Latest about Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman: "I spend 80 percent of my time on the arrangement. If I have that beautiful frame, the notes I play inside it are going to really come through"
On the goosebumps-inducing Tokyo Jukebox 3, shred great Friedman tackles the Japanese pop charts
6 guitar pros on how to prepare your playing for tour
Paul Gilbert, Steve Lukather, Marty Friedman, Kirk Fletcher, Steve Morse and Michael Landau on how they get stage-ready
Marty Friedman explains why “playing slow is a thousand times more difficult than playing fast”
The former Megadeth man on why he doesn't like being labeled a “shredder”
Marty Friedman: “Much of the Japanese music that is currently very popular has a melodic structure that echoes a lot of '70s Western rock and pop“
The shred legend spills the beans on the third album in his Tokyo Jukebox series, which celebrates his love for Japan
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Marty Friedman was preparing for a Madonna audition when he landed the gig with Megadeth
“Luckily, I got into a gig that was more suited for what I was able to do,” the shredder explains
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Hear Marty Friedman, Nuno Bettencourt, Alex Skolnick and Richard Shaw shred over mind-bending new Lost Symphony track
Take Another Piece is the first single from the group's equally star-studded forthcoming album, Chapter III
Marty Friedman unveils grandiose, shred-heavy new single, Kaze Ga Fuiteiru
As Tokyo Jukebox's April 16 release date draws closer, the virtuoso has offered up another taster of what's to come
World's greatest guitar heroes assemble for mammoth virtual Jason Becker fundraiser
The two-month-long fundraising marathon will see Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Marty Friedman, Nita Strauss and many, many more appear on Herman Li's Twitch channel to raise money for Becker
