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Unsigned musicians in Cardiff have been discovered by Open Mic UK unsigned musicians competition as singers took to the stage last weekend. The musician competition has provided industry feedback for the best unsigned music in the region.

Successful auditionees in Cardiff performed at The Coal Exchange in front of a large crowd and the Open Mic UK industry experts. Judges included vocal coaches, music journalists and A&R managers. The singing competition feedback on selected acts can be seen below.

The unsigned musician judges in Cardiff were producer and talent scout Daniel O’Gorman, vocal coach Louise Ryan, Sol Curry from Factory Recording Studios, Christian Bullen from Superstars in the Making, Dean Hill from Exposure Music Awards, and Stuart Slater from Slater Drum School.

Find industry feedback below. Please be aware views expressed by judges are opinions and subjective to that particular judging panel. These views in no way reflect the views of Open Mic UK, and are published with a view to being beneficial to the performing acts. Please take the feedback on board with a view to helping in the future.

Unsigned Musicians Cardiff- Feedback for the 16 and under category

Ella Phillips- Always difficult to open the show and performed quite well. Be secure in your arrangements even though it is great to be original.

Alice Mee-Bishop- Confident and projected well. Think carefully about image to complement vocal style.

Kirsten Osborn- Very elegant, classic look which suited the style. Not sure however it will be enough to compete today but comfortable in your genre.

Nina Jones- Sung securely with mostly well held projection and tone control but aim to develop greater stagecraft and audience connection.

Millianna Cotterell- Could teach the older pro’s a trick or two – very well done indeed! Relaxed into the performance with increasing confidence. One to watch…

Adele Fullick- Not sure about song choice. Lower register not the strongest today. Also watch the excessive ad-libs – try to find your own style and make more use of your nice vocal tone.

Ashleigh Embling- Beautiful voice – have some more training to secure your breath. Also watch leading note lyric placement. Definitely stick at it…

Bibiana Viazzani- Great voice! (Great name too!). Astonishing projection and control at this age. Definitely one for the future and deserves to go through today.   

Caitlin Boulton- Fabulous potential…a comfortable and stylistically individual performance. Would be interested to see a wider repertoire. (Watch ending…!)

Charlea Sheppard- We have mixed feelings about this. Clear ability but (without wishing to be rude) don’t understand the dress.  Some promise shown but didn’t quite work today.

Elena- Really good control and dynamic shape. A difficult song to attempt and you did well…!

Isabella Collins- Really liked the style, contrast and overall context but timing between you both was not there in places. Watch image also. Shame – I wanted this to do well - could be fantastic.

Jessica Eckersall- So much raw talent and promise! You need to stick to it, keep taking the lessons and work on pitching more confidently.

Jessica Chick- Great control, intonation and very original. One of the better acts in this show.

Ruby Bees- Good performance but needs to develop a greater sense of engagement and stage confidence. Definitely top half but not quite enough to go through probably.

Sophie Cotterell- Split the judges – could be very commercially attractive with guidance.  Definitely one of the better ‘performers’.

Talis Eros Mills- Justin Bieber in Cardiff! Really like the image, presence and control. Complete confidence in himself. One to watch…

Unsigned Musicians Cardiff- Further Feedback

Megan Grubb- Great style and image. Like the set up on stage. Just a little work needed on voice though….

Lynette Mutuota- Excellent! This girl has it all. One of the best in show.

Kelsey Noonan- Very likeable and saleable. Needs an edge to go through though…

Jessica Handley- Nice original song (one of the few to attempt an original), but second song was just a fraction out of her vocal range.

Lydia Kate Howells- Love the image and there is a lovely, unique tone to her voice but would suggest training is needed to perfect tone control.  Good enough to go through overall.  

Rebecca Jones- Good original song followed by an original and successful interpretation of someone else’s song. Very good!

Macy Langdon Jones- The whole package – amazing stage confidence the only act to meaningfully achieve audience participation. Wow!

Tom Wright- Would be great on stage in the west end….split the judges but ultimately could do well in his genre.

Gemma Taylor- Powerful, controlled voice. Some stage presence too although you might want to refine the image.  Secure overall.

Atiya- Great voice and loads of promise. Great energy and delivery also. Slight hiccups in cover song and not sure about the original, being honest. One to watch though….

Megan Phelan- Good stage presence – work on vocal training and try to perform with just a little more confidence.

The guest act for the day was Hatty Keane, who treated the crowds to brilliant performances of her upbeat and original music.

Unsigned Musicians Cardiff, Enter Now!

All successful acts at the Cardiff Regional Finals will now be performing in the live Area Final Showcase on 20^th November in Hayes Come along to see the best unsigned talent!

All acts are competing to make it to the Grand Final on January 21^st at Live Fest, London’s biggest indoor festival!

Don’t miss your chance to perform in front on industry professionals! You can enter Open Mic UK now!