Aimée @ Live and Unsigned, Princes Hall, Aldershot, Regional Finals 2009
Aimée, 13, has made it through to compete in the National Grand Final of Live and Unsigned!! Fighting through auditions, regional finals, wildcard text vote and area finals, Aimée will now represent her area in the hope of walking away with an impressive recording contract and the title of UKs Best Unsigned Act 2009. The area final saw the best acts across the region battle it out live in a head to head showcase, in front of audience members and a judging panel, to determine which act would then go on to fly the flag for this area at a national level. Securing a place in the National Final was no easy feat; with acts already achieving success from over 10000 registered competitors, audition processes and a regional final, very few acts were guaranteed to progress from the area finals. Live and Unsigned is the UKs national music competition for unsigned acts to compete live. With over 10000 registrations for the second year running, it is the biggest music talent search for original acts in the UK. Live and Unsigneds popularity comes from its reputation for encouraging originality and the acts taking part are commended for doing their own thing; being individual, original and performing their own genre and style live! The National Grand Final will be a showcase of the very best unsigned talent from across the UK, with each act representing themselves and their own region. This, however, will be no easy ride; all competitors will be performing to a capacity crowd including …
Born to poor sharecroppers, one of eleven children in Sledge, Mississippi, Pride is a timeless everyman, revered by his musical peers and adored by countless millions of fans around the globe. Charley Pride unofficially started his music career in the late 1950s as a ballplayer with the Negro American Leagues Memphis Red Sox singing and playing guitar on the team bus between ballparks. Self-taught on a guitar bought at the age 14 from Sears Roebuck, Pride would join various bands onstage as he and the team roved the country. After a tryout with the New York Mets, Pride decided to return to his Montana home via Nashville. It was there he met Jack Johnson, who upon hearing the singer perform, sent him on his way with the promise of a management contract and a newly forged relationship that would last for over a decade. A year later, Pride returned to the Music City and was introduced to producer, Jack Clement, who gave him several songs to learn. When Clement heard Prides renditions, he immediately asked the fledgling singer if he could cut two songs in two hours. Pride agreed, and The Snakes Crawl at Night and Atlantic Coastal Line were recorded.
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