Where do Dineen et al find their music???

kraggy

Have legally sourced a few songs that Dineen has played over the last week or so and am really pleased to have done so.

However, the question occurred to me, where does he (and indeed any other good DJ) manage to source such brilliant songs? Some of the groups I would consider obscure and indeed have never heard of some of them.

So where does he get these wonderful toys?...

smackbunnybaby

there is nothing special about where those lads get their music.

they mostly get stuff sent to them by record labels etc.

if you want to be as good as them try and explore myspace a bit more or read some magazines like Plan B or similar.

Dennis the Stone

Donal Dineen and Cían Ó Cíobháin are the best DJs on Irish Radio. The more you listen to them the more familiar you become with the good labels and then you can source it yourself online. A lot of the music I discover they seem to discover too. Great minds think alike! :pac:

insinkerator

smackbunnybaby wrote: »

they mostly get stuff sent to them by record labels etc.

This. Also i assume they keep an eye on some forums like the pimp your band one here.

John

It's their job to find out about these things. For us it's just a hobby. Plus all these programs have research teams who spend all day sorting through promos, going through myspace, etc. finding the gems.

AnonoBoy

Donal Dineen doesn't have a research team working on his show. He picks stuff up through magazines, from labels - by checking out other bands on labels he likes.

Research team. :rolleyes:

John

So there's no production team at all? I find that hard to believe.

AnonoBoy

John wrote: »

So there's no production team at all? I find that hard to believe.

I didn't say he doesn't have a production team. I'm sure there's a producer and whatnot in there with him. But he doesn't have researchers working all day finding tracks for him. Donal does that himself.

JLemmon

A lifetime listening to music
Not just downloading a whole discography from some site.
I remember when her first appeared he was playing Jeff Buckley, Pavement,
Aphex Twin, Talk Talk, various classical things some world stuff etc..
but as mentioned he just reads up on stuff, researches labels. has friends pass him on stuff and basically has a good ear. So experience is his real asset,
you can't get that by downloading millions of tracks and never getting around to listening to them properly.
Example if you find an act you like then go look at their influences or other bands like them and start branching out from there it's great fun and it will open a new world of music but be patient with it, a random dip into krautrock may lead you to modern german techno or electronica and so on. Good Luck

Doozie

Tago Mago wrote: »

Donal Dineen and Cían Ó Cíobháin are the best DJs on Irish Radio. The more you listen to them the more familiar you become with the good labels and then you can source it yourself online. A lot of the music I discover they seem to discover too. Great minds think alike! :pac:

+1

but I've never gotten over why the powers that be changed Dineens slot to midnight that time about a year ago.I mostly only catch Cian before I doze off:rolleyes:

Dennis the Stone

JLemmon wrote: »

you can't get that by downloading millions of tracks and never getting around to listening to them properly.
Example if you find an act you like then go look at their influences or other bands like them and start branching out from there it's great fun and it will open a new world of music but be patient with it, a random dip into krautrock may lead you to modern german techno or electronica and so on. Good Luck

Yeah it's so much fun slowly branching out in new directions and learning more and more

Doozie wrote: »

+1

but I've never gotten over why the powers that be changed Dineens slot to midnight that time about a year ago.I mostly only catch Cian before I doze off:rolleyes:

I catch Cian and then maybe the last hour of Donal. Imagine a station with that quality of music all day long.. Ah well.

Nolanger

Don't ever DJ in a club with Dineen.
Know a guy who worked a few weeks with that guy back in the '90s and got told he was not welcome any more. No reason given either.

AnonoBoy

Nolanger wrote: »

Don't ever DJ in a club with Dineen.
Know a guy who worked a few weeks with that guy back in the '90s and got told he was not welcome any more. No reason given either.

What? If the club didn't want your mate back what has that got to do with Donal Dineen?

Nolanger

The club did want him back but it was Dineen who told him not to come back.

Fanny Cradock

I would guess that he finds his music from multiple sources. It's his passion, and he probably spends a lot of time listening and exploring. I would also imagine that he has built up an excellent network at the stage.

AnonoBoy

Nolanger wrote: »

The club did want him back but it was Dineen who told him not to come back.

Maybe your mate's a dick?

Nolanger

Well he is now but back in the '90s he was OK.
Starting out as a DJ when Dineen let him play in a club for a few weeks and then the next week told him at the start of the night that he couldn't play there anymore.
Wouldn't talk to him either so my friend just left without asking why.

MrJones

kraggy wrote: »

Have legally sourced a few songs that Dineen has played over the last week or so and am really pleased to have done so.

However, the question occurred to me, where does he (and indeed any other good DJ) manage to source such brilliant songs? Some of the groups I would consider obscure and indeed have never heard of some of them.

So where does he get these wonderful toys?...

wish they would update the podcast of the small hours show more often.

John

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I didn't say he doesn't have a production team. I'm sure there's a producer and whatnot in there with him. But he doesn't have researchers working all day finding tracks for him. Donal does that himself.

OK, I stand corrected!