Ryan Hoover

Following a tip from Chris Brogan, I've decided to turn my Follow Fridays on Twitter into blog posts for a couple of reasons. First, it allows me to list as many people as I want without having to flood the timelines of my followers. Secondly, it's a cheap and easy ploy to get you to visit my blog -- duh.

In this week's edition, I present to you, in no particular order, a few people that you should be following if you're interested in making a career for yourself in the music business:

@Lefsetz - Bob Lefsetz is a no-BS kinda guy armed with a lot of knowledge of the music business and how it works. If you're looking for someone who's going to tell you how it is without the sweet candy coating, and offer great insights into the biz, you need to be following this man.

@artistshouse - A great place offering advice and how-to guides for musicians.

@dbrose67 - David Rose is the Managing Editor at KnowTheMusicBiz.com

@MusicianWages - as their bio explains, "How to make a living as a working musician. Written by musicians for musicians."

@solobasssteve - Steve Lawson is a UK musician who has a lot of experience in carving out a niche for himself and making a career out of it. He is full of great advice, and just about anyone looking to pursue a career making music can learn a lot from him.

@sivers - Derek Sivers is somewhat of an "indie musician's superman." He was the founder of several services for the DIY music community such as CD Baby and, more recently, Muckwork. Yet another great source for insight into the music biz.

@mountflorida - Heather McDonald is the About.com Music Careers Guide. She's written countless articles giving career advice to musicians and other folks within the music industry alike (producers, agents, managers).

@MrBuzzFactor - Bob Baker is an indie music marketing "guru" who always has good new ways to promote your music.

@davidhooper - David is another great source for ideas to market and promote your music. He is also the host of the Music Business Radio podcast.