Forget Ben Gibbard's range, Adele's range is even higher. But then again no one ever complained about Dylan's monotone singing and C-G-F chord progression. Some

Forget Ben Gibbard's range, Adele's range is even higher. But then again no one ever complained about Dylan's monotone singing and C-G-F chord progression. Some say that it's a constraint that forces you to be creative, which forced him to focus on songwriting and live performance. Ditto for Chris Martin and Tom Petty whose melodic range is very limited and could produce haunting songs with the simplest chord palette. I used to (actually still do) fixate how fast someone can play and how many techniques someone is using. But then I realized that I'll never be able to jump taller or run faster than some 18 year-old young buck in some inner-city pickup game - being outrunned and outgunned just made me frustrated. I had to work on cross-over dribble and step-back jumpers that relied on fakes instead of speed to score. More importantly, I had to work on being not being frustrated in-games on being blocked, dunked on, ball being stolen and missing shots; focusing on making the open shots that I have after missing the first five. Music is the same thing for me.