Ron Pope

Ron Pope ( born July 23, 1983, full name Ronald Michael Pope) is an American pop and rock and roll singer-songwriter. He grew up in Marietta, Georgia, in the United States and currently resides in New York City. Together with Zach Berkman he wrote in 2005 the Internethit A Drop in the Ocean, which he made ​​his breakthrough as a solo artist. With his music, he is both in the U.S. and internationally successful.

Background and career

Ronald Michael Pope grew up in Atlanta on the outskirts of Marietta. There he attended the East Cobb Middle School and the Joseph Wheeler High School. The guitar playing, he began very early. But it only took in high school, a greater part in his life when he played in various bands. After high school he attended for two years, the Rutgers University to play baseball there.

After an injury that ended his career, he moved in 2003 to the New York University ( NYU) in order to pursue his other passion, music. There he made in 2005 with a degree in anthropology. After joining a course on writing songs with other students, he learned the later band members Zack Berkman and Paul Hammer know. They founded the band The District with Chris Kienel, Will Frish and Mike Clifford. They had as a college band on the NYU campus great success, which is why they toured for over two years by the United States and three albums shots: The District, The District Does Christmas and Last Call. In December 2010, the band reconvened to record Wellfleet.

In March 2008, Pope came into the MTV show TRL on as "Featured up and coming artist ". He wrote, produced and published independently four albums: Daylight (2008), The Bedroom Demos ( 2009), Goodbye, Goodnight (2009) and Hello, Love ( 2009).

In May 2009 he signed a recording contract with record label, Universal Republic. After a year at Universal Republic and the release of two singles ( A Drop in the Ocean and I Believe), he left the label to produce his music again myself. Since then he has written, produced, and released two albums: The New England Sessions (2009) and Whatever it Takes (2010). His own label called Hard Six Records. He also created the Project 26 Tuesdays, in which he 2011 every week a new single released from July to December.

In September 2011, he recorded his latest album in the The Magic Shop Studios in SoHo (Manhattan ). The album appeared in Atlanta in April 2012. The Latest EP called Monster appeared on 19 December, 2012.

On August 6, 2013, his single Lick My Wounds appeared.

Tour

In March 2011, Pope was on a nine-week tour across the U.S. to promote the album Whatever It Takes. The tour was supported by Ari Herstand and Zach Berkman. The second half of the tour ended in New York on 20 November 2011. In this section, Alexis Babini and Zach Berkman played in the opening act. In February 2012, Pope made ​​his first trip outside the United States. The tour includes dates in London, Manchester and Nottingham in England.

In January 2013, starts his monster tour through Europe in which it is cross- tours. Planned cities are: London, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, Paris, Zurich, Munich, Antwerp, Cologne, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm

Discography

Albums

  • 2008: Daylight
  • 2009: The Bedroom Demos
  • 2009: Goodbye, Goodnight
  • 2009: Hello, Love
  • 2010: The New England Sessions
  • 2010: Ron Pope Live & Unplugged in New York
  • 2011: Whatever It Takes
  • 2012: Atlanta
  • 2012: Monster
  • 2014: Calling Off The Dogs
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