Somewhere, out there is a talented Indigenous musician waiting for stardom - and the Australian National University wants to help her reach it.
He may be making amazing sounds on a laptop in a bedroom. She may be thumbing away on a music-making app during a break from work. They may well live in a remote part of Australia.
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"We're looking for participants who have been doing stuff," the ANU's Will Kepa said, "whether they are just writing songs and they don't know where to go from there; whether they are in their own little bedroom with a production studio on their laptop.
"Or with headphones, sitting on a bus playing with some recording software on their phone trying to create music."
The ANU is offering what it calls "an intensive music residency", some of it at the studio which Mr Kepa runs in the School of Music. The aspiring unknown (or perhaps barely known) will get access to the expertise and the facilities at the School of Music.
I know from my own experience that it's really important to ignite your fire, creatively.
- Will Kepa
"An intensive music residency at ANU will help First Nations musicians, audio engineers, producers and other industry professionals 'rise to their calling'," Mr Kepa, who is a Torres Strait Islander musician, said.
He runs the Yil Lull studio at the School of Music. It was launched last year to offer free recording and music assistance to Indigenous musicians from across Australia.
The studio takes its name from a song - Yil Lull - written and performed by the Indigenous musician Joe Geia.
"My hope is that we will find the next Joe Geia or Archie Roach - absolutely iconic Indigenous Australian musicians," Mr Kepa said.
"I know from my own experience that it's really important to ignite your fire, creatively. If I had found out about something like this residency at the ANU School of Music ten years ago, I would have applied straight away to push me to that next step and help me decide what to do with my life.
"I spent 15 years or so doing what I do with nowhere else to go at the time. It wasn't until I left my community and came here to Canberra that I realised my true potential," he said.
Alongside the ANU, the ten day intensive residential program in August is sponsored by the Australia Council of the Arts. It will bring $1,000 plus $75 a day to cover expenses.
"The residency program gives First Nations musicians and industry workers the time, space and resources needed to work on creative and professional development projects," Michael Hutchings, who runs the First Nations Arts and Culture section at the Australia Council for the Arts, said.
Steve Evans
Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."
Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."
