Submitted: “Independent Music retailer FOPP is giving emerging bands in the North of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland an amazing opportunity to record at a professional studio for free, have their recording, edited, mixed, mastered and pressed, help design artwork for their finished CD and have their music sold at Fopp Stores nationwide. Entries can come from any genre; you can be in a band or a solo artist. If you’re over 18 and write your own original material (no covers!) then you’re eligible. More information, application forms and terms & conditions are available via Fopp’s website www.fopp.co.uk and www.prsfoundation.co.uk/unsigned. Deadline for applications is the 21st of May 2005.”