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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 because he had no idea what just hit him. i quickly tried to reach down for my backup stick that i keep near the snare, but because i was completely panicking, i fumbled and dropped that one on the floor too lol. the whole rhythm just died instantly. our singer slowly turned around and looked back at me with the most painful, disappointed "what the hell are you doing" face i have ever seen in my life. the crowd just stared at us. we had to awkwardly stop everything, laugh it off on the mic, and start the song all over again but the energy in the room was totally ruined after that.

my bandmates say it’s fine and told me not to worry about it, but i know deep down they probably want to choke me bro. i don’t think i’m ever going to recover from this mental damage.

tl;dr – dropped my drumstick during a fast song, accidentally hit our guitarist with it, and completely ruined the momentum and energy of our first real live performance.

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