One plays guitar in an "old man's" country band, the other is a guitarist in a popular group with regular Triple J airtime. But despite their differences, QUT colleagues John Willsteed and Zoe Davis are up against each other for the same music award.

They have both been nominated for album of the year in the Queensland Music Awards; Willsteed for his band Halfway's fifth album The Golden Halfway Record, and Davis for This Is Our Vice, her band Cub Sport's debut album.

John Willsteed and Zoe Davis are both in the running for album of the year in the Queensland Music Awards. Credit:Robert Shakespeare

Davis said it was funny to be nominated alongside her colleague Willsteed.

"We're both rooting for each other," she said. "It's a funny situation, but both very happy for each other."