Captive Audience
by Terramar

Comment:
I like this shot, despite the lack of an audience. A difficult exposure has been handled well, and the composition is very effective. I like the dash of red the coke can provides.

Brasil Brasil
by Dvosdon

Comment:
Composition is too cluttered, and the expressions aren't great. Seeing as this is a live music challenge and not a dancing challenge, where are the musicians? There's some nasty jpeg artifacting here, why didn't you use the whole 150kb?

Mullock
by mpemberton

Comment:
Shadows cast by the guitar necks shows bad use of lighting. Heads in the foreground totally spoil the shot, especially by obscuring the guitarist's hand. Composition doesn't feel balanced. Background hasn't been thought about, the guitar on the wall doesn't complement the shot.

Lead Singer
by Firsty

Comment:
Slightly overexposed, but what spoils this shot is the musician in the background. Everything in the background should be part of the composition of any photo... the background musician clearly hasn't been placed well in the shot so this looks like a snapshot. The lead singer's face is too obscured by the mic, you really need to be more to the side.

Gavin Degraw - Front Row
by Westmo

Comment:
That's terrible jpeg artifacting all over the shot, or is it caused by a combination of high compression and NeatImage? Not particularly imaginative composition, and I feel his face is too near the top edge of the frame. I've never heard of him, but I hope you enjoyed this comical looking guy.

Saturated Drummer
by Hes2Thin

Comment:
What a great backdrop behind the drummer! Nice light, although this shot is sadly overexposed so we miss a lot of the effect of being bathed in light. Nothing seems particularly in focus, and I think the placement of the drummer in the shot doesn't work compositionally.

Blues
by hitendra

Comment:
Looks too NeatImaged/blurred to me. Either more or less blue sky would have worked better for me. Here, his eyes are almost in the centre of the shot which seems a bit unimaginative.

If a deaf musician plays alone in the forrest, does she make a sound?
by LalliSig

Comment:
A little oversharpened, but nice quality of light. Composition works well. I don't get your title, but it doesn't help this shot to meet the challenge by implying there's no audience.

Playing by ear
by Netwalker100

Comment:
Feels a bit like a snapshot, not at all helped by his background. More dof is needed for his instrument. Perhaps some motion blur could have helped this seem more dynamic, or at least get him with the sticks in the air. He looks half asleep here.

Songs of Nature I
by swan

Comment:
Listen to the song of a 1 being cast for not meeting the challenge...