Abstract: The method of distributing music online provides for the online sale of music and audio files, which are uploaded to an online music store directly by the artist rather than being provided by a record company. The online music store is established in a form accessible to potential purchasers via a computer network. Purchasers and the artists establish accounts on the music store website. An artist uploads at least one digital audio file to the online music store. The at least one digital audio file is stored on a server accessible by or through the online store. The artist pays an artist fee to the online music store for offering the at least one digital audio file for sale on the website. An established portion of the artist fee to be contributed to a selected charity is calculated, and this portion of the artist fee is distributed to the charity.