Billy, thanks.

I would never ask the band to change the key. I should be able to play well enough in any key. Part of being a pro. And I expect a singer might request anything. But if a horn player tells you it completely doesn’t matter, they are either lying or not good enough to know what they don’t know. I said above I should be able to play “well enough” in any key. That doesn’t mean perfectly the same. I’m not sure such a person exists. My standard is to do it well enough that you won’t know whether it’s a good key for me or not.


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