We recently connected with George Sidiropoulos and have shared our conversation below.

George , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Can you talk to us about how you learned to do what you do?

To create music is to do a few things at the same time. For me, it’s easier to break it down into improvisation and then the development and polishing of that initial thought. The art of improvisation is something that has been developing inside me since the day I bought my first electric piano. For some reason, without anyone pushing me toward it, I was always inclined to make up something new, to improvise. That manifested more completely when I discovered I could use my laptop to create music. The whole basis of the craft for me is the passion for enjoying music both as a listener and as a creator. There was never an ultimate purpose beyond that – nothing money- or fame-oriented – and I am planning to keep it that way.

As I got into producing music, the spectrum of genres that I listened to expanded significantly, getting me in touch with whole new worlds of musical language. So what I was training all those years of producing was basically how I could take what’s within and realize it as efficiently and authentically as possible. That process, as I see it, is composed of three parts.

The first is the inner — soul, heart, spirit, whichever way you want to call it. That may be the most important and can be developed mostly through non-musical things, like real-life experiences. The second is the brain — that inner critic — which for me is one of the toughest. To train it, you almost touch on some “meditative” or “spiritual” practices to find balance. The third, and maybe simplest, is the technical part. For that, the Internet was my best friend. From listening to inspiring people to watching tutorials on YouTube, I was able to learn how to use my programs and how to produce and mix.

I should note that I was led through this whole process instinctively, and as it is slowly turning into a way to also make a living, it is dangerous to start losing trust and seeing it more “realistically,” and then pessimistically. I struggle with that quite often, but I am blessed to always have experiences — either through people and conversations or just from life — that remind me what really matters and realign me with my initial meaning and purpose.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

Hi! I am George, I am from Greece, and I am a music creator. I am a multi-instrumentalist (piano, guitars, bass, brass, drums), producer, and composer. My journey started with learning the piano at the age of nine, which introduced me to the world of classical music. I’ve been improvising since day one, so it was natural for me to later fall into the worlds of jazz and music production.

My music spans a wide range of genres — from pop to orchestral, alt-indie, singer-songwriter, and electronic. I have a deeply personal and intimate relationship with music, which is something you can hear in much of my work, regardless of genre. Balancing between two main paths — that of a piano performer and that of a producer/artist — has provided me with many opportunities: playing with notable jazz groups back home, performing classical repertoire with orchestras, and earning a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music, where I am currently studying.

One of the things that probably makes me stand out is my improvisational ability. I’ve already had several solo piano, duo, and trio performances that were completely improvised. It’s also the most important part of my production process, where a significant portion of the composition is created during the first session, through spontaneous improvisation.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

My goal as a creative is two-fold. The first part is striving to create as authentic to my self music as possible, to explore the inner process and to be able to express whats within at its purest form. To be able to be myself through my music and get the state of my artistry to the highest level possible. That does not mean that I will ever get there but works as my primary motive. The second part, which as I am maturing gets more and more important, is to be able to share the music with people. To move them, to have even the slightest impact inside them, the way music impacts me. It’s a deeply human need to be able to share experience.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

It’s easy to get lost in your own subjective view of your field and to separate it, in a way, from the rest of life. I’ve come to realize that there is actually no separation between life and art. There’s a delicate and sensitive bidirectional connection between the two. That’s the most rewarding part of my endeavor — being able to translate feelings and experiences from life into music, and the opposite: to enhance life through music.

At times, listening to music feels like the most alive thing you can do. Other times, simply living and experiencing life can be some of the most musical experiences you can have.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_.georgie/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sidiropoulosGs
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0m6LfQBh1oFkCIVkOxY1Dw
• Other: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3FABiOWOkXhOZoSraRyDwi?si=P2m1ARHSQj-K1BZvDTVwjw

  Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/george-kosta/1437652144