Live Music Showcase At Hayes Regional Final-Feedback

The Regional final live music showcase in Hayes, took place as The Beck Theatre welcomed the best of unsigned talent for MusicRadar Live and Unsigned Regional Final of this year’s Competition.  The Beck Theatre in Hayes provided a good start to the London and South West region, with guest acts Fdot1 and Paradise Point  headlining the three showcases. 

Judges presiding over the Hayes’ Regional Final included BBC Radio Six DJ Chris Hawkins, Anita McDonald from Vivace Music Company, Kiki Militsis from ICMP, Iain Baker from NME radio, Rob Palmer from Vocal tutor and Stuart Slater from Slater Drum School.

Well done to all the acts for putting on a great show! Credit goes especially the few who made it through to the Live Area Final shows and the London and South West Area Final on Sunday 15^th May 2011 at The Beck Theatre, Hayes www.becktheatre.org.uk

Find below feedback for the day. Please be aware 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 bands and singers who performed. So please take the feedback onboard with a view to helping.

Final 1

James Oldfield - shy but charming, tough to open the show, but obviously experienced with such a confident performance, keep your eyes open to connect with the audience more

Honeyray!!! – jazzy voice, would love to hear a ‘non-clubby’ track, nice tone to the voice, watch the tuning on vibrato, work on dynamics of your performance to keep audience interest. Otherwise good stage presence

Brendan Mills - great confident delivery, really nice soulful voice. Brave performance using such a combination of sounds, beat boxing needs to be kept clean and steady, style performed didn’t match the image, making the rap seem out of place

David Cattermole – nice style, warm likable voice, connect with your audience more by keeping your eyes open. Work on the dynamics of your overall performance

Ally and the Katz - raw and unpolished, lots of fun, great energy coming from the singer would have worked better if other musicians in the forefront matched this. Needs some work on the band’s overall image

Gaya – great voice and connected well to the song,would be nice to hear her with a full band, needs to work on mic techniques and vocal dynamics

Iain Mussett – great voice and presence, liked what you did with your cover, very confident and assured, was nice to see him enjoy his performance

Irmani Blue - strong style, nice rapping very energetic and dynamic performance. Try to incorporate more singing into the act.

The Cheek of Her - good energy from the band, but a little disjointed, need to gel with each other more. Musically together, but physically seemed very separate

Nike Jemiyo – Kings of Leon cover really worked. Lovely voice with great vocal control and use of dynamics, looks happy to be on the stage and great audience interaction

Phoebo – engaging, expressive voice, good stage presence, should have moved away from the keys for song two

Maefield Setting - vocals need more power as not punchy enough to get the vibe across, they owned the stage as a band great attitude

Rasia Anne Joseph – work on intonation in vocals, careful with your mic technique, need to work on confidence and audience engagement, nice song

Sam Brett – gorgeous voice, very enjoyable performance with a seamless integration of cover. Will do well

Shaima Mirza – vocals need some work on tuning and intonation. There is potential!

Svetlana – Interesting eclectic style, with lots of emotion throughout the performance. Nice original song and a nice strong voice, work on image

The Conversation – some people breathe music... the lead singer was really impressive. Great overall energy, very talented musicians for a band so young

The Lone Groover – vocals were delivered with fire and passion, a really energetic performance, good take on cover a bit more polish and would be awesome

Steph Dunn – great image, good audience communication, nerves showed through the voice to start with, tone down the vocal embellishments, overall a good performance

Karen Grace Band – great interpretation, really tight band and great harmonies. Lead singer has a very strong voice. Wow!

Final 2

Riia Montana – Confident looked very much at home on the stage, very passionate with her music, great original mix on the performance, a bit more work and will be a force to reckon with

Sophie Griffin – sassy, lots of attitude and confidence, great expression. Good use of space on stage, good eye contact and interaction with the audience

Ajelown – Original, atmospheric, polished act. Good voice, impressive beat boxing, confident performance; sing out to the audience at times to involve them

Allan Rose – Song needed more expression and to put his own stamp on it, managed to pick up lyrics after a slight technical issue, odd choice of tune, would have been better with a bigger sound

Armani – can definitely whip up a crowd, fun and easy going, and great stage presence, potential is there

Caroline Leiroz – first song would benefit from more production but second song being totally different worked well, sweet voice, but the act needs more thought about more

Charlie James – nice soulful voice interesting guitar lines, captivating performance. Really good image, nice tone, just watch the tuning doesn’t slip when you give it that relaxed feel

Charlie Law – great dynamics and expression on the1st song, very touching performance. A slight pause between the two songs would have worked better to let the essence of the emotion settle before smashing into the second one

Edward Griffith – nice original, cover sounded too rushed, interesting cover, good confidence. Songs need more variation in tempo as a bit samey

Base Mosquito – great mix of sounds matched by an interesting fun visual impact, full on impressive performance, amazing female vocals

Elektric – lit up the stage, wonderful voice and original, very enjoyable to watch very catchy tune, great overall charisma

Steve Peralta – voice is technically great but needs to reach the crowd more, good look, and a strong performance

Kristina Lao – lovely voice, her enjoying the performance, makes it all more engaging, great vocal command with beautiful and sensitive delivery, just needs a bit more originality

Mark Crofts – really a master of his craft, voice and guitar worked well together, good energy, needs to find his own ‘stamp’

Omen – relaxed and confident, interaction with crowd, nice flow of music, work on overall iamge

QUAISS AKA AK – confident with a swagger in his step, well delivered, good energy and stage presence, nearly there!

Ross Bennett – he sang with a smile on his face – always good to see. Lovely delivery of second song, watch the guitar tuning

Post Me to The Stars – tight, powerful band, committed and have a lot of energy. Smashed it!

Teka Manuel – good powerful performance, need to gain more confidence, work on vocal and performance dynamics

RoShamBo – fantastic groove, music was tight, very fluid and funky

Final 3

Silverbox – great opening to the show, lovely lead guitarists, good sound, front man’s energy was solid. Overall a great band

Lev G & D.A – good expression, worked well together, a gelled performance, work on image so you can stand out more as artists. Good audience interaction

2 Badda - great energy, loved the original track, good performance. You keep coming back and you get better and better

Chigurh – best drumming all night, try to avoid over complication, which puts pressure on the guitarist. Good sound from a three piece band, vocals need a bit more strength and control but good potential

Cryptic - good communication with the audience, quick changes were a bit risky should concentrate on a smaller area of the stage for the majority of the performance

Colour Dawn – you really looked like a team on stage, great cover of ‘baby one more time’ merged from your original, tight band, unified and polished performance, work on audience interaction and you’ll be there

Nevaeh – good image and stage work, but need to spend time on vocals, as was pitchy in places

Mister Blaize – great performance, you got the crowd on your side, very energetic,

OT Lindo – fearless performance, interesting chord progressions transferring from one song to the other

Omar – confident performance, and good choice of cover that didn’t shadow your original. Really enjoyed the communication with the audience

TwiG – interesting performance,love the original, a very accessible performance

Polaris Condition – good cover which integrated well with your original, musically tight

Sam Mayo – really energetic performance and vocal, glad to see you are building a fan base, good solid performance

The Enticing Ideas – great energy and brilliant original song

Ashley Dawes – very engaging performance, good stage presence and great fun, original, liked your style

Fried Squirrel – a very accomplished performance. Just need to work on audience communication. Great bass and drum sound, very original band

For those acts who didn’t get through the Regional Finals, don’t forget to use your Wildcard! All acts have been given a Wildcard in the form of a national public vote. There are two places up for grabs and just two weeks to make your mark, so keep an eye out on the website and get voting for one of those last Area Final spots!

If you’d like to come along to see some of the bands and acts that made it through to the London and South West final it’s on Sunday 15^th May 2011 at the Beck Theatre, Hayes go to the Live and Unsigned website to purchase tickets with the following link; http://www.liveandunsigned.uk.com/live_shows