[aaronbrethorst]

That's funny, I recently paid $120 for two tickets to see Death Cab for Cutie perform songs live that I've heard a thousand times before on my computer.

(I've seen them live probably 7-8 times, and have likely shelled out something around $600-700 total for the privilege. Music absolutely has monetary value.)

[lt]

You're paying for the performance. You wouldn't pay that just to hear the studio songs be played over the amps. And I guess you'd be fairly satisfied even if they only played songs you haven't heard before.

[sp332]

So you pay almost nothing (on average) to listen to the music, but you pay hundreds for other things.