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my name is robin and i make music as robinbird i think i’ve been sitting on this decision for maybe half a year now? the reason why i’m doing it now is because, while working on my second album, i was struck with a realization. my original plan was to make this the final album under the name "rob feather" and then maybe take a hiatus and come back as robinbird. but i was weirdly demotivated, because i felt like i was working on something that will only lead to a dead end. why would i finish and put out this album that resulted in years of work and is hugely sentimental to me under a name that i don’t think fits me anymore and i’m gonna quit using after anyway? robin is my birth name and i’ve come to appreciate it a lot more because it doesn’t imply any femininity or masculinity, at least to me. me being born into masculine identity however implied that "rob" would be a nickname for me so that stuck with me before i came to realizations about my gender, and so i decided on "rob feather" as an artist name years ago. as time went on i began to feel at best apathetic and at worst disconnected and weirded out by the name. a weird side effect is that people have been considering me "rob" as well and calling me by that name both online or in person, and even outside of my musicianship. i think this is what has felt the weirdest to me, my name is robin so if you refer to me personally you’d call me robin right? recently i just felt a bit offended by it even when i didn’t feel like speaking up about it. i’ve been openly non-binary for 1.5 years now and i feel that’s what represents my identity the most and what makes me feel the most comfortable. my close friends have also felt the name "rob" didn’t fit me and for example called me "robin feather" instead and i really appreciate that. i have considered that as a new artist name but i’ve always liked having a single word instead of an implied first name and last name. robinbird is what has stuck with me, seems the most usable and searchable on the internet, and incorporates my birth name in a way that i like. this has become a huge blerb of text already but i’d just like to show that i didn’t decide on this on a whim, i’m doing this because it will make me more comfortable and motivated in my music career. it is a weirdly difficult process however, changing your social media and website and such is straightforward enough but having to deal with dsp guidelines is just so exhausting. therefore i’m also not denying or ignoring the fact that i used to make music as "rob feather", that’s the best way to handle this change. i will be focusing on new music and opportunities as robinbird however. i’m sort of halfway between keeping my existing catalogue under "rob feather" or re-releasing it as robinbird. i’ll try my best to keep things available online and make this change easy to understand, but maybe some things will have to be split up or mismatched beyond my control. thanks for reading, happy new year and such :) -robin
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