Ron Pope

Who knew when Ron Pope began his university career playing baseball that ten years later he’d find himself being an acclaimed singer-songwriter. Ronald Michael Pope began his music career by moving university to study music and discovering his future band mates and his true self. The band, The District, were a hugely successful college band who went on to tour America and record three albums before splitting. Following this, Ron Pope got his big break as a solo artist when he performed on MTV’s TRL, being branded ‘an up-and-coming artist’. In 2009, he signed a year-long recording contract with Universal Republic. However, the majority of his music comes from both before and after this when he wrote, produced and released music independently, bringing his discography to a grand total of eleven albums. His music has been featured on hit television shows The Vampire Diaries and 90210, where his warm voice was used to force a tear to the eye of any viewer watching the emotional scenes. But none of this compares to the incredible experience of hearing that voice reverberate around the venue at one of his live concerts. I felt every hair on my body stand on end as I stood in a sea of fans, softly swaying as the crowd sang every word of “Shoot Out The Lights” with him. My heart fluttered when the venue erupted as cheers escaped our mouths witnessing him flow into an inspiring piano solo during “A Drop In The Ocean”. His simple set design, casual clothing and relaxed demeanour brought us closer to him, willing us to feel his passion for music and his mischievous grin was echoed on each and every face as we saw that passion materialise in front of our very eyes in the form of sheer talent.