We‘ve discussed in the past a favorite talking point of the RIAA, claiming a 40% decline in employment for musicians over the past decade or so, which simply isn‘t supported by the numbers. We‘ve been seeing a lot of people claiming this again lately, so we decided to take a look at what the numbers actually showed, and can‘t seem to figure out where that decline is coming from, because the numbers show a very different story — one that suggests things are actually much better for independent musicians than in the past, just as we would expect. In fact, there‘s been an astounding 510% increase in independent musicians making their full time living from music in just the past decade.