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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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Seegtease 0
#49, you're an imbecile. You can't sue a school staff member for saying "god". That word by itself has nothing to do with religion.
thisquietcity14 0
I'm agreeing with the other teachers who've posted here. I'm a future music educator, and I've been through enough auditions to realize that they pretty much suck... even if you do well :-p. But to not expect to have to sing alone, and then be forced to, that would (at least for me) add an entirely new layer of stress and nervousness to an already stressful situation. Bottom line, if the people who hold auditions for professional ensembles don't have the right to tell you you suck, then neither does teach. And he should be ashamed of himself for possibly turning a kid off to music. He's obviously forgotten why he wanted to teach music. Keep trucking, the best musicians aren't necessarily the ones with the most talent, they're the ones who are willing to work the hardest to get where they wanna be.
Ellx 0
calling bs on this story nobody is silly enough to believe in god
SilverBallet 0
OP, maybe you misinterpreted the judge. Perhaps he meant you had really nice rests. Remember, the rests are just as important as the notes. ^_^
Stephie_fml 0
Choir directors are the biggest dicks in history. I was in choir all through middle and high school, and they just loved to humiliate you. I think they forget that people are there to learn, not so they can live vicariously through you, since they're all old and useless now.
sagejock 0
#50, 51, and 54 are RIGHT ON. Ditto what they said: keep singing! That "teacher" is a disgrace to the world of music. #51 said it best: music is for everybody.
lifepwns 0
Damn that sucks man, being singled out like that and all. And Zooma, as far as you go, I've only recently seen your comments, and "you're" (yes there is an apostrophe between you and the re, which is a shortened and conjoined version of you are) instead of "your" which shows possession, so "you're" in fact, the idiot. Good day.
meaganwas 0
If you can't sing, then you can't sing. Time to join band, sir.
amykillswitch 0
maybe singing isn't for you. sorry =[ i want to be a tattoo artist but my drawing sucks. we can't always have what we want.
alkfjdf 0
God exists get over it