I'd say so Lou....
I like Alex, tend to think more in terms of color and blend. Perhaps it's because I'm a student of hers I'd don't know; but I really try to get outside of my section and see the big picture and how I fit into it.
Not to fret though, I still have the jack hammer in my head as sometimes I have such a heavy tongue my section mates have nick named me hammer tongue!
Don't know how proud of that I should be...
I guess you won't hear me performing Mendez tunes anytime soon. I swear he had a very tiny; and pointed tongue!