what is furry music?

Furry Music is anything that wants to call itself "Furry Music". It is also a booming scene of niche musicians who publish, perform, and create music as members of the furry community

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so, what is this all about?

Hi!, my name is Emberlynn Bland (she/they prononus). My mission is to catalogue and understand the many subcommunities of furry music, and to appreciate works by DIY artists in the online space. I ask "what is furry music?" to find unique perspectives, voices, and sounds through the furry community.

I'm a self-described furry music historian, but I also spend my time making my own furry music.

[Furry music] doesn't necessarily have to be exclusive to the fandom, but in terms of where the artist is promoting their stuff ... it feels like the label is more fulfilled if they're active in furry spaces. — Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest, 2024

previous presentations

Rise of Furry Music - ANE 2024

This panel covers furry music as we know it now, its history, and some statistics about the scene in early 2024.

Rise of Furry Music - FurEh 2024

Recording coming soon!

[Furry music is] when that furry tint is presented through artwork or lyrical content. — Furry Loser, 2024

Genres

A common misconception is that furry music is mostly one (or two) genres, due to the popularity of certain artists in both furry culture and greater nerd culture.

You don't have to look far to find music that isn't breakcore, dance music, or comedy rock.

Take a look at this chart of genres made by furries, sampling 567 furry musicians:

A list of genres and the count of musicians found making that genre. Each genre has a description of subgenres included. Here are the numbers for each genre: Ambient - 12. Classical - 30. Electronic - 205. Experimental - 21. Funk - 3. Hip-hop - 31. Jazz - 4. Metal - 38. Pop - 69. Rnb - 2. Rock - 99. Singer-songwriter 24. Various - 26.

A pie graph showing the above data as percentages. Electronic is at 36.3%, Rock at 17.6%, Pop at 12.2%, Metal at 6.7%, Hip-hop at 5.5%, Classical at 5.3%, Various at 4.6%, Singer-songwriter at 4.3%, Experimental at 3.7%, all others are too small to be given a label on the chart.

Electronic, Rock, and Pop seem to be the most popular categories of music made by furries, each reigning over 12% of the listed furry musicians. Other genres like Metal, Hip-hop, Classical, and Singer-songwriter all have established niches in the furry music scene.

The primary difference between Electronic and Pop (for this chart) was if the music predominantly featured original vocals. If it was instrumental, or featured rough vocal sampling, it was assigned as Electronic.

More is being done to help make this genre information meaningful, looking at clarifying what makes up Electronic music in the furry fandom, and being on the lookout for communities not yet uncovered in lesser-known genres.

Locations

This information is slightly outdated, but gives a general gist of where this data is coming from.

The majority of artists I've catalogued are from the United States, or do not list a country/location on their public profiles.

Data sourced from the HUGE List of Furry Musicians. Charts last updated 2024-03-07.

History

Coming soon.

Early furry musicians like Chama C. Fox (classical music), Bob Drake (rock music), and greatFox (comedy rock) were some of the first known musicians contributing music as members of the furry fandom.

Contact

If you're interested in learning more, or asking questions about furry music, shoot me an email at efmc.music /"@"\ gmail.com

You can also follow me on Twitter for website updates.