There is no logic behind it. You said yourself you love the music and the fans that come with it -- how easy would it be for them to get your best out of you by simply asking for it? You would both get what you want, without consequence or negativity.

[Then again, Meril might not be here playing bass. Or she might. Funnily enough, she had never given consideration to what she would be doing if she wasn't stuck here.]