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Marty Friedman Signature Model Guitar--Asian Promotional Tour for Ibanez!!
09 April 2005
9 country promo tour--tv stuff, tie-ups and more


Marty is currently using one of the signature model prototypes live, in the studio as well as on television.
The guitar will be available from Ibanez in October.
Marty will hit these 12 cities on a promo trek in May.

13.May SEOUL, KOREA
14.May SHANGHAI, CHINA
15.May KUNMING, CHINA
16.May GUANGZHOU, CHINA
17.May HONG KONG
18.May TAIPEI, TAIWAN
19.May BANGKOK, THAILAND
20.May KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
22.May JAKARTA, INDONESIA
24.May SURABAYA, INDONESIA
25.May SINGAPORE
26.May MANILA, PHILIPPINES

Marty will be performing, taking Q and A's, and signing autographs, so do not miss your chance!! Check with your local Ibanez dealers in your area for more info.


Marty appears on the new weekly TV late night variety show ?Hebimetasan!?
He is a regular each week alongside model/idol Yoko Kumada and other guest stars. This is an upbeat hard rock/heavy metal based variety show which airs every Tuesday night at 1AM Japan time on Tokyo Television. Those of you with satellite TV check it out!

(more info in the Japanese portion of this site)


Marty?s new song ?Street Demon? on the ?D1 GRAND PRIX? cd is available now! Release date was 3/16 on AVEX. The record sales are exceeding Avex's expectations, and the song has been selected by TV ASAHI for it's "FC Tokyo Hotline" TV show (every Thursday at 11:30PM and every Saturday at 12:15AM) as it's soccer highlights theme, for 1 year!

(more info in the Japanese portion of this site)

In the current issue of PLAYER magazine, Ayumi Hamasaki guitarist Yoshio Nomura and Marty tee off in ?Marty Friedman vs. Yoshio Nomura?, where the two of them debate the differences between Japanese and American rock, Marty's new music, Yoshio's new music and they also get into details about what it?s really like playing guitar for two of Japan?s most notorious superstars.


Many of you outside of Japan have requested info about the LIVE DVD of Marty with AIKAWA NANASE, follow this link http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBD-32036# to purchase it now. This is the full show filmed in Kobe, Japan on the 2004 ?Live Emotion? tour.


The current issue of YOUNG GUITAR Magazine (3/05) features a bonus dvd with 10 examples from Marty?s ?99 Secret Lead Guitar Phrases? DVD, along with a feature on Marty and lots of sheet music and tab.
For those of you with no access to YOUNG GUITAR Magazine, you can see a streaming preview of the dvd at http://mi.edu/
To order, go directly to http://www.martyfriedman-dvd.com and start improving NOW!

FYI?we are at 1,932,761 hits right now! Those of you outside of Japan, Marty has lots in store for you all this year--Thanks for your patience and your support!! Maysan (webmaster)

WIN A FREE "99 SECRET LEAD GUITAR PHRASES" DVD FROM PLANET WAVES!!! Go immediately to
http://www.planetwaves.com/ContestDetails.aspx?ParID=810000000F41000000020000794E00000000
Good luck!
 
 
 
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