By Corey Bray
It’s evening in the city and the light dims through your apartment
window. Kicking back in your computer chair, you decide to enjoy a few
music videos on the web. Who can blame you, it’s murder to have to put
up with the daily grind and sometimes you just need something loud and
rock’n to help your nerves regain their composure. That’s when you run
across this video featuring Paul Gilbert and Freddie Nelson.
WASTE OF TIME: PAUL GILBERT & FREDDIE NELSON
Okay, that was a good primer, but let’s check out Paul in Japan.
PAUL GILBERT & TJ HELMERICH IN JAPAN
When you think of Japan, you don’t usually think of their being this
big Rock & Roll scene around. But, the more you ponder the idea, you
begin to imagine more than hanging gardens and compact cars. In fact,
it strikes you a little odd that so many virtuoso level guitar players
seem to gravitate over to Japan. That is, players like Marty Friedman,
who has become a guitar icon on Japanese television. But, how did Marty
pick up Japanese in the first place?
MARTY FRIEDMAN: TEACH YOURSELF JAPANESE
Before you know it, you run across a video of Gilbert and Friedman
in Japan working together. Is this a conspiracy?
PAUL GILBERT & MARTY FRIEDMAN
So, does this mean that the U. S. is slowly losing its virtuoso
guitarists to Japan? Or, is this just a passing phase? Though the
thought of the guitarists you grew up with all migrating over to Japan
is a little disturbing, you wonder if there isn’t more to this story
than initially meets the eye.
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