them not so many
and what about 10 rock bands do you know
10 rock bands raise hands yeah I thought
so
it’s like 100 percent here so what did I
just prove basically nothing but it’s a
nice way to start but if you think
closely you can see that maybe I proved
one thing I proved that we love music
more than maths maybe and you know
that’s her towards math so maybe we
could say just that we most of us love
music right so I’m Panos I’m songwriter
I write songs I sing I play the guitar
and I teach music I have some more
questions for you please answer with a
yes or no out loud so I can hear you do
you think that people like me musicians
artists as would like we call them do
do you think that they leave most of
them leave in normal life yeah I thought
so
Thanks yeah what about famous are they
are they’re all famous are they all
weights no do they all live really live
their dream no that’s five reasons just
before going on stage people here
informed me that I don’t have six hours
so I can only tell you five reasons not
a thousand but after a talk we can look
at the other nine hundred ninety five
reasons but I’m sure that you bet that I
could go on and give you more reasons
for not becoming a musician so are there
any reasons to become a musician yeah of
course there are but before going there
we have to imagine how the future will
be for music in Europe we are all
Europeans I’m Greek
obviously you can understand from my
accent but I’m also European like you we
all live in Europe we all come from
Europe and we all share common history
with share common roots in art we all
also carry in us our own culture from
our countries from different regions in
the same country but all of this comes
together a nice mixture because European
music was United you know long ago long
before they actually use actually
European Union
so does European music depend on a you
know
but EU helps and will help in the future
European music to evolve and how would
it be take me for example
I have toured Europe many times I have
played many cities I’ve seen interesting
artists I have collaborated with them
and that’s because of they you that’s
easier now because I’m not really famous
but I can i still can tour Europe
because borders are open because
countries are closer because the
citizens of Europe feel closer to each
other and that’s what’s all about so if
we have to find a solution for music to
keep going in the future I think that’s
gonna be live music concerts it’s all
about sharing moments together you know
we live all we all live in a modern
world where music has become cheaper
because we are used to listening to
music through bad quality mp3’s through
YouTube and all that stuff the access to
music is much easier than it was and
that’s not always a good thing but the
main thing is that what will keep music
alive in the future is the live music is
concerts and that’s what I believe will
become easier in the future with the
European Union and when countries of
Europe come closer and closer so do I
think that music will die in the future
you know we have heard a lot three years
no I don’t think so
are there more great artists to come in
the future yes definitely yes
so I’m coming to the main you know idea
of my talk should you become a part of
this should you become a musician as
well a professional musician as we say
before going there I have to tell you I
have some students as well I told you as
I said I’m a music teacher as well so
they they are young people young
promising people like you and it’s a
privilege to advise them so they usually
as they grow older come to me and ask
should I become a musician that’s a hard
thing to tell but first if you have to
ask if you feel that you have to ask
maybe it’s not for you but if we can
skip that and if I have to give her
advice what I usually tell them is
another question I asked them do you
think that you could imagine yourself in
20 years for now working in an office or
in a bank or doing anything that many
anything else except for music if the
it’s perfectly fine because you know you
don’t have to become a professional
musician in order to love music that’s
another thing so what I usually tell
them is that you shouldn’t do it as a
professional as a job because you know
it takes more than you can ever imagine
takes strength it takes sacrifice and
things you have an thing of so there is
another category there are the students
that say no I can’t imagine myself with
that music
I wanna working on music with music all
day long every day of my life
this kind of students don’t have to ask
because there is really no question for
them they should do it
without asking without looking back you
know
music the relationship the relationship
with music is just like in one way
relationship you don’t really get to get
anything back you just give without
looking forward to getting back anything
just give and give and always give and
that’s what all about just giving to
music so if you find yourself you feel
that you’ll find yourself in the first
category then my advice to you is
continue doing music making music as a
hobby continue listening to music
continue supporting artists supporting
creation because you know artists
musicians need you they need you we need
you and it’s very crucial to love what
we do it’s very crucial for us to
embrace us and help us doing it because
our main goal for making our art is to
sharing it sir it to you share it with
you but if you find yourself in a second
category if you feel that you can’t live
without music
then that’s definitely for you then you
will never never ever regret it because
the only way for not regretting it is
that you feel that you have no choice
that you have only one choice no second
choice for you so don’t look back become
a musician and if you find yourself in
the second category then that’s fine too
welcome to my world and see you out
there sharing estates of the future
that’s all from me thank you thank you
very very much [Applause]