Live and Unsigned Music Competition Auditions Take Dewsbury By Storm!

Sunday 9th January saw the UK’s biggest original music competition, Live and Unsigned arrive at Dewsbury Town Hall. Over 200 auditionees battled it out for a place in the Regional Final Showcase, the atmosphere was electric with nerves turned up to 10 and talent ramped up to 11! Bands such as Cherry Picasso, Dan Audio and Redwire to name but a few, caught the eyes of the judges, with Solo acts through to the Regionals including Mark Otway, Sarah Dean and Bazzz Man.

Please see below for selected Judges feedback from the day – Views expressed by Judges are opinions and subjective to that particular Judge panel. These views in no way reflect the views of Live and Unsigned, but are published with a view to being beneficial to the performing acts, so they may take feedback onboard with a view to helping them.

Chasing Dragons – set the standard for the day – really tight performance, engaging front man, rest of the band need to work on increasing stage presence

Cherry Picasso - bass and drums tight, good energy with another good front person - a refreshing, retro feel

Dan Audio - had good energy, good image with a nice bass groove - every member of the band was an asset

Arizona Bay - great voice and very tight

Paul Mason - didn’t sing with enough passion and could benefit from a more careful song choice

Brutal Dynamics - improving all the time but work on timings, performance and could be a real force

Raymonics - nice concept, all singing with an infectious smile on their face, good chemistry but watch vocals as off key at times

Bazzz Man – intense, maybe a bit too intense, but a good song which was nicely played on the keys

Izzy Thomas - nice version of cover, but will need to work on original material for the finals

Massachist - good bass and drum work but more energy please!

AKA - nice to see him enjoying himself, played with a smile and a nice song but needs to just get a bit tighter - a real prospect

Wayne Dawson - good song choice and good vocally, needs to perform more as lacks confidence

Lila Hutchinson - really great voice but more performance and practice required to improve confidence

Marc Otway - great original material and really fun voice

Lockin - one of the best harder bands of the day, love the music breaks

Gomery - was a bit forced and deliberate with a decent voice, but not very marketable so perhaps look into that aspect

Littlemores - good to see a band singing in a regional accent, sax and trombone worked well. Good unit and good front man

One Day Remains - front man was good and a well written song

Paula Ryan - not a full enough sound, pleasant none-the-less

Soundsphere - great harmonies, need to word on annunciation – couldn’t decipher lyrics

Keon - awesome image and great vocal technique

Stairwell 17 - vocals were good, performance needs more energy

Ryder - good drummer, but as a band do not stand out enough

Sarah Palmer – nice, mellow vocal - a few points were slightly off but overall good performance

Redwire - amazing these guys rock, exactly what Live and Unsigned is about