For https://p2pu.org/en/groups/making-music-and-sharing-it-openly/.

A. How to share and distribute a song 

Background:
1) choose license (make this clear to consumers!)
2) publish in free repositories
3) promote (website, social media)

cover: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gallery-art/3497849677/

video: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcvd5JZkUXY -  All Creative Work Is Derivative   

0. OPEN MUSIC - WHY
http://archive.icommons.org/articles/podcast-how-musicians-can-use-creative-commons -                      
Podcast: How Musicians Can Use Creative Commons



Background
The  course is meant for a person that already has created a song and wants  to share it with the world openly. But in case you're still in the  previous stage, inspiration, composing and recording, here's some  material that can help you out

How to write a song in 22 steps, http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Song

 Record, Audacity for recording and editing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity_(audio_editor)

2) LICENSE:
http://creativecommons.org/choose/ - choose a license 
http://creativecommons.org/videos/creative-commons-kiwi
[VIDEO] http://creativecommons.org/videos/mayer-and-bettle2 - explanation of CC licenses, with example of music being licensed

3) PUBLISH:
 http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Musician - where to publish + case studies
 http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos
 http://wiki.creativecommons.org/publish/video
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan05/articles/creative.htm - Creative Commons, Copyright & The Independent Musician (I don't know the license)
http://sutros.com   Artists can distribute and promote their music, interact with fans and  increase their online availability by releasing their music under a  Creative Commons license.
Case Study, NiN http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies/Nine_Inch_Nails_The_Slip
http://soundcloud.com/creativecommons - great online audio sharing site, that supports CC licenses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_distribution#Music brief history of digital media distribution and arguements against it


4) PROMOTE:
Be creative, open new paths
http://www.scommercial.com/home/ci_scusiamo an Italian band gives you a 10 euro cupon for Itunes and Amazon if you download their album.
http://wordpress.com/ Free blog.  With CC licence: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Adding_a_CC_mark_to_a_WordPress_blog
http://ccmixter.org/ - CC remix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead#In_Rainbows.2C_independent_work_and_.22pay_what_you_want.22_.282005.E2.80.9308.29 Radiohead "pay what you want" album, example of alternative marketing/sales strategy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUo3KMkOETY How a CC licence can help (cartoons in spanish)
http://lists.econsultant.com/top-creative-commons-licensed-music-websites.html - Top 17 Creative Commons Licensed Music Sites