I will note that I didn't omit your article on purpose, it's been 7 years and I forgot this one existed. I wasn't an editor at the time so I just read, commented, and forgot.
I ran my definition by a furry musician also, and she seemed to be in agreement with the fandom relation one.
The thing is, that you can have competing definitions within a fandom, it's usually what leads to feuds. The "Zipper Back" one is quite a contentious one in the writing sphere.
As time goes on though, it's the population (or culture) that has more say in what definitions are accepted, even if they don't make sense by some underlying concept of logic. To me, it seems that the fandom has drawn itself toward the 'unreasonable' definition. Pepper Coyote, Fox Amoore, etc are considered furry musicians.
The issue why I think that it's defined that way really comes down to one question: what happens when a furry is not a vocalist?
It's hard to make music 'furry' if there is no lyrics, so if you take your definitions, furries who play instruments can never be 'furry musicians' they can only be musicians.
Do we consider "What does the fox say?" furry music. How about Capital City's "Kangaroo Court"? Or Caravan's Palace's "Digger"?
I will note that I didn't omit your article on purpose, it's been 7 years and I forgot this one existed. I wasn't an editor at the time so I just read, commented, and forgot.
I ran my definition by a furry musician also, and she seemed to be in agreement with the fandom relation one.
The thing is, that you can have competing definitions within a fandom, it's usually what leads to feuds. The "Zipper Back" one is quite a contentious one in the writing sphere.
As time goes on though, it's the population (or culture) that has more say in what definitions are accepted, even if they don't make sense by some underlying concept of logic. To me, it seems that the fandom has drawn itself toward the 'unreasonable' definition. Pepper Coyote, Fox Amoore, etc are considered furry musicians.
The issue why I think that it's defined that way really comes down to one question: what happens when a furry is not a vocalist?
It's hard to make music 'furry' if there is no lyrics, so if you take your definitions, furries who play instruments can never be 'furry musicians' they can only be musicians.
Do we consider "What does the fox say?" furry music. How about Capital City's "Kangaroo Court"? Or Caravan's Palace's "Digger"?