PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Marty Friedman, Guitarist
12:00-13:30 Monday, November 25, 2024
(The speech and Q & A will be in English.)
Dreaming Japanese': Marty Friedman's journey from heavy metal to Japanese pop
Marty Friedman's musical journey has taken him from the heaviest of heavy metal in the United States (Cacophony and Megadeth) to the poppiest of pop music in Japan and he is now an iconic figure on Japanese TV. He is seen as a cultural ambassador for both his home country, America, and his adopted country of Japan, using his fluent Japanese to seamlessly cross the cultural divide.
In addition to selling millions of albums, he has worked in movies and TV and has recently published his autobiography, "Dreaming Japanese," a book, according to Amazon, that "follows the wildly entertaining, inspiring, and above all, unprecedented path of a rock and roll guitar player who took the biggest risk, leaving worldwide success to start over from scratch in a country, culture and society far from his own, ultimately becoming an official ambassador of Japan."
Friedman will come to the Club to talk about his music, his life and extraordinary cultural journey from America to Japan.
How to attend the event in person:
Please register at front@fccj.or.jp with your name, the name of your media outlet, and FCCJ membership number. To attend this event, the lunch charge for members is 2,500 yen and for non-members 3,000 yen (+ include tax) and cancellation deadlines are at noon on November 20, Wednesday. Reservations and cancellations are not complete without confirmation. Please note lunch will not be served after the speech begins and working journalists and student members can attend the event after the meal service for free.
How to watch online: https://www.youtube.com/c/FCCJchannel/live
How to ask questions: https://forms.gle/X64bAG14Ryd5MfeA9
TV crew: Please make a reservation at front@fccj.or.jp. Doors open for TV crews only at 30 minutes before the event.
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