The worst musical experience I've ever had was a 'live audition'; In other words it was an audition at a gig.
So; already I'm playing someone else's gear/set-up, which we all know is very uncomfortable and a lot of hard work.
It was a function band playing at a wedding, I'd been given the click tracks before hand, learnt them and was perfectly confident in my ability to pull it off.
As I'm on my way to the gig I get a call from the band leader "Oh, do you have headphones with you?"
No, I said, thinking I could have done with a little more notice.
"Not a problem" he said, so I forgot about it.
So I got to the venue and he hands me these in ears that absolutely would not fit, let alone stay in my ears.
So, I couldn't hear the click and the backing track was completely out of sync: a true train wreck.
I felt so useless as I know I would have played fine with my phones.
I know it's the whole 'bad workman blames tools' thing but...
I can't paint a picture without any F*cking paint...
If you see what I mean.