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Kyle Patrick (born Kyle Patrick Dickherber, on May 20, 1986, St. Charles, Missouri, United States) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, best known as the lead singer of Boston power pop band, The Click Five. Patrick has earned multiple gold records as a musician, and is currently producing and songwriting in Brooklyn, New York.

Personal life

Patrick was raised in Marietta, GA, where he graduated from Lassiter High School and later moved to Boston to attend college.

Patrick attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston on a scholarship. In 2007, his third year at the college, he was chosen by The Click Five to be the lead singer of their band. He left in the middle of his studies to join The Click Five as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist. He has been performing since the age of 11, citing Eric Clapton and his bands Derek & The Dominos, Cream, Stevie Ray Vaughan Pink Floyd and James Taylor as his early influences.

Patrick is also a Celebrity Ambassador with MTV EXIT, performing countries like Cambodia and Thailand to raise awareness about human trafficking. He visited shelters to interact with human trafficking victims, as well as to hear their life stories. He is also involved with the Human Trafficking Awareness Council and performed at the 2011 Freedom Walk and rally against human trafficking in New York City.

In addition to his performances to raise awareness about human trafficking, Patrick is also an active participant in the annual New York City Marathon to raise funds for charity. In 2010, the funds he raised went to Team For Kids, and in 2011, to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Patrick plans to run in 2016 as well.

Career

Despite being from the United States, Patrick's early success was found in Asia, especially in the region of Southeast Asia, earning gold records in countries like Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines. After his time touring with The Click Five, Kyle has focused on producing and songwriting.

Since making the switch from performing to producing in 2015, Patrick's production and songwriting work has accumulated nearly 30 million streams on services like Spotify and Apple Music, numerous Billboard features, and a Billboard #1 in the Dance category.

2005-2007: Beginnings

Patrick formed a band with close friends from high school, Patrick McGraw and Billy Justineau, and later added friend Josh Dockins to the lineup. The band was called Hillside Manor. It was formed circa 2005. Patrick left Hillside Manor to pursue The Click Five, but the remaining band members continued to write and perform under the name for a few years following. Patrick still remains in close contact with his former bandmates.

Before he officially joined The Click Five, Patrick had co-written the song "Empty" with The Click Five's keyboardist Ben Romans.

2007-2013: The Click Five

Kyle Patrick sang the lead vocals on The Click Five's sophomore album, Modern Minds and Pastimes. With Kyle at the helm, the band has sold over two million records to date and had number-one singles in no less than eight countries. 2008 saw The Click Five headline sold-out arenas on three continents as well as perform with heavyweights like The Black Eyed Peas, The Script, and Placebo. Cheryl Leong of MTV described Kyle's voice as "Deep, Powerful, Steady, and Strong." The year culminated in a sea of wins for the band, including the Knockout Award from MTV Asia, Band of the Year from Singapore's 987FM, and Most Outstanding Pop Act at the Boston Music Awards.

The band's third studio release, TCV, was released exclusively in Singapore on November 16, 2010, and subsequently released to other countries. Three singles were released: "I Quit! I Quit! I Quit!", "The Way It Goes" and "Don't Let Me Go".

The third single, "Don't Let Me Go", was picked up by MTV EXIT to help raise awareness for human trafficking. The band filmed a music video with MTV EXIT. The music video includes real-life statistics of human trafficking, and makes use of blindfolds to show that people need to be more aware of what happens around us.

Together with the band, they traveled to Phnom Penh, where they headlined MTV EXIT's free concert with Korean girl band After School, performing in front of an audience of approximately 40,000. They visited the Transitions shelter, a home for young girls who have managed to escape the wrath of human trafficking.^[1]

2010-present: Solo career, Production work

Kyle embarked on a solo career in May 2010, when he released his first solo EP, KP, on Bandcamp.^[3] He remained a member of The Click Five until the band decided to part ways on January 14, 2013.

For KP, Fans were able to download the 6-song EP, at a price of their choice. He gave an explanation, saying, "The price is pay-what-you-want -- including zero. You can pay any amount, or pay nothing. It is your choice. This music means the world to me, and I want you to have it. " All 6 songs on the EP were produced by Kyle Patrick himself, and features a wide variety of instruments on it, all performed by Kyle.

From mid-December 2011 to early January 2012, Kyle traveled to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Phnom Penh to promote his solo work. He gave interviews and performed for radio stations such as 987FM, Fly FM and Lush 99.5FM. In addition to that, he performed private shows for fans. He performed at TAB,^[4] an intimate live music venue in Singapore, to a sold-out crowd.

Kyle released his second solo EP, Kyle Patrick on July 20, 2012. The EP consists of five tracks: "Follow Your Heartbeat", "Go For Gold!", "Wild Ways", "Baby Don't Board That Plane" and a cover of "Ain't No Sunshine". Kyle stated that the EP had been in the works for 5 years, and he had started working on it when he was in college.

On August 15, 2012, Kyle was invited to perform at MTV Sessions at MTV Asia, becoming the third artist to perform at MTV Sessions after Vanness Wu and James Morrison. The show was filmed in front of an intimate audience of 200 people, and the performance aired on MTV Asia on September 8, 2012.

Kyle performed in Dumaguete on August 17, 2012 for an MTV EXIT roadshow. In August 2012, Kyle announced that he would be accompanying British-Irish boy band The Wanted on their Asian tour, and will be playing in Kuala Lumpur and in Jakarta with the band as the opening act.

2016: New music

As a producer and songwriter, Kyle has been working with emerging artists SVĒ, Jesse Ruben, Beach Tiger, Spirit Twin, Gryps, Rah-C, Shea Diamond, among others, and has seen nearly 30 million streams on Spotify for his work, as well as entering the top 20 on hypemachine.

Discography

EPs

Awards

References

1. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.mtvexit.org/new/mtv-exit-returns-to-cambodia-to-fight-human-trafficking/ |title=Mtv Exit Returns To Cambodia To Fight Human Trafficking | MTV Exitmtv Exit |publisher=Mtvexit.org |date=2011-12-10 |accessdate=2014-07-22}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/theclickfive/posts/10151409960748784 |title=The Click Five - Hello everyone, After a long hiatus, we... |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2014-07-22}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://kylepatrick.bandcamp.com/ |title=Kyle Patrick |publisher=Kylepatrick.bandcamp.com |date=2012-07-20 |accessdate=2014-07-22}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tab.com.sg/2011/01/kyle-patrick/ |accessdate=January 31, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112083039/http://www.tab.com.sg/2011/01/kyle-patrick/ |archivedate=January 12, 2012 }}
5. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/2013/12th-annual-independent-music-awards-winners-announced |title=THE 12TH ANNUAL INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED |publisher=The Independent Music Awards |date= |accessdate=2014-07-22}}

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