We have reached a state of illiteracy in the US, today, which corresponds to a musical
illiteracy on the part of the public.

Music appreciation and other music courses are being cut from school budgets.

There needs to be more music schools to pick up the slack such as The Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, The Folk School of St. Louis, John C. Campbell in N.C., Swallow Hill Folk School in Colorado, Passims in Cambridge, Mass and McCabe's Guitar Shop in L.A.

There are countless schools in the British Isles that could be included such as Scoil Egse (Sp?)
in Ireland, the work of the Comhaltas Ceoitoiri Ereann and I'm sure many more that I don't know about.

The Musical Folk School is an antidote to the narrow public taste in music as well as a loosening of the imprisoning music business on media-driven music.