It’s time for the Band App Audition. The Featured Artists Coalition, the Music Managers Forum and the GSMA mobile association are calling for innovative mobile apps for artists to use to engage with their fans.

Muse, Faithless, Metric and Eliza Doolittle are the musicos looking for apps, and developers can download individual briefs, along with graphics, tracks and other content assets from each of the artists on the dedicated microsite.

The competition calls for three-minute video submissions outlining the basic concept behind the app entry. The contest will be judged by the artists and their management, with competition prizes range from the opportunity to engage with the participating bands to develop the official mobile app, as well as meet and greets, tour tickets, merchandise and other prizes.

“Artists need innovative and compelling ways to maintain and grow the relationships that they have with their fans,” says FAC co-chairman and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason. “The Band App Audition is a creative way to achieve this by bringing artists and app developers closer together; and importantly all this is being done in a way that artists can direct.”