Turn The Beat Around

According to the BBC, the London Cultural Olympiad team today launched a search for new music for the 2012 Olympic Games.

The competition, open to U.K. composers, is named New Music 20 x 12, with an October 1 deadline for submissions.

This week marks the deadline to submit votes in the Olympic blog survey of which U.K. music acts should perform at the London Olympic opening ceremony (drag your mouse to the right side of the screen to cast your ballots). Paul McCartney is the clear favorite so far.