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Whatever you do, don't do this:

Originally Posted by COGENT

ok, my turn I guess.

Right after high school I decided I wanted to be the front man in a band... you know, sex, drugs and, rock and roll, that whole thing. I had a good friend that was a pretty talented guitar player that was putting together band and one night in a drunken haze I told him I wanted to sing in his band.

Next thing I know we (the whole band) are living together in a house and practicing a ton... you know, so we can get that record deal. Things were good. Lots of playing music, partying... you know living the life.

Fast forward 4 months to our first ever show. Everyone I know is coming out to see us... family, friends, all the girls I used "I'm a singer in a band" line on. prior to doing sound check I realize that no one besides the band has ever heard me sing and I'm really not that good. Our equipment wasn't very good so we would get a lot of feed back if we turned up the mic too much. This meant I would really have belt it out to be heard properly.

So it gets to show time and I realize everyone and their dog shows up to this gig. I'm obviously pretty nervous but really excited too. The band starts with this instrumental thing for a minute or so and then I come on stage (very dramatic). I walk up to the mic... grab it like a true rock star... and starting mouthing the words. I think I sang all of 2 lyrics and mouthed the rest of the concert. So here I am moving around like a good front man, closing my eyes like I am singing the hell out of the songs and only mouthing the words. After the concert I told everyone I was singing as loud as I could but our sounds system just sucked so bad that no one could hear me.

To this day, I have never told anyone the truth.