Marty Friedman is a pretty famous person in Japan. He's done maybe 100s of TV appearances as a 'TV personality'. He is also the first 'foreigner' to have been supporting Babymetal in their early days. His Japanese is really great and he's a great teacher of guitar and metal. He always loves to do things which will give encouragement to young artists.
FYI, Saki is English fluent. So Mayu depends on Saki for understanding English lyrics for covers and pronunciation of English used in Japanese songs. English is used in a lot of Japanese songs to keep the flow. An Asami example was "you" in Japanese has 3 syllables so at times they use English. I watch Japan Explorer and was amazed at the amount English signage on buildings and the amount of Japanese in English on signage. So the English used in their songs is understood.
I am not a native English speaker, so I might have no right to say this but I personally wouldn't call Saki fluent, there are plenty of times she doesn't find the word she is looking for. That said she certainly is pretty good and way better than most Japanese artists are. I am sure she basically understands everything, but coming up with your own sentences is obviously a lot harder. I do have a lot of respect for her English though (it's way better than my Japanese is) and that she tries to help the non-Japanese audience out by translating a lot of their stuff. I can not imagine how much time putting those subtitles on their streams takes, especially for someone who isn't a native English speaker. Edit: I have watched plenty of people walking through Japan the last 2 years and I have noticed that there is quite a bit of English signage in the bigger cities (especially Tokyo or very touristy parts of other cities), but the smaller country-side villages generally lack English signage.
@@ericifune5543 If you mean Mayu, she clearly has been working on it a lot. Compare their earlier covers of English bands (Rage Against The Machine for example) with how she sounds now. Mayu also clearly has been working with a vocal coach. I watched a VOD to their February 10th show a couple of days ago and she was using a lot of vibrato (and a pretty wide virbato at that) which I have never heard her use like this. She used less of it at the end of the show, probably because she was getting tired, but you can hear she has been working hard on her voice. I personally like her raspy voice a lot (which was somewhat gone because of the vibrato), but I have a feeling it might not be the most healthy way of singing.
@@outwest1014 That's not how I see fluency in a language but I guess that's just subjective. I would probably say I'm fluent in English even though I make plenty of mistakes. But my French sucks (even though I am from Belgium and we had to learn it in school) and I am sure I would be able to somewhat help myself in France if need be. There is no way anyone who knows me would say I am fluent in French though. That said, Saki's English is way better than my French. So I get where you are coming from. I agree that she would be perfectly capable of doing that. I think most Japanese bands would kill for a bandmate that speaks English as well as her.
IT IS REALLY FUN WHEN I CAN PICK UP A WORD LIKE, "SUGOI". MAYU SAID IT AND IT MEANS, AMAZING, AND IS A COMPLIMENT. "KAWAII", MEANS CUTE OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW BY NOW. ANOTHER WORD I LIKE TO HEAR IS, "KOKORO", MEANING HEART I THINK. HEARING MIKU SING THE WORD, KOKORO, IN HER ACOUSTIC SESSIONS IS QUITE ENCHANTING.
Without knowing Marty Friedman is also an English teacher, the Japanese-English style comment sounded like a polite way of saying I can't touch you, as the Nemophila ladies did here haha. Cool show format, seeing a little bit different side of the musicians on there
THANK GOD THAT THE JAPANESE CULTURE STILL ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SAY THAT A WOMAN IS CUTE OR GORGEOUS! NOT FAIR TO CONFLATE RESPECTFUL COMPLIMENTS WITH DISRESPECTFUL CAT CALLING. SOME PEOPLE DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO LYRICS AT ALL. I THINK THAT THE LYRICS OF, "ADABANA", SAY THAT THEY THEMSELVES ARE MEANT TO BE BEAUTIFUL? I TAKE THAT TO MEAN BEAUTIFUL IN BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT.
@@Russ.Murphy No, sorry for my english. Only Hazuku (together with KIOAI) performs in India. The rest at that time went to the Seikim II concert. KIOAI tomorrow in Delhi will be playing with Bloodywood on the 3rd day of the OddBall Festival. I hope Nemophila meets Bloodywood one day, it's a great bend. Mayu duet with this screamer would be wonderful. Maybe Hazuki will make some friends? Seikima II is also great. Here I think there is a chance for some cooperation. Saki seems to know guitar players. Takamura guested on one (?) song Mary's Blood on their album. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think I saw somewhere that these 4 shows in Japan are supposed to be with guests, like the first tour. Seikima II would be great.
Oh he also did an interview to Midori and Miyako not long ago where they were explaining their best 5 guitar players. If you feel like checking it : Midori : ua-cam.com/video/PjJioJ0C-U4/v-deo.html Miyako : ua-cam.com/video/8z2f3NHdDDE/v-deo.html
Marty moved to Japan around 2003. He said that Japan was the place that had the most interesting music scene.
Dude wasn't wrong.
Marty Friedman is a pretty famous person in Japan. He's done maybe 100s of TV appearances as a 'TV personality'. He is also the first 'foreigner' to have been supporting Babymetal in their early days. His Japanese is really great and he's a great teacher of guitar and metal. He always loves to do things which will give encouragement to young artists.
FYI, Saki is English fluent. So Mayu depends on Saki for understanding English lyrics for covers and pronunciation of English used in Japanese songs. English is used in a lot of Japanese songs to keep the flow. An Asami example was "you" in Japanese has 3 syllables so at times they use English.
I watch Japan Explorer and was amazed at the amount English signage on buildings and the amount of Japanese in English on signage. So the English used in their songs is understood.
I am not a native English speaker, so I might have no right to say this but I personally wouldn't call Saki fluent, there are plenty of times she doesn't find the word she is looking for. That said she certainly is pretty good and way better than most Japanese artists are. I am sure she basically understands everything, but coming up with your own sentences is obviously a lot harder.
I do have a lot of respect for her English though (it's way better than my Japanese is) and that she tries to help the non-Japanese audience out by translating a lot of their stuff. I can not imagine how much time putting those subtitles on their streams takes, especially for someone who isn't a native English speaker.
Edit:
I have watched plenty of people walking through Japan the last 2 years and I have noticed that there is quite a bit of English signage in the bigger cities (especially Tokyo or very touristy parts of other cities), but the smaller country-side villages generally lack English signage.
Her enunciation is very good. She be much better if she used it more.
@@ericifune5543
If you mean Mayu, she clearly has been working on it a lot. Compare their earlier covers of English bands (Rage Against The Machine for example) with how she sounds now.
Mayu also clearly has been working with a vocal coach. I watched a VOD to their February 10th show a couple of days ago and she was using a lot of vibrato (and a pretty wide virbato at that) which I have never heard her use like this. She used less of it at the end of the show, probably because she was getting tired, but you can hear she has been working hard on her voice. I personally like her raspy voice a lot (which was somewhat gone because of the vibrato), but I have a feeling it might not be the most healthy way of singing.
@@MaartenT Fluent does not mean perfect English. Fluent is being able to function in that language daily. Saki would have no problem in the US daily.
@@outwest1014
That's not how I see fluency in a language but I guess that's just subjective. I would probably say I'm fluent in English even though I make plenty of mistakes.
But my French sucks (even though I am from Belgium and we had to learn it in school) and I am sure I would be able to somewhat help myself in France if need be. There is no way anyone who knows me would say I am fluent in French though. That said, Saki's English is way better than my French.
So I get where you are coming from. I agree that she would be perfectly capable of doing that. I think most Japanese bands would kill for a bandmate that speaks English as well as her.
The interview you need to react to is the young guitar interview titled "2/2 NEMOPHILA After show Interview 9, Jan. 2022" it brought tears.
Aw, man. Don't do that to him. Poor Hara-chan...
oh yes that is a good one.
IT IS REALLY FUN WHEN I CAN PICK UP A WORD LIKE, "SUGOI". MAYU SAID IT AND IT MEANS, AMAZING, AND IS A COMPLIMENT. "KAWAII", MEANS CUTE OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW BY NOW. ANOTHER WORD I LIKE TO HEAR IS, "KOKORO", MEANING HEART I THINK. HEARING MIKU SING THE WORD, KOKORO, IN HER ACOUSTIC SESSIONS IS QUITE ENCHANTING.
Without knowing Marty Friedman is also an English teacher, the Japanese-English style comment sounded like a polite way of saying I can't touch you, as the Nemophila ladies did here haha.
Cool show format, seeing a little bit different side of the musicians on there
Que linda entrevista con Mayu y Saki ! Inolvidable! El sr Marty Freedman la mejor guitarra que a tenido megadeth ! Gracias por compartir!
😎🤘🇦🇷
Loved it. Mayu is so cute in it.
THANK GOD THAT THE JAPANESE CULTURE STILL ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SAY THAT A WOMAN IS CUTE OR GORGEOUS! NOT FAIR TO CONFLATE RESPECTFUL COMPLIMENTS WITH DISRESPECTFUL CAT CALLING. SOME PEOPLE DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO LYRICS AT ALL. I THINK THAT THE LYRICS OF, "ADABANA", SAY THAT THEY THEMSELVES ARE MEANT TO BE BEAUTIFUL? I TAKE THAT TO MEAN BEAUTIFUL IN BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT.
@@maxmaidiac2237 Amen Brother
Whole Lotta Losie, Losier, Detroit Lock City...
Llleft...Rrright!
Sweet ladies. I like watching the off stage stuff. Thanks for the reaction. You can find one of these interviews with Takayoshi Ohmura (Kami Band).
Hi Joel! Here's two trivia questions: What bands is/are Hazuki currently in? and What is/are her former band?
Too easy.
@@ericifune5543 Hi Eric! Well yah! I'm just trying to get Joel to read the comments posted on his own site. You know like an open book test.
@@Russ.Murphy Just today they made their stage debut in.. Mumbai, India. The rest in Japan went to watch Seikhim II's concert.
@@musicaconqueror5477 Hi Musica! Are you telling me that Nemophila and Koiai are performing in Mumbai together?
@@Russ.Murphy No, sorry for my english. Only Hazuku (together with KIOAI) performs in India. The rest at that time went to the Seikim II concert. KIOAI tomorrow in Delhi will be playing with Bloodywood on the 3rd day of the OddBall Festival. I hope Nemophila meets Bloodywood one day, it's a great bend. Mayu duet with this screamer would be wonderful. Maybe Hazuki will make some friends? Seikima II is also great. Here I think there is a chance for some cooperation. Saki seems to know guitar players. Takamura guested on one (?) song Mary's Blood on their album. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think I saw somewhere that these 4 shows in Japan are supposed to be with guests, like the first tour. Seikima II would be great.
Oh he also did an interview to Midori and Miyako not long ago where they were explaining their best 5 guitar players.
If you feel like checking it :
Midori : ua-cam.com/video/PjJioJ0C-U4/v-deo.html
Miyako : ua-cam.com/video/8z2f3NHdDDE/v-deo.html
Fun fact: Takayoshi Ohmura (Kami Band) used to play/tour with Marty.