If you play in a band, you know the odds. It’s difficult to make it. Luckily, Jim Beam is looking to lend one indie band a hand in its quest to make it big.

The Jim Beam “Make History” Talent Search will send one band to Canadian Music Week to share the stage with some of the industry’s best at the 2017 Jim Beam Indies with Indie88. All you have to do is enter and showcase your talents.

One grand prize winner will win the opportunity to play the 2017 Indie Awards on April 19, 2017, at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto. The event is put on by Indie88 along with Jim Beam and is a part of Canadian Music Week, and sure to be an event teeming with talent buyers, booking agents, festival programmers, music publishers, A&R reps, managers, and music supervisors.

Registration is free, and can be done here.

Here’s what you need to know:

Competition is open to Indie and emerging artists not signed to a major record label (some restrictions apply)

All entrants must submit one original song in an mp3 format or submit a live performance video via YouTube to local station website or indies.ca

Five artists will be selected from regional entries to perform live at a showcase event at a local live music venue in each participating market – Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal (dates and venues to be announced)

The winning regional artists will be entered into the national competition, where judges will select one band to perform live at the Indies Awards