HOME PHOTOS VIDEOS MUSIC TUITION PIANO TUNING ABOUT RON MAAS Ron graduated from Utrecht Conservatoire in 2005 with an Honours degree in Jazz and Pop. Over the last quarter of a century he has played thousands of live shows with a huge variety of bands and projects. He's recorded some 50 albums, EP's and singles and toured all over Europe. Ronald teaches piano, bass guitar and double bass in Manchester and online. He also works as a piano tuner and -technician. SEE RONALD LIVE Friday 11.04 | 10PM-12 | House Altrincham | DUO | playing piano and singing Saturday 12.04 | 8-11PM | The New Oxford Salford | SOLO | playing piano and singing Friday 18.04 | 8-11PM | The New Oxford Salford | SOLO | playing piano and singing Saturday 19.04 | 2-4PM | Matt&Phreds Manchester | BIGBAND | playing double bass and bass guitar Saturday 19.04 | 8-11PM | Gardeners Arms Altrincham | TRIO | playing bass guitar and singing Thursday 24.04 | 7-9PM | O'Connells Manchester | DUO | playing bass guitar and singing Friday 25.04 | 5-7PM | Proud Ainie Wakefield | SOLO | playing piano and singing Saturday 26.04 | 8-11PM | The New Oxford Salford | SOLO | playing piano and singing Sunday 27.04 | 6:30-8:30PM | O'Connells Manchester | DUO | playing bass guitar and singing Friday 09.05 | 8-11PM | The New Oxford Salford | SOLO | playing piano and singing Sunday 11.05 | 2-5PM | The Lowry Hotel | SOLO | playing piano and singing Sunday 18.05 | 5-8PM | Archive Cheadle Hulme | SOLO | playing piano and singing Friday 23.05 | 9-11PM | McCaffertys Halifax | TRIO | playing bass guitar and singing Saturday 24.05 | 2-4PM | Matt&Phreds Manchester | BIGBAND | playing double bass and bass guitar Saturday 24.05 | 8-11PM | The New Oxford Salford | SOLO | playing piano and singing Sunday 25.05 | 5-8PM | Archive Cheadle Hulme | SOLO | playing piano and singing SOME VIDEOS: RON ON BASS | RON ON KEYS (->MORE VIDEOS) BIOGRAPHY RONALD MAAS Ron studied bass guitar and piano at the jazz department of Utrecht Conservatoire (NL). Between 2004 and 2010 he worked with jazz quartet Perron19, with who he released two albums (selection >). Ron has always been a pop song writer. Together with Ruud Bakker and a host of other band members he's been on the Dutch music scene from 2007 till 2015 with the band Number Nine. The song Sun Sun Sun of the debut EP earned them the 3FM Serious Talent status (comparable to BBC Introducing) in 2009, which got Number Nine regular airplay on national radio. In 2012 the band brought out their first full length album New Ways, with which they toured in Germany and in 2014 the second album Wiser Than Before brought them to the UK. To widen his horizon he joined the band Audio Adam from 2011 till 2015. In that time the quartet was very successful with multiple singles on national radio and shows at festivals and venues around the country, including supporting Counting Crows at Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam. In 2015 Ron moved to London, after which he started working with JAYA, Valerio Lysander, Annie & the Make Believe and various other artists. He co-founded the Sexy Indie Rock band PaperWolf. Over the course of a year they played dozens of iconic London venues including Barfly and Proud Camden, released an album, toured in the UK and received airplay on BBC Introducing. In the spring of 2018 Ron released a solo EP titled ARIES to critical acclaim. In the summer of 2018 Ron relocated to Manchester. Since then he's worked with Caoilfhionn Rose, Hannah Ashcroft and various other artists, whilst still releasing work with JAYA. There's a full length album of psych pop in the pipe line, but that's something for the future. The newest twist is that Ron has become a piano tuner. But don't worry, he's still a regular on stage as well.