Martin Elbourne picks the winners of the Music Business School prize draw

At 1pm this afternoon in front of a boozy crowd in the foyer of the Brighton Dome, Martin Elbourne, co-founder and creative director of The Great Escape festival (taking place in Brighton this weekend), picked the winners of a competition to win a place on Covent Garden's Music Business School's inaugural Music Business Fast Track course.From more than 280 entrants to the competition, held exclusively on Facebook, Martin picked the following names at random:Ashpaul AhdanTom RoseClaire ThornThe winners will be invited to come for an interview with Music Business School founder Steve Melhuish, and the most deserving candidate will be offered a free place on the Music Business Fast Track course. The two runners-up will be offered half-price places.The course aims to teach everything covered by a typical Commercial Music BA course about the music industry in twelve intensive day-long classes. The normal cost of the course is £1295 for the full twelve weeks, or £150 for individual classes.In a change to previously announced details, the first course will be starting on 15th September.Two further names were selected, to be offered the prize in the event of the initial winners being unavailable.www.musicbusinessschool.co.uk