Agreeing a key that both I can sing in and my band can play has been the bane of my life in the past. There've even been one or two songs where the guitarist has stubbornly refused point blank to do it because he can't/won't play it in the key I can sing in comfortably.

My recent cunning plan is to work out with my vocal teacher the key(s) I can do a new song in, and present it with it/them, rather than work out the key with the band as I used to do... just can't be bothered with all those arguments!

Sue