[2] Alongside seven new songs, the collection features five backing tracks for users of the instructional video.

[3] All seven of the main tracks were later remixed and remastered for the 2004 compilation Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity Part 2.

[4] A number of songs were also featured on instructional videos: "China" and "The Finish Line" on Performance,[5] "Prog" on Speed Kills 3,[6] and "The Finish Line" on Speed Lives 3: The Neo Classical Zone.

[7] A review published by Guitar Nine praised Tradition, with the feature stating that on Batio's "fluid style sends notes gliding and flying all over the fretboard [and] his thick, round sound [makes] the unbelievable passages seem easy and effortless".

[2] The review highlighted several tracks in particular, including "Voices of the Distant Past" which the writer called "a progressive rock masterpiece" and "Prog" which they claimed "turns into one of the "coolest" grooves and melodies that Michael has written".