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
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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 finally felt brave enough to sing karaoke in public. I was halfway through the song when the restaurant’s power went out, leaving me singing my heart out in the dark. FML
Today, I did my first night of open-mic standup. The first 5 minutes went badly, but I don't know if it got any better afterwards, because a drunk audience member climbed up on stage and knocked me out. FML
Today, I gathered the courage to sing karaoke after saying no for years. The lyrics screen froze halfway through the song, and everyone expected me to keep going from memory since I picked it. It turns out I only knew the chorus. I hummed for an entire verse as bemused strangers politely clapped along. FML
Today, I was at a karaoke bar. After a few drinks, I gave it a go. Halfway through “Total Eclipse of the Heart” I got so into it, I knocked over the mic stand. The mic flew off, hit the DJ, who then hit the emergency stop button, cutting off the music. I froze as the bar erupted into laughter. I did get a free Coke for my “performance,” which was something. 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 was at a friend's birthday party in a packed karaoke bar/restaurant and I drunkenly agreed to sing. I picked a song I thought I knew by heart, only to realize halfway through that the lyrics on the screen were not at all what I thought they were. My brain went for a smoke break or something, and I turned into a rambling mess. The crowd actually booed. FML
Today, I tried singing in front of my friend. She said, "That's a hilarious voice! You should use that voice when telling jokes!" FML
Today, whilst singing at school in front of 300 visiting primary school children I forgot the second verse to my song and let out an F*** word with the microphone still up to my face. FML
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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Top comments
Maithai1996 9
that wasnt very nice it takes a lot of guts to be able to stand up and do that in front of people. I say good for you forget what all those people did they were not at all nice :) try again later
DocBastard 40
Next time don't sing "Wrecking Ball". And don't do it naked.
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Comments (59)
Dodge4x4Ram 46
don't take the laughter seriously said no one
Eivana 37
Maybe the people knew you were nervous and tried to laugh to make you feel better. It feels horrible, but this has happened to me. Don't automatically assume that you are bad.
Mailman2121 15
Well, there are a lot of persons like you who think they can sing when they actually sound horrible. You totally deserve it. #39: You're not fooling anyone. People don't laugh to make you feel better. It never makes anyone feel better to have people laughing at you.
xerbrus 14
the real question is have you heard one direction without auto tune? if they sound anything like that it doesn't matter how much courage they have. if they sound even 20% better than that then the drunks are assholes
nk94 13
Open mic comedy?
notapotato 12
Same thing happened to me...You'll get over it though :D
worldclassrager 41
Props for the courage you'll get it and be a big hit (maybe)...
Witchylady 18
Sorry OP. Not everyone was born to be a singer. Kudos to you for trying. I am sure you are great at many other things.
i_h8t_everything 12
Well, the important thing is that you tried. Next time, get some lessons, sing again, and make. Them. EAT IT!!!
weveallbeenthere 30
but you had the courage to try. that's the important part
Calcifer12 5
Practise Makes perfect continue trying you wil get there in the end. ^-^