Marty formed and played lead guitar in several other bands, including Deuce, Hawaii (which had previously been called Vixen), and notably Cacophony. "Rehearsals" very quickly became live shows. Soon word spread about their band, and, since they were in a rural area, people would come from miles around to socialize and listen to music. "Because," he says, "even if you screw up, you just claim that the song is written like that and no one can challenge you." The mother of one of Marty's friends ran an event center with a two-level stage, and Marty and his friends used it as a rehearsal space. Almost immediately he formed a band and started playing original songs, the reason being that originals are easier to play than covers. Marty took up the guitar at age 14 after seeing a KISS concert. Friedman often approaches fast licks with an upstroke and rather than strictly pick from the elbow or wrist, he'll also pick moving his fingers. These qualities make Friedman's solos unique and hard to duplicate using an alternate picking approach. He utilizes vocal-like bending techniques and asian influenced note-bends(including rapid pre-bend, double bend,slow release and bending from an 'outside note'), rather than just hitting the target note itself. His solos tend to target certain notes that relate to the rhythm chords played underneath his leads. He also frequently uses the upstroke as opposed to the down stroke, especially on the high strings (strings B and E). He has a very unorthodox right hand picking technique, namely the angle in which his hand is clenched goes against the conventional palm mute frequently used in Metal music. When playing, Friedman often uses arpeggiated chords and various customized scales and arpeggios, some of which relate to Asian (Chinese and Japanese), Middle Eastern and other exotic scales, which are different from the typical minor/major pentatonic and 7 modes based off of the Major scale. Friedman is a largely self-taught guitarist known for his improvisation and for fusing Eastern musical with Western music and other styles, such as neo-classical, thrash metal and later progressive rock.
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