Today, I found out I have a bad singing voice. How? The choir judge decided to yell "STOP! Please just stop!" During my solo. In front of everyone. During the show. FML
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Today, our school had tryouts for chorus. Everybody sang a snippet of the song together until the teacher stopped us, saying it sounded awful. He singled me out and told me to sing alone. After I sang the part, he said, "Son, your gift to God will be silence." FML
Today, I had been practicing for a solo in a choir I’m in. I finally got it down and was all ready to audition. On audition night, the choir director let me try out, then decided all the sopranos should sing it. FML
Today, I performed in my school's choir concert. The girl next to me started to pass out, and I grabbed her so she wouldn't hit her head. After we were done performing and the curtains closed, my choir teacher dragged me off stage and said I was getting an F for "creating a distraction". FML
Today, to help me get over my crippling social anxiety, my therapist encouraged me to sing in front of a crowd, since I actually have a fine singing voice. I ended up fainting onstage, mid-song. FML
Today, I had my high school piano recital. The entire time I was playing, one of my classmates sitting up front kept booing me and yelling "YOU SUCK" at the top of his lungs. He drowned out the entire song. FML
Today, after months of constant encouragement from my friends, I went and entered a singing contest. I sang and was booed off stage. Later on I found out my friends lied to me about my ability to sing, just so I could give them a cheap laugh. FML
Today, I was with my girlfriend and she was making me listen to one of her recordings for chorus. As I was listening to it, a solo came on, and i turned to her and said, "This is the worst fucking solo I've ever heard in my life." Little did I know, it was her solo. FML
Today, I was singing in a terrible voice on purpose during a Zoom call from school, thinking I was on mute. I carried on, until a message saying, "The host has muted you" appeared on my screen. FML
Today, I went to see one of my favorite bands. When they started playing my favorite song I whipped out my video camera and sang along. As I was reviewing the video later, I realized that I couldn't even hear the band over my horrible singing. FML
Today, I was at work at a preschool. I was sitting outside with the kids and was getting bored so I started singing. One of the little girls runs up and puts her hand over my mouth and tells me to stop. I'm in a select chorus at my highschool and plan to major in choral studies in college. FML
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ForSeriousReally 17
This choir judge needs to get fired from his or her job. I'm a director at a musical theatre company. Singing is not some magical skill you either have or you don't. You have to learn it, and I firmly believe anyone can. I've seen people go from quite literally not being able to sing a note to getting starring roles in musicals. They could do it because they worked their butts off and had directors that kept encouraging them. But here's the problem. If someone gets humiliated like OP did, they often don't bounce back. OP, if you're reading this, I implore you: keep singing! Find a new choir, one that will treat you with kindness and encourage you so that you can build up the skill I know you have in you. And remember to drop your jaw and breathe from your diaphragm.
Inkoseh 31
Nervous? In all truthfulness, most people love singing, most people don't sound good. Parents, you're doing your child a disservice telling them they're good when they're not. Don't dance around the issue. Sorry OP, it sucks and its a hard hit. Worst case scenario your teacher is a stuck up ass and you're just not doing it the way they want. Keep on singing, just not..professionally.
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Inkoseh 31
Nervous? In all truthfulness, most people love singing, most people don't sound good. Parents, you're doing your child a disservice telling them they're good when they're not. Don't dance around the issue. Sorry OP, it sucks and its a hard hit. Worst case scenario your teacher is a stuck up ass and you're just not doing it the way they want. Keep on singing, just not..professionally.
ForSeriousReally 17
This choir judge needs to get fired from his or her job. I'm a director at a musical theatre company. Singing is not some magical skill you either have or you don't. You have to learn it, and I firmly believe anyone can. I've seen people go from quite literally not being able to sing a note to getting starring roles in musicals. They could do it because they worked their butts off and had directors that kept encouraging them. But here's the problem. If someone gets humiliated like OP did, they often don't bounce back. OP, if you're reading this, I implore you: keep singing! Find a new choir, one that will treat you with kindness and encourage you so that you can build up the skill I know you have in you. And remember to drop your jaw and breathe from your diaphragm.
Charlie Given 26
almost every famous singer there ever was was at least told by one person that they sucked but they kept up at it and look where they went
Jonkbaby 22
that is terrible! I am so sorry. go sing karaoke, and join more choirs in defiance. joy dictates the voice, not some choir judge who cant seem to relinquish the spotlight
zuckerburg 21
This is one of those rare occasions where I'll agree, your life sucks. Why would the choir give you a solo if you weren't any good? Wait... Maybe a YDI will be on point, if YOU are in charge of the choir and chose yourself to be the solo?