Just think it's a twisted frame of mind to think about music as above. Most people who are serious about music buy merch at shows for the explicit purpose of s

Just think it's a twisted frame of mind to think about music as above. Most people who are serious about music buy merch at shows for the explicit purpose of supporting the artist. It is a pure form of voting with your wallet, "I want you to exist, sell me unrelated goods I have no need for". I gave MC Lars $X for two t-shrits, not because I wanted T-shirts but because I wanted to support him and the great things that he creates. Hell, I even bought a floppy disk full of animiated .gifs from Math The Band. I don't even have a floppy drive, I just had a good time at their show. It's a manufactured good A good that, unlike a mixer, has no utility and the only reason for purchase is that you like it.