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Originally Posted by petrucci
The page states that US census bureau statistics show there were 139, 310 musicians and composers in 1910 and 161,000 in 2001.
Regardless of the truth of my claim, there has been a precipitous drop in the percentage of people that are employed as musicians.
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Well the invention and spread of gramaphones and radio probably had something to do with that? Live performers were no longer required for music to be enjoyed.