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Patrick Krief

"I’ve met a lot of artists that say, ‘I’m giving myself x amount of time, and if it’s not working by then, I’ll just pack it in and get a job.’ I’ve blown so many of those deadlines already in my life that, at this point, I was realizing, ‘okay, I’m not setting a time limit on this. This is the reality of the rest of my life.’"

Hundred Thousand Pieces

by Krief, Pirates Blend/Sony, 2012

In speaking with Patrick Krief about his new album Hundred Thousand Pieces, one almost...
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