Rllink
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My friend did an open mic this weekend and bombed. She plays guitar. She had been doing so well. Anyway, I wasn't there and I don't know what happened, but she is paralyzed now. So the story took me back to a few months ago when I decided to play a song at an open mic that I had recently heard and that I thought was cute. I'm sure that there are a few here who might have been witness to it, and anyone who has a video please DO NOT SHARE IT. It is not something I wish to relive. I wasn't real familiar with the song and I had it on my kindle, but I forgot to take my reading glasses out of my pocket and put them on, so I decided, no big deal, I'll wing it. Well, it went down hill from there and I never did make it clear through the song. Then I fell on the floor, kicked my feet, and cried. No, I didn't do that last part. Thanks to the audience's kindness, I was allowed another song that I was a bit more familiar with, and at least redeemed myself to some extent. I have no doubt for some in the audience my performance was viewed as an example of why they themselves are never going to go up on stage. I apologize if that is the case. No one should ever use me as an example, good or bad.
Anyway, I have told my friend that I saw Stevie Nicks forget the lyrics to a song on stage at a concert in front of ten thousand fans, and she is none the worse for wear because of it, but that does not seem to help. Perhaps a few more stories of people who have crashed and burned, and lived to tell about it would be good for her to hear, and perhaps even therapeutic for the teller. Thanks.
Anyway, I have told my friend that I saw Stevie Nicks forget the lyrics to a song on stage at a concert in front of ten thousand fans, and she is none the worse for wear because of it, but that does not seem to help. Perhaps a few more stories of people who have crashed and burned, and lived to tell about it would be good for her to hear, and perhaps even therapeutic for the teller. Thanks.
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