C# is every producers secret weapon......

[JazznFunk]

Yeah like I said

And yeah, everybody should always bring charts but nobody ever does, lol

The first sentence about the singers moving among 3 keys in the A section was the main bit though. If it's a pickup thing, or a jam session, the singer's failure to be professional is more their problem than mine if they don't bring charts.

 

[tubedude]

Piano sounds best in C#, guitar is best in Db.

 

[AK Bass Guy]

“Hey guys, we are playing in Dd today”
Me, drops my tuning from my usual D standard to Db standard.
“OK, no problem”

 

[Michedelic]

"You've gotta have a damn good reason to play an open string on a bass." - Phil Lesh

BS

 

[turf3]

"You've gotta have a damn good reason to play an open string on a bass." - Phil Lesh

Phil played electric bass. Let's review.

Open strings are stopped at the upper end by a plastic nut or a metal zero fret, many times harder and stiffer than the string passing through it.
Fretted strings are stopped at the upper end by a metal fret, many times harder and stiffer than the string passing through it.

I do believe Phil was misapplying an old violin-familly shibboleth to something where it doesn't apply.

 

[Peteyboy]

BS

I can understand why you'd disagree with that statement, but it comes down to personal preferences. He shoulda said "I'D have to have a damn good reason' in order to keep it from being a sweeping generalization.