Live & Unsigned 2010

Local talent shines in the UK's biggest original music competition.

PseudoNympho from Leeds has wowed the judging panel and sailed through the audition stage of Live and Unsigned. PseudoNympho will now be competing against the other most talented bands and artists in the country at the live shows of Live and Unsigned 2010 - all in a bid to be signed!

PseudoNympho battled against hundreds of auditionees to secure a spot in the live shows and now has the opportunity to prove that they are the best in the region. Acts that have made it through auditions will now take part in a live head to head battle in front of thousands of spectators and a professional judging panel to progress to the Live and Unsigned Festival at the 02 in London.

Live and Unsigned is the biggest original music competition in the UK for unsigned bands and artists. Attracting over 30, 000 entries in the past three years, it has set itself apart from its predecessors by offering and promoting originality. It's now established as the definitive music competition for original acts and it's open to all genres of music from Heavy Rock to Rap.

Chris Grayston, Events Director of Live & Unsigned explains "This competition really is worlds apart from X Factor and other TV talent contests - we're all about originality, Live ability and credibility. We don't accept demos or submissions and everyone auditions live. We've got some fantastic prizes up for grabs this year in a £60, 000 prize pool so there's lot of opportunity for everyone entering and not just the winners - that along with the Festival means 2010 will be the biggest competition yet!"

All the acts that audition in the competition are battling it out for the chance to play at the Live and Unsigned Festival at the 02 in London! Which gives acts the chance to perform at the ultimate live music venue in the country. The overall winner of the competition is offered a recording and management contract with Future Music with an investment of up to £30, 000 to release their single. The winners will be crowned the UK's best unsigned act in front of a capacity crowd on the main stage of the festival. A&R and celebrity judges last year include former Sex Pistols Manager Malcolm McLaren, pop RnB star Dane Bowers and Radio 1's Annie Nightingale. Radio 1 DJ Greg James has already confirmed for 2010.

Acts will of course be competing for two main prizes which include a management contract with Future Music and the opportunity to design and develop their own clothing range with Extreme State. On route the competition offers a comprehensive winners prize pool and acts will have the opportunity to win some fantastic prizes including Marshall state of the art amps, development through recording studio time in some of the UK's finest studios and seminars and courses with ICMP. Other goodies up for grabs include an Extreme Element experience day, a year's worth of Extreme State clothing and MUZU.TV will be contributing an all expenses paid trip to Dublin to film a music video and play at a festival.

Previous winners of the competition include Kiddo 360 who went on to pick up a Vodafone Live Award, B-Kay and Kazz who broke into the top 30 charts and last year's winners from Glasgow The Detours who have just signed an exclusive clothing deal with Extreme.

The winners of 2010 will be thrust into the media spotlight through television, radio and the press and will have the opportunity to tour the UK. The tour involves as many as 100 gigs across the UK including the chance to perform live at some well known festivals. One contestant who has caught the judge's eye this year is local talent PseudoNympho, now competing in the Regional Final. PseudoNympho made it through the auditions at Sheffield amongst hundreds that queued for their turn in front of the judges. Joe is now preparing for the live show on date at venue for the opportunity to progress towards the Live and Unsigned festival at the O2 in London.

For more information go to the website www.LiveandUnsigned.UK.com. Or better still come down and support local talent; you can purchase tickets on the door or from PseudoNympho.

• www.pseudonympho.co.uk

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On 31st January 2010 at 20:02 Anonymous 13 wrote...

It's good to see a Leeds band doing well and enjoying what they do.

It's not so good to see a long advertisement for Live and Unsigned - written, I guess by Chris Grayston or a colleague. My personal view is that Live and Unsigned is not a very good way to promote or develop your music. There is a long thread all about it in the discussion forum that goes with his website. You can read it here: www.leedsmusicforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=25026

Good luck to PseudoNympho with The Primrose gig - I hope that goes well.

 

On 31st January 2010 at 21:24 Anonymous 13 wrote...

I see chunks of the same press release from a different band (Merry-go from Wakefield) just here: www.tourdates.co.uk/merry-go/blog/15841-live-unsigned and something very similar for Huddersfield singer Harry Lewis just here: www.thebestof.co.uk/local/huddersfield/business-guide/feature/harry-lewis/79319 (scroll down a bit)

Good luck with your music Merry-go and Harry. But, surely, there are better ways?