| Sigh... that must have been tough.
Predictably, you know I'll say it's about sound quality, endurance, and range. If you can do as well as the next player then you stick with what works. What is always a concern that one is hitting a ceiling as a result of a limitation in the embouchure that the player may not realize is there. That's where a good teacher comes in a makes a recommendation to change if it's determined that the embouchure is the cause of those limitations and nothing else.
I've had several students with side embouchures and whatever problems they may have had playing were not embouchure related. It was other issues that were at play.
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