For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for August 02, 2004
Transcript:
April: I don't wanna take classical lessons any more, grampa. I wanna play stuff people my age recognize - an' I wanna make up new tunes. Jim: Every musician feels that way from time to time, April. But, you can't be a good guitarist if you don't study the masters. April: I AM studying the masters! The ones who aren't dead yet!
Lotta good skilled contemporary artists and composers and no doubt many of them studied “the masters”.