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Previous winners include Birdy!

Live Music in Surrey and North Hampshire took to the stage last weekend for Open Mic UK live music competition. The live music contest has provided industry feedback for the best unsigned musicians in the region.

Successful auditionees in Surrey and North Hampshire performed their music live at The Princes Hall, Aldershot 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.

Judging the live music in Surrey and North Hampshire were Dan Hornsea from Garrison FM, Louis Sellers from Anton Road Studios, Paul Ellis-Macey from Big Tree Music, Vocal coach expert Sabrina Findlay, Ben Fosbury from Hedset Productions and Head of Future Music Chris Grayston.

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.

Live Music Surrey and North Hampshire – Feedback for 23 and over category singers

Chantelle Dewar– All in all a good performance but there is work to be done, in particular don’t over push the vocal and thus suffered with pitch.

Andrew Youngman– Verbally you are engaging with the audience but physically not, almost like you’re on auto pilot.

Max Pahlsson– Distinctive voice with a great vocal melody, amazing guitar control with one of the strongest voices of the day.

Kellie Williams– Another strong voice, use the stage more, didn’t feel the connection to the song, just a great voice but with no performance so need to work on that.

Tania K– Watch the vocal control, when on the money sounds great but waivered too often.

Startah– Strong performance, used the stage well, engaged well with the audience and conveyed the song excellently. Tidy the end which needs an edit.

Kate Laming– Good voice demonstrating a wide vocal range just try to vary around the expression and the performance a little as using too much of the similar arm gestures which makes it a little repetitive.

Live Music Surrey and North Hampshire – Further Feedback

Martin Oliver– Watch mic control didn’t help with the flow. Didn’t feel like it got going although clearly has bundles of talent.

Karen Norris– Made a difficult song effortless with an enjoyable performance but needed to perform something a little more modern.

Fin– Impressive original song with great vocal melody just need to project better.

Tariro Marivadze– Acapella is very brave and in a way not showing the song to its best potential. But Tariro has a great voice and held the audience well which isn’t easy.

Christine Davies- A solid performance which lacked a little originality though. Find your true identity to back up your lovely vocals.

The guest act for the day was Danica Hunter,who treated the crowds to brilliant performances of his original upbeat hip hop.

Live Music Surrey, Enter Now!

All successful acts at the Surrey Regional Finals will now be performing in the live Area Final Showcase on 27^th November at Highlight in Portsmouth. Come along to see the best unsigned talent!

All acts are competing to make it to the Grand Final on January 21^st at The O2!

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