Today, I had a piano audition for a musical. Afterwards, the judge asked if I had any experience with percussion, and then told me she was considering me for a percussion part. I guess my piano audition really was THAT bad. 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, I auditioned for a part in a play. I've been practicing for months, and was very excited. After I'd finished singing, the director whispered something to the other judges, and they all laughed. Hard. So much for the lead role. FML
Today, I had a piano exam, for which I'd worked hard. I went in, and the examiner asked me to play some scales. I was so nervous, I played 3 octaves and then realised I'd ran out of space. I might have then said, "FUCK!" really loudly… and she heard. FML
Today, I started recording my piano exam pieces to submit, and I was proud at my interpretation that I spent time trying to make it sound good. That was until my tutor walked in and said I had "shit rhythm and ass intonation." My mom was there. FML
Today, I was at work as a musician, sitting on a piano bench. Suddenly, I found myself at eye-level with the piano, dumped on the floor by the broken bench, with my legs splayed out. I felt like I picked the wrong day to wear a skirt to work - but the audience members all disagreed. FML
Today, at school, I was asked to play a complex piano piece in front of my class, teachers and guests. I nailed it, but what stood out most for everyone was how I apparently looked like I was being possessed while performing. FML
Today, I had a music duet in front of a crowd and 3 judges. I play tuba and my partner plays the saxophone. He burst out laughing in the middle of it because one note that I played sounded like a fart. FML
Today, my piano teacher told me that she "forgot" to inform me that she volunteered me to play a 5-page song in a recital in front of 300 people that's happening next week. FML
Today, I performed a piano piece at a school play. Everything went well until I got up and accidentally smashed my shin against one of the piano legs. Before I could bite my tongue, I'd already yelled "Fucking hell!" in front of about 50 second graders. 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, I auditioned for a role in ballet. My stomach was in pain and as I ran to be lifted into the air by my partner, I let out a huge fart. The auditorium was dead silent. FML
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Top comments
dietcoke09 25
You probably weren't bad. Honestly, she may have found someone a little bit better, but I'm not saying you did a bad job. I think that when auditions are held they have to find the absolute best. But I think it's really great that she offered you another part.
Cow_Girl_Lilly 24
She might see some talent in you that you don't even know about. You never know where it can take you OP.
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Comments (45)
Nats4444 11
I was in a jazz band in high school. They considered piano a percussion instrument and my role in the band was keeping the beat through chords.
alaina1104 11
Maybe she thought you had a good sense of rhythm
leafaye 14
Umm piano is a percussion instrument though...
Kataphrakt 16
Remember a piano IS a percussion instrument
TudorGirl21 8
Actually playing piano well is normally a requirement for percussion. I didnt read it as an FML as it sounds like you played piano so well that they want you to do percussion. Which is a HUGE compliment. From a former percussionist:)
ForSeriousReally 17
I would have said that to you if you were great, but I already had a piano player in mind and I wanted to find something else for you.
speedfreak1022 9
Piano is a percussion instrument
Lalala579121 28
They're not saying you're bad, quite the opposite actually. As all musical instruments need some degree of musical ability to play well. If you were bad they would have shown you the door. Or it may have been a test to see if your knowledge of piano was vast enough to know that it was a percussion instrument, or to see how you would take it. In which case you would have failed, horribly.
serpenyx 2
Whoa. Don't take it so negatively. Piano is technically percussion and chances are, they already have someone to play piano. It is the most common instrument. So, embrace this chance to play some cool percussive shit. It'll be good.
PseudoHappiness 7
Piano is a percussion instrument...