Does comedy have its own music genre?

Hi again, Carlos and Message Board team,

To give you a break from answering to distribution problems, maybe you can help me with a question on music genre.

Since my lyrics are mostly personal and social critique, fans are asking if it’s comedy. Sure, I’m okay with that. For categorization purposes, do you know if comedy in music form has its own separate genre or is it so rare that it’s distributed by the music genre that best fits the sound?

For example, I put Metal vocals to Hard Rock or Metal music with comedy lyrics.
Do I continue to distribute it as Metal or should I search for “Comedy” or “Humour” as a genre, kind of like “Soundtrack” is its own thing?


P.S. Is your team okay? I’m reading the topics on this board and it seems overwhelming. It sounds like iMusician is growing too much too fast. I know most processes are automated but you might consider hiring more team members to share the weight. Sending you wishes of “bon courage” and a hug.

Hello @Fairywren, thank you for your kind message, we appreciate it :heart:

Yes, you can select the genre Comedy in the drop down list:

Regarding the genre you should use, it depends. If you consider that you’re primarily making Metal music and that the comical lyrics are “secondary”, then you should keep using the genre Metal. If it’s the other way around, then using Comedy might be more appropriate.

Best regards,

1 Like

Thank you! That’s very helpful.

1 Like

You’re welcome :sunflower: