Recordings
A list of recordings I have played on over the years.
Music
How Much Do Artists Make Online?
UPDATE for 2020 – An excellent in-depth look at the situation by Andrew Grant: How Much Does Spotify Pay Artists & Has It Killed The Industry? Great graphic here from Information is Beautiful: Major Music Streaming Services Compared Daniel Sanchez breaks down some of the info from that graphic: What Streaming Music Services Pay And
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Some links about various pay-directly-to-the-artist services
Patreon.com: Cory Doctorow on Patreon concerning their recent change to payment policies that could have a negative impact on artists. Brent Knepper about who’s making money on Patreon – “No one makes a living on Patreon”. Graphtreon – a graph of Patreon creators and how much they make Libera Pay – a Patreon alternative
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Various Music Links
Ocrafolk Festival 2017 – Opening night playing before the auction with Carter Minor and Alison Weiner. “My Foolish Heart” – Video link on Google Photos A Tribute to Brother Yusuf Salim – Performed at The Station in Carrboro, NC, August 27, 2016 – also the day after my mother passed away. I’m playing bass the
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About Lessons
My first teaching experience, other than helping out friends along the way, was in 1976 at the Wilmington Music School in Wilmington, DE. I was fresh out of college and among my first students was a teenage girl who wanted to play electric bass in a rock band and a 76 year old jazz player
About Robbie Link
The short, simple story: I love music. I love music and I love sharing music through performance and through teaching. It’s what I love the most. Well, almost. There’s dark chocolate and cats and the beautiful woods of North Carolina and family and friends and so many other things but, music – that’s the thread