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
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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
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 was practicing for a choir concert that I have next week. My mom walked into my room and listened to me for a little while. After I finished the last song, she smiled, patted me on the head and said, "It's okay honey, I can't sing either." 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
Today, I auditioned for the musical at my school. Before I sang my song, I gave my music to the director. She said "Oh, I love this song!". After I sang it, she told me, "It's okay, I still like the song." FML
Today, I told my mom that I want to try out for a singing competition on TV, so I might be able to kick off my musical career. She convinced me to sing a song for her, so I did. Mid-way through, she lost it, burst into laughter, and told me to stay in school. 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, 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, my roommate eavesdropped on me singing. When I realized he was there, he said I was "fucking incredible" and asked me to do another song. There's just one issue: I only sing well when I'm alone. The result was predictably bad. If it was possible to literally die of embarrassment, I wouldn't be writing this. FML
Today, I had my first chorus concert. We got a bigger applause when we left the stage than when we sang. FML
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gtid 0
well...maybe you should become a mime :0
caitlinmarie 0
kinda a dick move to signal you out and say something like that- but hey, what else are teachers good for? :] im sure you excel at other things. maybe art?? :D
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fillmyheart028 0
hahaha that bad, huh?
sealgair 0
"My gift to you is a brick in the face" * run *
Zooma_fml 0
You tried out for choir, that's the same as coming out of the closet. And lifepwns, first of all, what a pathetic name that is. Do you play video games all day? Is that fun for you? Clearly, YOU'RE the idiot. No one cares about being gramitcally correct on a ******* website, and in addition to that, you actually notice it and feel the need to comment on it? YOU'RE a tool/idiot. Thanks- Zooma
squeaky_fml 0
#47 wins. The people who say that you should not sing if you aren't good at it are cowards. You should chose your activities based on what you like, not what you are good at. Refusing to do things that they aren't good at just shows how insecure and scared they are.
Giga_fml 0
That was pretty rude to say, even if you really were that bad. Don't get too down about it, though. No one can be amazing at everything they try right away, especially singing. When I first joined chorus in elementary school, I was terrible. We had an "audition", but I don't think it counted for anything. Now I'm in high school, and I like to think I've made a lot of progress. It's not like it's your fault if you're not a great singer. Even if you can't sing well now, it doesn't mean you're a lost cause, so don't give up. Some people just need to work at it more than others. Give it some practice, maybe take voice lessons if you have the time and money, and try again next year.
alibeth25 0
I've been there. When I was in school (5th-8th grade) music was a requirement. We had to sing. And I was singled out in front of the whole class and had to sing. It was horrible.
Heatstreak 0
lol what a douche bag and yea some schools ur forced to be in that class drop that class first chance u get
Nanospeed 0
#49 ur rite! i hate it wen teachers say 'god'! its so stupid, god doesn't even exist! I agree! sue his ass! lol athiest pride!! w/
Intrigue 3
Don't feel bad, even us good singers can have similar experiences. When I was 14, I had been known for having perfect pitch and during a rehearsal a boy next to me was going through a voice change. Due to this, he was singing a little flat. So of course both of us were singled out, we were asked to sing alone in front of everyone and together and she blamed me! A bunch of other singers in our section even vouched that they heard it wasn't me but she went on her whole music professional spiel and insisted I was flat. I argued with her a bit but it was pointless. Of course, this same instructor credited a girl with a solo she didn't sing that I ended up taking over because she was sick. In fact, she was just kind of a bitch to me in general. Some chorus instructors are just jerks or compulsive. I'm sure those who made the audition are nice and stressed about now.
Gaston_fml 0
PWNED.