Recently we had the pleasure of visiting a few of our teachers backstage during a tour their respective groups were doing together. Eric Marienthal and John Patitucci are original members of the Chick Corea Electric Band, and they were doing a US tour with Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, of which Howard Levy is an original lineup member on harmonica and piano.

The two powerhouse virtuoso bands were performing at the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University, which isn't not too far away from the ArtistWorks headquaters so we brought some cameras out to record some great musical discussion backstage. This is the first time we've had these three amazing musicians in a discussion panel candidly talking about touring together and being a touring musician in general. The cameras rolled for well over an hour and in that time they shared tour stories including highlights, tips for people getting into that world, horror stories and much more. 

Update: All parts of this discussion series are now available. Check it out in the +Music section!