Electronic means for creation, release and distribution of music

Electronic means for creation, release and distribution of music are covered by the Bachelor thesis, particularly from a starting author's point of view. Major modes to release electronic music are reviewed with a particular focus on internet operating online music distributors that link the authors with music e-shops. Dozens of online distributors are reviewed for the conditions and services they offer to starting authors. Based on the data acquired by an original research, the online distributors are evaluated and compared according to the total benefit the author can achieve. The marketing of both singles and albums is considered. A new concept of averaged album is introduced to cope with diversity of distributors. Several methods are proposed and used to evaluate and compare the author's profit. Calculations are performed using a fixed number as well as an expected number of units sold. An electronic music debutant may apply the recommendations derived in the thesis, consult the data tables and the charts included in the text or even run the presented methods on his or her own. Intellectual property rights are also discussed and several organizations protecting the rights of music authors are reviewed and evaluated from a starting author's point of view