Who’s George?
George Makridis
“We all have dreams, and as long as I have music… I’ll be just fine”
—George Makridis
Biography
George Makridis is a Greek-American singer, songwriter, and producer born and raised in Warren, OH. George has always had the desire to pursue a professional music career and is now putting in the time to make that dream come true.
Nick, his father, is the one that originally sparked his passion for music. Growing up, George and his siblings, Dimitri and Nikki, would sit around their father and sing along to the songs that he would perform. His mother, Irene, was the one who consistently pushed and motivated George to expand his abilities by having him join the choir and learn how to play instruments such as the piano, guitar, and clarinet.
George played three sports in high school, focusing on only football his senior year, and then continued to The Ohio State University to play for the Buckeyes from 2009-2013. He started for three years as the Buckeye’s Long Snapper playing for all three Jim Tressell, Luke Fickell and Urban Meyer. After graduation, George went on to pursued the NFL, working out and attending camps with teams such as the Atalanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
to G”Fifty FifjlskjdffChasing the NFL required seasonal work, so George set his degree aside and joined a small construction company, working on and rebuilding bridges contracted through the state. Since most construction happens outside of the winter months, and the main time NFL teams workout new potential players is in those same winter months (or the offseason), this work gave him the flexibility he needed to train and travel for combines and workouts.
In that same time, however, is plenty of down time for rest and recovery. It was then where George started learning the ins and outs of digital audio workspaces (DAWs), which are used to make music. Just about any free time was used to learn how to produce music/beats. Cover artists such as William Singe, Alex Aiono, and Conor Maynard gave George the inspiration and confidence that he could eventually produce and perform his own music. From 2014-2018, George started taking music more and more seriously, eventually releasing his first cover on Facebook and Youtube in November of 2018.
Since then, George has released a handful of originals, including “Pop”, “Fragile”, “Fifty-Fifty”, and an acoustic and studio version of his most popular release “I Want More”, featuring then friend and now girlfriend, “Kate Rad”. There is much more on the way, so follow or subscribe to George wherever you listen to music so you can stay up to date with all of his music!