[Have you listen?] Melody Maestro - Marty Friedman

Cacophony, Megadeth and a envious solo career, where Martin Adam Friedman plays, he makes history with his unique way of playing guitar and writing!

Marty is an North-American guitarist known for his exoticism that goes from pick holding to peculiar bending. "Initially" [1] he played side by side with Jason Becker in Cacophony - that till nowadays their songs still to be object of study of guitarists - and wrote two albums: Speed Metal Symphony and Go Off! showing us the best of guitar duo!

After that, Marty auditioned to join in one of greatest heavy metal band ever: Megadeth! There he passed almost 10 years playing live worldwide and co-writing songs like "Symphony of Destruction" or "Holy Wars ~the punishment due~", this last one from Rust in Peace [2] album, an epic album in the heavy metal history.

Marty left Megadeth in 2000 with a epic legacy in the history of HM, then years later gone to live in Japan, where he plays by the side of artists of misc genre like Yashiro Aki, legend of Japanese Enka music, Momoiro Clover Z, japanese girls pop group, AKB48's Sashihara Rino - left side photo - and other artists; constantly he is on Japanese TV Shows.

Melodic Friedman has a total of twelve solo albums [3], each one with epic pieces of Metal, Rock, Pop and calm down music. INFERNO is the latest work of Friedman, released in 2014, the album counts with guest musicians as Rodrigo y Gabriela, Alexi Laiho, etc.

Being a guitar player with over than thirty years of career, Marty has some signature models made by Ibanez, Jackson and PRS, brand used by him currently. He also has Instructional DVDs which talks about Scales, Improvise and his picking technique.


[1] According to Wikipedia, Marty played in "Hawaii" and "Shout" before stand in "Cacophony".
[2] Great album from Megadeth. Friedman wrote challenging and epic solos just like  in "Hangar 18", "Tornado of Souls" and "Lucretia".
[3] Album listing: Dragon Kiss, Scenes, Introduction, True Obsession, Music for Speeding, Loudspeaker, Future Addict, Tokyo Jukebox I, Bad D.N.A, Tokyo Jukebox II, Metal Clone X and INFERNO.

-- Marty Friedman links:

- Official Twitter

- Official Web site

- Official Facebook

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