FitzPatrick
The View from 10,000 Days
© 2005 Michael J. FitzPatrick (634479098680)
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Basically, FitzPatrick is what you'd get if Genesis, Toto, and Fleetwood Mac met at a T. S. Eliot convention. Or is it Phil Collins, Pink Floyd, and Dire Straits at a C. S. Lewis convention? The masses can't decide. But you can...take it home today.
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"...And so what does it mean, to live and die and all the things that happen in between? You've had your look into the book...Did you hear, did you see? Now go your way and live today what you've seen in your dream." 10,000 Days Postscript.
Balance and depth mark this album as FitzPatrick touches on all aspects of the human experience: good and evil, happiness and sorrow, loss and redemption. This album is a backdrop for life. Neither angst ridden nor full of trite happy candy, this is the real thing.
With influences ranging from the art rock of Genesis and Kansas to the pop rock sound of Toto and Fleetwood Mac, the music is engaging and varied. You can use it to veg out or keep you going on that long drive. The lyrics pull you, push you, knock you down, and then pick you back up. They'll take you places you never thought to go. They write out of deep experience with life.
When not doing the FitzPatrick band thing, they are doing the FitzPatrick life thing. Shaun is a Major in the USMC and has been in Afghanistan, Haiti, and Israel just to name a few of more than 50 countries. He is currently serving our country in Iraq. Mike is a Shuttle Flight Controller at Johnson Space Center with over 60 flights under his belt and has had his share of harrowing space experiences.
Together they form the nucleus of the rock band FitzPatrick. Take them home with you today. You won't regret it.
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The songs are solid, well developed, and well written!
author: WilmontThe cover art is very cool - a house in a bubble floating by a planet. Now for the music. The songs are solid, well developed, and well written. They range from mid tempo melodic rock to ballads and feature a soulful element. The lyrics are well crafted and often poetic. The band describes itself as a mix between Toto, Fleetwood Mac and Genesis and I'd say that is a pretty close assessment. Keyboards and guitars share about equal weight in the production, with solid key work and some very skillful guitar solos . The two brothers and one female (sister, wife?) share the lead vocal duties in the album and they all perform with precision and great emotion. Background harmonies are prominent and well executed. I saw them listed on a Christian Progressive rock site. I don't think their music is either very progressive or overtly Christian, though the lyrics do address God in one song. The lyrics reveal some spiritual themes (so if that bothers you...) and the music is performed well and is sometimes complex, but remains accessible to a general listener that appreciates AOR throughout. The songs grow on you, and I am impressed in how they develop a melody and don't rush a song. There is a lot of depth here. Overall I have enjoyed the CD and look forward to their next project.
FITZPATRICK will seduce those who love the Pop/Rock FLEETWOOD MAC or TOTO!
author: Music in BelgiumTranslated from the original French: To make this project a reality, FitzPatrick got help from guitarists Julias Rodriguez and Jim Wiehoff, George Matranga, at the keyboard, Angie Fitzpatrick singing on ‘Echoes of the King” and from Deanna Eaton, Debbie Gatti as well as John Gatti for vocals. Their influences are coming from GENESIS and KANSAS progressive style to the more pop/rock of a TOTO and a FLEETWOOD MAC. Melodies are very present in the singing parts as well as for the guitars and keyboards ones. From time to time the whole thing is ‘adorned’ with vocalizations. Down the road, it’s more a Pop/Rock flavor in the style of TOTO and FLEETWOOD MAC that characterize them better. Among the best titles, “The Wasteland”, the haunting “Uncover Me” with its sensual atmosphere, “Echoes of the king” with Angie Fitzpatrick singing that gives it a little bit of a BLACKMOORE’S NIGHT flavor and “the Sleep” with a beautiful singing duo between Angie and Michael FitzPatrick which is not without reminding us of MIKE OLDFIELD at a certain time of his career. As for “never leave”, listening to it, it is impossible not to think of PHIL COLLINS. That is perfectly the same style and atmosphere. All in all, this pleasant album of FITZPATRICK will seduce those who love the Pop/Rock FLEETWOOD MAC or TOTO style, with a touch of MIKE OLDFIELD AND BLACKMOORE’S NIGHT.
A very interesting album indeed!
author: Feedback FanzineA few years ago I would have said that there wasn't much happening in terms of Christian music, but that is definitely not the case anymore. Study the lyrics and you will see that this is very much music with a message, something that is trying to do far more than just entertain. But even if one isn't a Christian this album is just so easy and enjoyable to listen to that the casual listener will get a great deal out of it. As can probably be guessed from the bands listed on the site that this is a very melodic album, and while it probably wouldn't be viewed as being progressive in the traditional sense (if that isn't a contradiction in itself) it is probably the proghead who will get the most out of this. Well structured songs which have been well performed and well sung. This is a very interesting album indeed.
Excellent soulful vocal work!
author: Dutch Progressive Rock PageOurs is more pop/rock with progressive leanings than pure progressive rock music, according to the accompanying note, but people who enjoy Collins-era Genesis, Pink Floyd and Dire Straits seem to like the album. I agree. Though I don’t know about the Pink Floyd reference, and Collins-era surely refers to the later (solo) Collins-era, not the Wind and Wuthering era. One could add Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, or Mike and the Mechanics. The View From 10,000 Days is a long cherished wish by brothers Mike and Shaun FitzPatrick, who have been writing and recording next to their regular jobs. Now they’ve been able to release their labour of love and that’s an achievement in itself. Let me observe first off all that the inlay is only one sheet but that is has magnificent cover art work. It’s a really stunning CG image of a house on a rock inside a bubble, floating in space past a planet. Beautiful colour and composition by a G.E. Mont. Good choice. The prelude and postscript suggest a concept approach to the lyrics, for which we are referred to the FitzPatrick website. The tracks all have excellent soulful vocal work, in both lead voice and background vocals, with a very likeable flavour of J.J. Cale and Robert Cray. The instruments and most importantly the compositions give the songs their almost ‘poppy’ feel. Because the music is never rushed but always developed with patience, this gives the songs a feel of quality. The progressive touch is partly due to this, partly to good guitar solos and keyboard support. Conclusion: 7 out of 10 BART CUSVELLER
Finely crafted, intense
author: Virtuosity - Spiritual Progressive Rock ReviewsThis tasteful classic rock band is basically made up of two brothers, Michael and Shaun FitzPatrick. Shaun is a major in the USMC, and Mike is a Shuttle flight controller at Johnson Space Center. Together they have crafted a decent first effort, an album that grows on you with each listen. Apparently they both wrote the songs and sang, but beyond that, neither the album nor the website doesn’t really have proper credits to identify who is doing what, other than guest musicians and background vocalists. Musically, they identify themselves as a cross between Genesis, Toto, and Fleetwood Mac, and that assessment is not far off. The music is middle of the road rock and the progressive influence is fairly subtle, but the songs are strong and the singing adept. The lyrics are thoughtful and definitely Christian in world-view. Standout tracks on the album are the solid God in the Midnight Hour, the spiritually intense The Sleep, and the pastoral ballad Never Leave, which sounds like an early Collins-era Genesis song.