While the performance was well received by fans, several had trouble viewing the event due to technical difficulties related to server/website load balancing software (subsequently corrected).
Prior to the Furthur webcast, TRI Studios has been used for rehearsal sessions by Journey in February 2011, Scaring the Children (featuring Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman and Jay Lane) with Jackie Greene in April 2011, and for the First Fusion collaboration between Bob Weir and the Marin Symphony, which premiered on May 7, 2011, at the Marin Center.
The first webcast from TRI, which was free, occurred on Friday, May 13, 2011, and was appropriately dubbed "TRIday the 13th with Bob Weir and Friends", featuring Bob Weir, Jay Lane, Jeff Chimenti, Rob Wasserman, Steve Kimock, Robin Sylvester, and a four-piece horn section (Marco D'Ambrosio and Jim Radseth on trumpet, Art Austin on clarinet, and Zach Spellman on tuba).
[12] On October 21 at 7:00 PM PDT, during their annual three-day "Communion in the Redwoods" gathering in Big Sur, CA, Communion artists Matthew and the Atlas, The David Mayfield Parade, and Lauren Shera performed a free live webcast from TRI (rebroadcast on October 22 at 12:00 PM PDT).
[18] Recording engineers on staff have included John Cutler, Mike McGinn, Dennis "Wiz" Leonard, Rick Vargas and Brad Dollar.