Larry, I sympathize...sort of... I worked on a number of Japanese sessions when I was in Los Angeles. Various producers- Joe Chiccarelli, Eddie Ashworth,
Joey Carbone, etc. I remember one record with blazing guitar hero Atsushi Yokozeki, all of the tunes were numbered 1 through 10. He was a Joe Satriani/Yngwie type player, so no lyrics. There was another project with a ...