What is "The following"? No one will know. But if I had to guess, it would be a mixture with the old and with the new. For example, Fredric Chopin Composed pieces in the nineteenth century (That's when he was in his prime) but he mixed classical music with a twist that was different from other famous predecessors (Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, etc.). So I would say a mixture of the old and new. Or something like that. Hope this helps :-)
When you practice or learn something it's not all that pleasant or in that case ’sweet-sounding’ BUT in the end, it pays off and you can make something perfect and wonderful. And you may become more satisfied with knowing how to do it then why you learned how to do it.