Today, I overcame my stage fright and got up in front of a café audience with my acoustic guitar to sing a few of my songs. Some asshat kept yelling stuff like "NEEDS MORE COWBELL!" and "FREEBIRD!", which made me lose my nerve and flee. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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 worked up the courage to sing at an open mic night. I lost my cool halfway through because all I could hear was laughter. FML
Today, during an important music audition, I fudged everything up and forgot half the lyrics of the song I was performing, so I just sort of tailed off into embarrassed silence on stage. It was an original song, I wrote the lyrics myself. All the lady could say was, "Good luck next year, dear." FML
Today, at a talent show, my band got booed before we even started playing. FML
Today, I was singing and playing keyboards with my band on stage at a club. A drunken chick from the crowd tried to climb up onto the stage in her heels, fell, and grabbed the back of my mic stand to catch herself. And busted me in the mouth with my own microphone. Then she requested a song. FML
Today, my band got booed off stage. FML
Today, while I was singing a song with my guitar at a college open mic, my eyes started to burn, causing me to tear up and stop playing. Everyone in the audience thought I'd actually started to cry mid-performance. I ended up having to leave the stage teary-eyed and embarrassed myself in front of everyone. 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 a local talent show and during a piano performance I had to go to the bathroom. I sang along in the bathroom but was unaware how loud I was until I walked out and everyone started applauding me while the pianist was still playing. FML
Today, some idiot kid teased and taunted me for weeping on my "already bad performance", recording it on his phone threatening to put it on social media. I was singing and playing the guitar, in front of my childhood sweetheart, and supposedly soon-to-be wife's grave. It was our song. I do this every year on this day. FML
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Top comments
relaxeazy 24
Aww man :( keep it up bro you'll get there in the end! Just concentrate on you not anyone else
Dodge4x4Ram 46
Get back on the horse, it gets easier with time.
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Comments (85)
blinked_281 29
you should be proud you got over your stage fright. it's unfortunate though that some people are jerks. I'm a musician myself, but I won't even play in front of my family. feel proud that you got over your fear :)
OMG_ZOMBIES 15
Who cares what a stranger thinks? Keep it up, getting on stage and trying was a good step forward. You should be proud that you had the courage. Just think right then in the world when you were on stage.how many people were at home saying “tomorrow"?
graceinsheepwear 34
There is only one prescription for that stage fright fever.
brackaman 18
An anti stage fight cold compress?
graceinsheepwear 34
Nope. More cowbell.
crazytrainer 5
Kudos for getting up in the 1st place. And bad luck getting an asshat heckler. Try going to see some standup comedians for tips on how to respond next time :). Please don't let this bad experience deter you from playing.
threer 30
Wait, so FMLers don't count as comedians? Damn.
BadddWolf 10
**** that guy OP. Get back out there and better luck next time.
katejones 8
Next time there's an asshat like that hand him your guitar and loudly inform everyone that apparently someone knows better / wants to take over the show.
fluffywaspluka 7
#18 Then you run the risk of that guy being Jimi hendrix. What then? Walk of shame.
katejones 8
Grab an extra guitar and jam away :) ? ( but I agree there is a chance the asshat might be good or even better - still worth that chance I think).
MishyMoshy33 2
Now you know you have the guts to do it again. I mean what are the chances of it going that badly twice?
LarryMyster 7
I apploud to you for bravery. But when people do that. Stop and just stare him down, and say "really? Okay, why dont you come up with somerhing right now. Lets hear you!?" See how they like it.
worldclassrager 41
Props for overcoming your fear...don't let it get to you...you'll have you chance and I know afterword you will feel great knowing that you can do it...
SuicideSmurf 16
Just keep swimming !