Miscellaneous: Today, I finally released my first music album. I dropped out...

By Rob - 01/12/2009 06:57 - United States

Today, I finally released my first music album. I dropped out of college to pay for it after my friends who liked my music urged me to. They keep telling me how much they love the CD. I've only sold one copy. Turns out they put it on a sharing site so only one of them would have to buy it. FML

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Same thing different taste

By Anonymous - 30/08/2010 23:25 - United States

Today, I finally worked up the courage to play my friends the demo CD that I've spent all summer recording. I didn't tell them it was me. Not even 10 seconds into the first song, my best friend asked me to turn it off because it sucked. FML

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You deserved it 6 658

By nowhereman1990 - 03/08/2010 04:23 - Venezuela

Today, I heard on a local radio a song I wrote almost 2 years ago. Apparently, after my family and I moved away, my former band found a new guitar player, and that song is now the first single of their debut LP. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/10/2010 05:04 - United States

Today, I finally got the courage to tell the guy I liked how I felt by making him a mix CD. Confident, I gave it to him. After class, I went to the trash can to throw some paper away. I saw my mix CD in the trash. FML

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You deserved it 8 204

By tonedef - 09/07/2013 23:35 - United States

Today, after spending weeks working on a song that meant a lot to me, I reluctantly posted it online. The "friend" who'd convinced me to post it, commented, "This is the worst shit I've ever heard." He got 30 likes, along with a barrage of agreeing, equally terrible comments. FML

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Rock n Roll is a dirty business

By Anonymous - 09/11/2020 23:01

Today, I was in a band with some friends and we got our first gig at a local festival, but I'd already agreed to work serving drinks at the festival. My bandmates got really annoyed and kicked me out of the band. They then went ahead and performed the song that I WROTE, without me, at the festival where I was working. FML

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You deserved it 886

By Raaaaaaarrrrrr - 13/07/2009 02:30 - United States

Today, I bought a CD off a man who always plays Spanish guitar in the subway. When I got to work and tried playing the CD, it was blank. I paid $15 for a blank CD. FML

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You deserved it 21 674

By toothbreaker - 22/08/2019 11:00 - United States - Tucson

Today, I bought my very first college textbook. I received a stack of hole-punched papers. My $195 "book" isn’t even bound together. FML

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You deserved it 189

Focus group

By Jay - 10/04/2009 14:41 - Germany

Today, my mate came over wanting me to listen to a new music CD he got. It was by some unknown band, and at the end he asked me what I thought, and I said it was ok but the lead singer couldn't sing even if his life depended on it. Turns out my mate's the lead singer, and it was his own band. FML

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You deserved it 43 161

By lovelikewoe - 11/07/2010 01:00 - United States

Today, I made my mom a mix CD for her car. It took me ages to find just the right songs that would be perfect for her. When I played it for her in the car, she took it out and threw it out of the window. FML

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You deserved it 5 400

By gaga - 22/05/2012 07:34 - United States - San Jose

Today, after spending about 5 grand on my home studio over the past year, I realized I have no musical talent whatsoever. FML

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You deserved it 39 074

tekcor 2

Tuesday 1 December 2009 12:32

Well that was a dumb move. Did you really think your friends would buy enough music to cover your income for the rest of your life?

Lisa89 3

Tuesday 1 December 2009 12:45

Welcome to the music industry. And if it was acual money you were after then it's stupid for you to think you could make enough to get by when you're an unknown artists with one album.

Comments

Twincest 11

Wednesday 2 December 2009 7:31

.... 8[ wow ...just wow not cool :c

frostie 0

Wednesday 2 December 2009 7:52

Rob, being in the music industry is damn hard. With all the competition and music pirating now, its going to be hard to make a living off it. Your album cant be just 'average' and will need to 'perfect', in order to compete with the people out there today. Its also risky, say if no one likes your music no one will buy your albums, which is why its good to have a back up plan and get a degree. If your music career doesn't work out you can fall back to the job your degree can get, to live on. Thats why im majoring in two majors, small business making and human resource management. If i fail at making a profitable business, im going to go into marketing. Hope everything works out in your life. :)

Party_Danimal 0

Wednesday 2 December 2009 8:03

**** you music company employee! Try to make us feel guilty for using superior dispersal methods.

Wizzards_fml 0

Wednesday 2 December 2009 12:19

fyl. I'll buy it too

Soloblackdude 0

Wednesday 2 December 2009 12:20

You didn't think this through well... The end result was deserving I guess.

ArchieWrath 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 22:26

Most of the money for a musician just starting in the business comes from touring and shows anyway, even if they get signed to a decent label.

oOMr_JonesOo 0

Saturday 5 December 2009 19:16

you only have one solution. Kill the ************ who ripped your album to the internet. **** music pirates.

rtconner 0

Monday 7 December 2009 8:30

can we have a link to the music?

stewietm 0

Monday 11 January 2010 23:27

you fail how do u have a computer if u have no money and the reason u don't have a link is because there was no music

ceruleandawn 0

Monday 5 April 2010 18:31

Hey. I don't agree with most of the people posting here. In my opinion, college is a waste of time if you have your heart set on doing something college can't help you with. It's also a big-ass waste of money. I'm about to drop out too, to pursue music. Why? Am I stupid too? A lot of people think so... but I think they're stupid for wasting time in college. College is DEFINITELY not for everyone. Many musicians don't graduate from college. In my opinion, if I don't go to college, I will have that much more free time and money to : A - Save up money from working part-time jobs. and B - Practice, write, and record music. The people who don't believe we can do it can **** off, because they'll end up doing some job they hate just because of the money while we're on stage rocking it out.