Kickstart is a national band search competition run by MTV open to all bands not currently signed to a major label.

It’s a brilliant initiative that will literally give aspiring and independent artists a ‘Kickstart’ in the industry by giving them all the tools necessary to break into the music industry.

Here’s how it works:

Choosing from the pool of entries via the website, the top 5 acts from Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane will be chosen via the website by industry insiders in time for the National Kickstart Tour.

Each finalist in each city will get to play two songs live at the National Kickstart Tour in their capital city in a bid to win over a panel of industry judges. The winner from each heat gets a clip posted onto the Kickstart homepage, and then it’s up to your adoring public to vote for you!

Whoever has the most support will take out Kickstart for 2008.