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In this episode of the ArtistWorks Music Roundtable, our Director of Content and Production, Marcus Luscombe, is joined by world-renowned multi-instrumentalist and ArtistWorks harmonica instructor, Howard Levy, and critically acclaimed bass guitar guru, Victor Wooten. Together, Howard and Victor discuss their musical backgrounds (particularly how Victor got his start playing in his family’s band), how they first met and began playing together in Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, and the qualities that made Béla’s iconic jazz-fusion super-group so unique.

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In this episode of the ArtistWorks Music Roundtable, our Director of Content and Production, Marcus Luscombe, is joined by the latest addition to the ArtistWorks faculty, world-renowned acoustic guitarist Andy McKee, and fellow fingerstyle guitar virtuoso and TrueFire and JamPlay instructor, Trevor Gordon Hall.

Together, Andy and Trevor discuss their experiences touring together and teaching guitar clinics around the globe. They also share the characteristics of the acoustic guitar that inspired them to initially pick up the instrument, the events that drew them together as musical contemporaries, and more.

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In this episode of the ArtistWorks Music Roundtable, our Director of Content and Production, Marcus Luscombe, is joined by world-renowned banjo player and ArtistWorks bluegrass banjo instructor, Tony Trischka, and critically acclaimed music educator and fiddle virtuoso, Kenny Kosek. Together, Tony and Kenny discuss their experiences sharing the stage as part of the bluegrass outfit Breakfast Special, as well as early bluegrass festivals, the culture surrounding them, and how they’ve evolved over the decades. They also recount a few of their favorite shows they performed together, their touring shenanigans, the time they both met Bob Dylan, and more.

In this episode of the ArtistWorks Music Roundtable, our Director of Content and Production, Marcus Luscombe, is joined by critically acclaimed guitarist and ArtistWorks blues guitar instructor, Keith Wyatt, and world-renowned music educator and jazz guitar virtuoso, Don Mock. Together, they discuss the origins of the Guitar Institute of Technology (where Keith and Don both taught), their shared history as music educators, how guitar learning methods have evolved over the decades, and their musical development as guitarists in Los Angeles.

For more information on special guest Don Mock, visit: http://www.donmockguitar.com

In this inaugural episode of the ArtistWorks Music Roundtable, our Director of Content and Production, Marcus Luscombe, is joined by two of our mandolin instructors—world-renowned bluegrass mandolin and multi-style instrumentalist, Mike Marshall, and classical mandolin icon, Caterina Lichtenberg. Together, they discuss their favorite instruments, what drew them both to the mandolin, a few stories from their time touring, and the importance of the number “2” in their personal and musical lives.

In this week’s episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, our co-founder Patricia Butler sits down with Grammy Award-winning musician, 4-time IBMA “Mandolin Player of the Year,” and ArtistWorks master bluegrass mandolin instructor, Sierra Hull, to discuss the concept of “How to Find Your Own Sound.” Together, they explore the process of developing a unique voice as a player, determining how you want to sound on your instrument, and setting goals so that you can achieve your desired tones on your stringed instrument of choice.

In this week’s episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, our Director of Content & Production, Marcus Luscombe guest-hosts an exclusive conversation with founding members of the Punch Brothers and ArtistWorks bluegrass instructors Chris Eldridge and Noam Pikelny. Together, they discuss the Punch Brothers’ latest album "Hell On Church Street," which was recently released on January 14, 2022. They cover topics ranging from the conceptualization of the album to its unique recording process, the band’s first post-lockdown tour to support the release, and more.

In this week’s episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, Grammy Award-winning musician and boundary-pushing harmonica player, Howard Levy sits down to interview two of his biggest musical influences—his parents. Together, Howard, his father Ira, and mother Arlene explore their family’s musical heritage. They discuss Ira’s passion for singing and career as a vocalist, the broadway musical Arlene wrote, the details of how they inspired Howard to pursue a life in music, and more.

In this week’s episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, our co-founder Patricia Butler sits down with legendary jazz guitar player and ArtistWorks fingerstyle guitar instructor, Martin Taylor, for the latest installment of our Artist Bio Series.

In the “Bio Series” episodes of our podcast, Patricia chats with members of our world-renowned faculty about their lives, careers, and experiences that led them to become the master musicians that they are today.

This week, Patricia and Martin Taylor discuss Martin’s musical upbringing, how his father inspired him to play the guitar, the elements that drew him to fingerstyle guitar playing and jazz music, and more.

In this week’s special holiday episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, our co-founder Patricia Butler sits down to chat with seven of our master ArtistWorks instructors: Mike Marshall, Paul Gilbert, Martin Taylor, Howard Levy, Tony Trischka, Eric Marienthal, and Sierra Hull. Together, these musical icons explore and perform some of the most meaningful music that inspires their holiday season, and share their favorite holiday memories as well.

In this week’s episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, our co-founder Patricia Butler sits down with shred guitar icon and ArtistWorks rock guitar instructor, Paul Gilbert, to discuss his latest holiday album release, "‘TWAS." Together, they explore the album’s writing and recording process, musical selection, wide breadth of featured genres, and more.

In this week's episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, Grammy Award-winning musician, ten-time IBMA “Guitarist of the Year,” and ArtistWorks bluegrass guitar instructor, Bryan Sutton, sits down to interview his father and fellow guitar guru, Jerry Sutton, for a special holiday feature. Together, they explore their family’s musical heritage, Jerry’s first musical experiences that drew him to the guitar, and Bryan’s childhood surrounded by stringed instruments and bluegrass music.

In this week’s episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, our co-founder Patricia Butler sits down with Grammy-nominated singer and ArtistWorks’ instructor of bluegrass vocals, Michael Daves, to discuss the concept of “How to Get Out of a Musical Slump.” Together, they explore different techniques for tackling difficult musical passages, methods for staying motivated, and how to avoid plateaus in your musical progress.

In this week’s episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, our co-founder Patricia Butler sits down with legendary banjoist and ArtistWorks bluegrass banjo instructor, Tony Trischka, for the latest installment of our new Artist Bio Series.

In the “Bio Series” episodes of our podcast, Patricia will be chatting with members of our world-renowned faculty about their lives, careers, and experiences that led them to become the master musicians that they are today.

This week, Patricia and Tony Trischka discuss Tony’s musical family and upbringing, his love of folk music, and what drew him to learn the Earl Scruggs style of banjo playing. They also detail Tony’s experiences sharing the stage with musical icons like Steve Martin, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham, his legacy as a teacher instructing some of the modern banjo greats like Béla Fleck and Noam Pikelny, and more.

We’re excited to announce that, after ten years as one of our premier bluegrass instructors here at ArtistWorks, master mandolinist Mike Marshall has just completed his 8,000th Video Exchange. To celebrate this fantastic milestone, our cofounder Patrica Butler sat down with Mike to conduct an in-depth interview as part of an exclusive episode of our ArtistWorks Music Series podcast to discuss his experience teaching on the ArtistWorks Video Exchange platform over the last decade.

In this week’s episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, our cofounder Patricia Butler sits down with legendary shred guitar virtuoso and ArtistWorks electric rock guitar instructor, Paul Gilbert, for the first installment of our new Artist Bio Series.

In the “Bio Series” episodes of our podcast, Patricia will be chatting with members of our world-renowned faculty about their lives, careers, and experiences that led them to become the master musicians that they are today. This week, Patricia and Paul Gilbert discuss Paul’s childhood obsession with music, the joy of getting his first guitar, his experience teaching at the Musician’s Institute, the formation of Mr. Big and Racer X, and more.

We’re excited to announce that, after ten years as one of our premier bluegrass instructors here at ArtistWorks, master guitarist Bryan Sutton has just completed his 9,000th Video Exchange. To celebrate this fantastic milestone, our cofounder Patrica Butler sat down with Bryan to conduct an in-depth interview as part of an exclusive episode of our ArtistWorks Music Series podcast to discuss his experience teaching on the ArtistWorks Video Exchange platform over the last decade.

In this week’s episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, our cofounder Patricia Butler sits down with world-renowned jazz bassist John Patitucci and saxophone virtuoso Eric Marienthal, to discuss the concept of “How to Play at an Advanced Level,” particularly in the context of jazz improvisation. Together, these master ArtistWorks instructors explore the importance of attentive listening and communicating with other musicians on stage, having a strong knowledge of harmony, and continually refining and improving on basic techniques in order to take your playing to an advanced stage.

In this week’s episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, ArtistWorks CEO Patricia Butler sits down with recording and touring bass guitar icon and ArtistWorks instructor, Nathan East, to discuss the art of recording soundtracks for film. They examine the processes and techniques used to record a film score, and how those processes differ from recording a traditional album. Nathan also recounts his recent experience recording bass for the Oscar-winning soundtrack of the Pixar animated film, “Soul.”

This week, ArtistWorks CEO Patricia Butler sits down with world-renowned ukulele players and ArtistWorks instructors Craig Chee and Sarah Maisel to discuss the concept of building a practice roadmap, and the best approaches to making your practice time efficient, successful, and fun!