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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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Bcfrmkc816 17
Ok first don't let it bother you and second make sure you get back and do it again grand tune out all but what you are playing and singing. I did the same thing years ago and although I was quite good at vocals and playing my acoustic guitar, when I played and same thing happened to me I put the guitar up and now only sing along with radios or concerts. I had an agent that had given me his card and said to call him and set up some studio time to record a demo but I never did and always wish I wouldn't have let some jerk stop me like that. Best of luck. And would really like to hear what happens.
EvilLittleMan 23
Your reply should have been, "You need a big cup of STFU !"
K_lovesnutella 0
Oh my gosh I'm sorry,I know how you feel.I really want to be an actor and so many people tell me I am good at it,but I just can't do it in front of people.No matter how hard I try I just can't.At least you tried.People can be jerks sometimes,just try again another time.It will turn out better!
photogodess 13
Nah nah nah! I need more cowbells!!! Play it again! From the top
Lili_love 14
lol haven't you ever been to one of these things? yelling "freebird" is like tradition! Lynyrd Skynyrd for the win!
JokersHQ 21
There are always assholes. However, if he was the only one doing it, you probably sounded a lot better than you thought! Kudos for getting up there in the first place though! It takes a lot of nerve to get up there and I'm sure the next time you'll be doing even better than this time! Keep your head up! :)
vincen46 5
I'm sorry if this sounds rude but how are you just going to run off stage? Last time I saw someone do that was at my elementary school talent show. If performing is what you like doing, one random guy shouldn't stop you from doing it.
TallMist 32
Severe stage fright is a thing.
stay_clutch34 2
You had me at asshat (;
mrzombielot 8
At least you can play guitar and he probably can't.
megalizard92 12
He's clearly just a loser who'd never be brave enough to get up and do what you did. Try to ignore him OP, people like that only want to drag you down to their level.