching country music videos on pay televisio