Where to Post My Song Lyrics

[anthrodisiac]

I've written a few songs for a fictional female symphonic death metal band and have been using snippets in some of my works. I thought it might be cool to post the full song lyrics here, but I don't really know where to post them.

My first thought, and it feels obvious, would be Poems & Poetry, but I haven't submitted any poems, so it's a foreign land to me. While songs tend to be similar to poetry, they aren't quite the same, which is why I didn't just go, "Duh, Poetry, boom!"

The other consideration would be to submit it as a normal story submission, but I don't think the songs meet the 750-word requirement, and it feels weird to call them "stories" when they're not. I could wait until I have several songs and post them all together, but I'd prefer to do that with the full album and I definitely don't have all the songs of any of the five albums. I currently have five songs: two completed, three WIPs (one of which is a 12-minute song, so maybe I could fit that in a normal submission ).

I didn't see anything obvious when I searched for threads about this, so any advice would be most welcome! And if you've posted song lyrics, I'm very keen to hear where you did and how.

Thanks!

 

[EmilyMiller]

I’ve put song parodies in poetry and it’s been fine.

 

[anthrodisiac]

I’ve put song parodies in poetry and it’s been fine.

Sweet! Thanks, Em!

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Sweet! Thanks, Em!

Post a link when they go live. I'd love to see them.

 

[anthrodisiac]

Post a link when they go live. I'd love to see them.

No pressure

One's pretty much good to go as is, the other one's still a little rough, so I might polish it up first. It's lower priority than my stories, but I'll keep you posted!

 

[WaxPhilosophic]

fictional female symphonic death metal band

Yes please!

 

[anthrodisiac]

Okay, submitted it... Let's see how it goes!

 

[Rustyoznail]

A bit late, but it's really the only place as you'd probably hit the minimum 750 word barrier anywhere else. Oh, and I posted a parody song in the non-erotic section.
https://literotica.com/p/ghost-writers-in-the-sky

 

[pink_silk_glove]

The other consideration would be to submit it as a normal story submission, but I don't think the songs meet the 750-word requirement, and it feels weird to call them "stories" when they're not. I could wait until I have several songs and post them all together, but I'd prefer to do that with the full album and I definitely don't have all the songs of any of the five albums. I currently have five songs: two completed, three WIPs (one of which is a 12-minute song, so maybe I could fit that in a normal submission ).

Are they actual songs or are they just the lyrics?

You could make audio files and submit as audio.

 

[anthrodisiac]

Are they actual songs or are they just the lyrics?

You could make audio files and submit as audio.

Just lyrics, I do not have the ability to do a full metal song, nor do I have access to a high-tier female metal vocalist capable of the screams and growls required for the song.

I guess I could do the screaming, have someone else with high-level singing talent do the cleans (much easier to find female vocalists who could sing clean instead of metal), but some logistical issues like I'm only 6 months into learning how to do metal vocals and, uh, nobody wants to hear that It's not bad, it's just not great or consistent yet.

 

[anthrodisiac]

Got rejected Probably should've mentioned the band is fake and I wrote all the lyrics... Oops I figured mentioning the band was all anthros was clear enough, but more clarity is always better!

Resubmitted, made it clearer, hopefully it goes through now that Laurel knows I'm not pilfering an actual band's songs

 

[anthrodisiac]

Hey, published!

Velvet Hands, Violent Hearts

Poetry isn't my forte, so... Guess we'll see what happens