Is all filk parody?
No. A lot of filk is parody, don’t get me wrong, and some very excellent parody albums have come out of the filk community. But a lot of filk is entirely original. I write very few parodies; almost all of my lyrics are set to entirely original tunes. The big exception to my fondness for original lyrics and music is the annual Pegasus Award Remix, in which I rewrite all the nominees on the Pegasus Ballot to the tunes of all the other nominees. If you explore my songbook, you’ll find a lot of parodies tagged as coming from that particular exercise.
