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@Ruadhan2300 "Cheap has connotations of being outright resistant to spending money at all even when it would be more pragmatic to do so" - not quite, cheap means instead being resistant to spending and getting nothing back. He was going to spend the money anyway, he was not resistant to doing so.
Its not a complete answer to the question and people above said it more concisely, in my humble opinion. As @Tᴚoɯɐuo says, there's a whole world of emotions that could drive that statement.
I completely agree, but you don't say that in your proposed answer. So it can be, as I said (since we are trying to help learners of English) much more complicated than telling someone you're just following the rules/that's what the computer said etc.
@Peace he shouldn't do that because his answer is not a complete one. There is a potential subtext to it that he misses, or fails to state. The assumption that recipient is getting an equal share is not always the case.
i think people often use jealous when what they mean is envious as in your example. I think of someone who is actively jealous as having an implied willingness to take or steal to take possession of <whatever> whereas envy is more a wish that I also had a <whatever>
The author of that text needs to check his syntax throughout. Where does it come from ? The closest to making syntactic sense is "Here comes today's (choice/selection of) music" bracketed words are optional and I think you would have understood my version without any problems.
