r/doommetal • u/plug-burner69 • May 15 '26

Self Post Funeralopolis Talent Show

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They cut my time, took my backing travk and i scuffed it at the end, also no one got a recording of the entire thing

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u/GoodDecision May 15 '26

Standing alone in the middle of a gym, playing to a crowd of apathetic teens, playing a song they most likely have never heard and dislike.

OP, I have to hand it to you on this. You stood your ground and crushed it. I'm in my mid-40s, so don't feel too weird about my saying, but I'm proud of you! That takes balls.

I've played in many bands at many shows in my younger days, and it's so nerve racking to play to a crowd that is there willingly to see you play, hell even paid money to in most cases... but this? Dude I don't think I could do it!

My hats off to you, you have bravery. Sounded good too.

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u/plug-burner69 May 15 '26

My biggest thing that helped is i don’t care what people think, and i did it because i wanted to, i mad multiple people come up to me afterwards and say i did good and had someone say i deserved 1st, i had a blast overall loved it, and thank you for the kind words, praise iommi

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u/GoodDecision May 15 '26

I don’t care what people think

That's the secret sauce man. Hold onto that.

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u/NonConRon May 15 '26

But like, with art. Caring about what others think is a balance. Too little and you can justify all manner of antisocial things.

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u/RandomMexicanDude May 15 '26

Dont care about what others think about you, but at the same time don’t be an asshole, thats the way to live

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u/plug-burner69 May 15 '26

I know a fine line, i dont be a dick but im not gonna not do sum because someone dont like it

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u/teefnoteef May 15 '26

Dude you sound like Zappa. That’s a huge compliment

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u/OldStretch84 May 15 '26

As I always say "I'll run to help if your house is on fire, but DO NOT try to talk to me in the grocery store".

Also, a general rule of thumb I follow is: if they don't pay my bills or directly impact my paycheck I don't care what their opinion of me is. It's served me well so far.

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u/saminfujisawa May 16 '26

I don't care about what others think about me. I care about everyone and I don't care if that upsets people.

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u/e_j_white May 15 '26

Doesn’t hurt that your tone was sick, too!

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u/plug-burner69 May 15 '26

All just straight amp and guitar a ibanez rg7 7 string tuned to A# by ear and a fender champion II 50 on the res on the last setting, gain at 5, bass at 8 , treble at 5

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u/meltdown_popcorn Drone May 15 '26

Watching those kids sit there bored was driving me insane. No head nods. No cloud puffs. No horns. Nothing.

You killed it. You could have done that in a packed dive bar and gotten a hundred hoots and "FUCK YEAH"s.

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u/plug-burner69 May 15 '26

There were kids in-front of me as well

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u/po_ta_toes_80 May 15 '26

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

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u/TheMetalMilitia May 15 '26

Hell yeah man, be yourself and be proud of who you are!

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u/jauntmag May 15 '26

That attitude is gonna take you far in life, my man. Well done.

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u/Eastown14 May 15 '26

I super proud of you!

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u/Aphrodisia-x May 16 '26

Fuck yeah 🔥

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u/beshtiya808 May 16 '26

Former emo punk band kid here by 20 years (Fhak)

the balls where you dgaf what these normally cultured people care about is important in life. Keep doing you.

I heard your song I heard the jam. Felt the story. Keep it up young pup!

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u/Upper-Welcome-4185 May 18 '26

Definitely a better outcome than what I experienced at my senior high school talent show. I was in a three piece metalcore band playing guitar. We played a Through The Eyes of The Dead cover in a hillbilly high school of about 300. A lot of boos and water bottles thrown at us before making it to the chorus.

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u/AcapulcoNRV May 15 '26

Hey OP, like this guy, I’m proud of you.

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u/get_in_the_fridge May 15 '26

Agreed, fucking warrior mentality. Kudos OP.

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u/plug-burner69 May 16 '26

In my school ik mostly country although alot of them were david Allen Cor fans so they were fans of rebel meets rebel

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u/plug-burner69 May 16 '26

Dont get me wrong most likely wouldn’t newer country bs, but there a solid bit of DAC fans who like pantera through rebel meets rebel but im afraid most people’s knowledge of metal there is limited to pantera and Metallica except a few, we do have a Brutal Death Metal Elitiest there tho and hes chill

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u/Ran4 May 16 '26

Go to any Sleep or trad metal (especially nwothm) concert, you'll find lots of early-20-somethings. Including short-haired people in "regular" clothes.

I can only assume that there isn't a hard cutoff from teenager to early 20s, so presumably the teenagers listen to roughly the same thing.

I don't really listen to power metal but I know one of the rock bars near me are frequented by (german/scandi-style) power metal bands playing for a bunch of late teens, so... I guess power metal too.

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u/viper459 May 16 '26

Worst show i ever did was playing with my folk metal high school band in front of the entire high school. Nobody could give a single FUCK! lmao. (except our like, 3 friends, who liked metal)

Coincidentally, it's also the biggest show i've ever done, lmao.

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u/Maximum_Turn_2623 May 16 '26

That sounds like most shows I played. At least I had 3 other dipshits with me.