For the live final at the UEA LCR on November 20, the judging panel will be: Joel Harrison, Paul Ingleby, Giles Massingham, Simon Dunford, Jess Glister, Kingsley Harris, Philip Preston, Trevor Heaton, Tim Williams, Lisa Horton.

Archant Norfolk events and marketing executive Oliver Franzen will step onto the panel for the judging of Cortez (taking the place of Kingsley Harris, as Cortez have an album out on his NR ONE label) and Deltaville (taking the place of Jess Glister, who has previously managed the band). Kingsley and Jess will be judging the finalists that they do not have a connection with.

Paul Ingleby
Venue Co-ordinator
UEA and The Waterfront

What was your first CD?

Pixies (first record)
Lemon Popsicle - excellent 50s compilation).

Who are you listening to now?

White Stripes.

Who should be stopped from making music?

Pete Waterman.

Philip Preston
Archant Director of Marketing

What was your first CD?

The first record I ever bought (it was a 45 not a CD) was "You've Got Me Dangling On A String" by Chairmen of the Board.

Who are you listening to now?

Muse, Nirvana and Gorrilaz.

Who should be stopped from making music?

Michelle MacManus.

Jess Glister
music manager

What was your first CD?

My first purchased CD was was Westlife...aghhh!

Who are you listening to now?

Currently i am listeneing to Arcade Fire, Cord and Jars of Clay. Cord's album is due for release mid next next year – watch out for the single soon!

Who should be stopped from making music?

Peter Kay! He's great at what he does,but really should leave music welll alone!

Joel Harrison
A&R manager for Island Records

What was your first CD?

'Pocket Full Of Kryptonite' by The Spin Doctors

Who are you listening to now?

Cord from Norwich

Who should be stopped from making music?

Hope Of The States

Giles Massingham
General Manager
Sound Control Ltd
Norwich

What was your first CD?

As I am over 21, the first album that I bought would have been either on vinyl or cassette as there were no CD's back in the mid seventies! When I started getting into music, I was brought up on a diet of my brothers Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Jimi Hendrix (which explains the impeccable music taste that I have today!) and so the first album that I bought was.......'Out Of The Blue' by ELO. Not quite sure how I made that shift but there you go....

Who are you listening to now?

Most played albums on my iPod at present are Al Greens Greatest Hits, The Killers Hot Fuss, Page & Plant Unledded and Alison Krauss and Union Station live. I listen to a lot of music and my taste changes to suit the mood I'm in (or the mood I need to try to get into).

Who should be stopped from making music?

Nobody should be stopped from making music, we should just try to expose people to the good stuff and avoid the rubbish.

Kingsley Harris
of the East Anglian Music Archive, HannaH Publications, NR ONE Records and EA Records

What was your first CD?

I didn't convert to CD for quite a while into its life, firstly for being a bit of a philistine and thinking it would never catch on, secondly for being a vinyl junkie and just loving the smell of a brand new piece of plastic. When I finally got round to buying a CD player I bought six discs all at the same time to start me off.
The Beatles 'Revolver', Black - 'Black',
Split Enz - 'True Colours' and a few best of's 10cc, Everly Brothers etc.
I soon got bored with these and then started buying them like they were going out of fashion and replaced most of my vinyl collection. Blasphemous! Regrets, I've had a few.

Who are you listening to now?

The Finn Brothers and Athlete are in the players at the moment but it's very much a mood thing, a bad day at work usually ends in Rage Against The Machine or Kinky Machine. On a good day anything from the Bonzo Dog Do Dah Band to the Electric Violin Concerto.

Who should be stopped from making music?

I am being sincere when I say no one should be stopped from making music. Music, like most arts is so subjective that one man's poison really is another mans wine (sorry about the naff cliché). Although if we are talking personal taste I'm not to keen on this boy/girl band culture because it does not encourage people to pick up an instrument and learn to play; the music tends to be third on the list after good looks and dance moves. I usually celebrate down the pub when they split and laugh at the kids crying on TV, sorry...

Tim Williams
Deputy Editor
Norwich Evening News

What was your first CD?

First single (CDs didn’t arrive till much later) was someone like Felicity Kendall reading Beatrix Potter’s Flopsy Bunnies. Embarrassingly enough, I also have a vague recollection of Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs by Brian and Michael (I think). First album bought was The Doors - beginning a long-time affection for all things Jim Morrison.
I stuck with vinyl for a long, long time and I think Nirvana’s Nevermind, which I’m guessing was released in about 1988, was maybe my first CD purchase.

Who are your listening to now?

Hedkandi’s latest 'Beach House' compilation;
the new Royksopp album, 'The Understanding'
Dimitri from Paris 'After the Playboy Mansion'
The Killers 'Hot Fuss'
Badly Drawn Boy (surely a new album is due soon?);
Super Furry Animals.
There’s also plenty of AC/DC, Ramones, Strokes, Green Day etc because we’ve two young children. My six-year-old adores Slash. For him Live8 was Velvet Revolver. ‘Slash is a very bad man’

Who should be stopped from making music?

No one, obviously. However I would happily have Bono removed from the planet. He could also be joined by Chris Martin (Liam Gallagher was so right). I’m not overly fond of Pete Doherty either - even our musicians are celebrities by virtue of their celebrity status these days. I mean, the hopeless fool only continues to have a profile because he’s sleeping with Kate Moss (not such a rock star big deal, really). Tommy Lee wasn’t famous because of Pamela Anderson, he had actually produced some music before becoming a celebrity glossy mag fixture. It’s not very rock n’roll is it? Oh and James Blunt. I hate all that stuff.

Trevor Heaton
Editor, EDP Event magazine

What was your first CD?

Pet Shop Boys - 'Discography'

Who are you listening to now?

Rufus Wainwright (Want One, Want Two), Ilya (They Died For Beauty), Jacques Brel (Integrale), Kathryn Williams (Relations) and Scott Walker (Scott 4)

Who should be stopped from making music?

Anyone who uses Autotune.

Colin Wilson
EDP rock & pop writer

What was your first CD?

First Vinyl LP was Sparks 'Kimono My House'. First CD was David Bowie 'Diamond Dogs'.

Who are you listening to now?

Ryan Adams, The Futureheads, Magic Numbers, XTC

Who should be stopped from making music?

Phil Collins, Robbie Williams and Mariah Carey.

Lisa Horton
Senior Reporter
Norwich Evening News, and member of Bearsuit, Hyperkinako and The Cruiser Chimps

What was your first CD?

First CD - I've got no idea! I was quite late in actually getting a CD player and survived solely on mix-tapes and vinyl till about 1996. The first ever album I bought for myself was a Culture Club album when I was about 7 - at the time I was convinced that Boy George was a girl.

Who are you listening to now?

I'm now listening to Deerhoof, Grand Prix 86, the Go Team, Melt Banana.

Who should be stopped from making music?

Opera sensations G4 should be stopped.

Richard Balls
EDP journalist and author of 'Sex And Drugs And Rock'n'Roll: The Life Of Ian Dury'

What was your first CD?

Elvis Costello - 'My Aim Is True' (re-release)

Who are you listening to now?

Editors, British Sea Power, Subways, The Arcade Fire, Shivaree

Who should be stopped from making music?

Phil Collins, Garth Brooks, The Corrs