Hi Marty, my name's Roberto.
First scuse me for english mistakes, I'm from Italy and don't speak very well.
I really like your solo cd "Scenes", those melodies and sounds, especially NIGHT.
I also saw your video THE ESSENTIAL MARTY FRIEDMAN and there you say that your inspiration is ENKA music.
I'll be very happy if you say me a good cd that I can buy and listen about enka music.
Thanks a lot and good luck!
A new fan :-) Roberto

'Enka' music will very likely turn off a lot of rock fans, but I can tell you that it may be a shortcut in analyzing my playing. Listen to anything by Ishikawa Sayuri, Miyako Harumi, and the queen of Japanese music in general, Misora Hibari.