cangrejo, you're so naive.
you're so happy that you have a baby on the way .. imagine how happy you would be if you were an artist and people would not pay anything for your music... and you could not afford to be a dad. that would cut down on your happiness for sure.
it's the same with artists. they love making art, and they wish they didn't have to go get a second job to get by. they want the time to create music.
just imagine that your baby is to you what art is to artists. it's like wanting a baby but affording just half a baby. it's like having a baby but not being able to spend time with him/her, because you have to work too much cause you need the money to survive.
in the end, let me make it simple:
- music has the purpose of satisfying a person's needs. this makes music have some properties and a value, which makes it a product, a competitive product. thus there is a market for music. logically, everything on the market has a price. whoever wants to satisfy some personal needs through music, should get on the market, search, and trade value (money) for value (music).