There's a storm brewing

So the entry to Storm the Charts closed on Tuesday night, but Wes (the organiser) had a late flurry of entries - something of the order of 200 I believe - which obviously need to be processed before voting can start.

It was always going to be a bit of a tall order starting the voting the day after entries closed, but procrastination must be playing a huge part in this. Acts leaving it until the very last minute before submitting their details. It's undoubtedly also true that it's taken a while for news of the competition to get around, and maybe some of the latecomers were busy recording their best, new material so that they can stream it as required by the rules of entry.

As an arch procrastinator I can hardly complain at the latecomers, and their lateness doesn't affect me directly. It's not me who has to trawl through a pile of emails linking all the streaming sites and making sure the playlists are up-to-date. Wes is doing a stonking job. Can't wait to start voting though. I've been keeping up with the listening and there's some ace acts in that journal, which is now over 400 long.

For Beresford & Wallace, things are progressing nicely. As you'll have seen below the album is now available to buy online. Other retailers will come on stream soon, and we've applied for registration with the PPL Repertoire to make sure our tracks are eligible for the UK charts. It doesn't take long to organise this, and we still have more than two full months before the Storm. Plenty of time to get all our ducks in a row.