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TIFU because i dropped my drumstick in the middle of a song and completely ruined our first real gig
so this literally just happened like a few hours ago and i’m still sitting in my room dying inside from the sheer embarrassment. my band finally managed to get our first real live gig at a local venue tonight. it wasn't a massive stadium or anything, but there were actually real people watching us and we were all super hyped and full of adrenaline. i play the drums and honestly everything was going completely perfect for the first three songs of our set. the crowd was into it and we felt like actual rockstars. then we started playing our fastest and most chaotic song. i was sweating like crazy, fully in the zone, and right before the biggest and most important beat drop of the entire track, my right hand got slippery. my drumstick literally flew out of my hand like a missile. it didn't just drop on the floor nicely, it flew straight across the stage and hit our guitarist right in the middle of his back. he got totally startled, missed his cue, and stopped playing entirely...