This is my tapping version of the Super Mario theme tune which I filmed back in 2012. No Italian American plumbers were harmed in the making of this video.

The Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy USA summer tour will kick off at B.B. King’s Blues Club in New York City on June 2nd. Tickets are available here.

The full transcription for my play-along of ELP’s “Hoedown” is now available here (6-string version) and here (4-string version) in the tabs section of my website.

Hoedown (6-string)

Hoedown (4-string)

For those of you who’ve enjoyed the tabs that are available on my website and feel they’d like to make a donation I’ve created a button below. Thanks!

The transcription of my cover of ELP’s “Hoedown” is now available in Tabs.

Lars Lind’s new studio album is available here from Shredguy Records. The album’s full of big riffs, guitar virtuosics, deep-pocketed drum grooves and tasty hammond licks and it was a pleasure to record bass for it. The band also features John Macaluso (Yngwie, Symphony X, Ark etc.) on drums and Jan-Frederik Heier on keys. Check out the video for Tred Machine below.

Lars Lind – Soul Kicker

Here are some new tour dates for Dave Bainbridge’s Celstial Fire band. We’re playing in the UK this September. Virtuosic atmospheric celtic-inspired prog rock not to be missed!

Friday 9th September – Fibbers, York
http://www.fibbers.co.uk/live-events/detail/celestial-fire/

Saturday 10th September – Wesley Centre, Maltby
http://www.classicrocksociety.co.uk/ – ticket link coming soon

Monday 12th September – The Robin 2, Bilston
http://www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=4537

Click here here for more on Dave Bainbridge and Celestial Fire.

Here’s a youtube preview of the next Carl Palmer gig. We’re live at the Paradise Garage in Lisbon, Portugal on 2 April.

My new album will be available as a physical and digital copy very soon. Here are some details about what to expect:

“Simon Fitzpatrick has reinterpreted Gustav Holst’s classical masterwork through the medium of his own instrument, the bass guitar. Multi-layered basses are supported by Chapman Stick and Minitaur Synthesizer to create a brand new vision of the British composer’s much loved cosmological suite. The many timbres available on the bass guitar are used to emulate the various orchestral departments which are so well exploited by the composer to create all the colours and sounds evocative of the even today mysterious celestial beings which inhabit our night sky yet remain beyond the reach of human contact. Voyage through the solar system from Mercury to Neptune with the bass guitar as your guide!”

Taken from Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy European tour Feb/March ’16. The Chapman Stick is becoming an increasing feature in this band, now featuring on 4 of the tunes in the set. Playing two parts at once as well as triggering synth sounds with my MIDI pickup causes a real headache but it’s so worth it for the huge soundscape it creates!