The Bob Dinan Jingle Podcast

Kill the Cowbells

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:28:55 +0000

Remember that great JAM documentary, “The making of a JAM custom jingle”. It’s informative, clever, and brilliant.

Near the end Jhani Kaye (then of KOST) and Jon Wolfert are in post-production, spending many sleepless hours mixing the final cuts.

“That cowbell,” says Jhani tentatively, “is it dating the sound?”.

Cowbell?

COWBELL?!!

Wouldn’t a cowbell date a jingle even if it had been recorded in 1923?

Our rule-of-thumb to jingle producers is that cowbells are probably always a bad idea, unless perchance you’re recording a jingle package for Radio Edelweiss.

And here’s a Radio One jingle to prove it - odd harmonies, awful Americanised pronunciation of “cheerful TOON” and a bloody cowbell.

Moooo.

Bob

Still the One

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:02:21 +0000

Jingle anoraks always like image songs. On Jinglemad, everyone’s getting their knickers in a proverbial twist over TM Studio’s new image song by Greg Clancy, the essence of which is “Isn’t it great to be Scottish?’

But was there ever a better image song than JAM’s “Still the One Campaign” that began in the last 70s and kept going?

That may be a rhetorical question.

Thanks TC (Wrexham) for providing such a great quality cut.

Two’s (which) Company?

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:19:40 +0000

Big day for Radio 2 - changes at Breakfast and Drivetime, and - as predicted - a few new jingles sneaked in.

Chris Evans opens with a not-entirely comfortable re-sing of his big ramp; Simon Mayo has a new version of his familiar calypso, plus another new jingle.

All, I imagine, are from Wise Buddah.

Special Cut

Sat, 9 Jan 2010 07:48:30 +0000

I like this TM jingle very much.

Like the vocals. Like the melody. Like the phrasing. Like the station logo.

Yep, I like it.

Bob

Big L (again)

Tue, 5 Jan 2010 20:56:47 +0000

Here’s a new aircheck - a reminder of just how many great jingles they have.

Recorded 7pm, Tuesday 5 January 2010.

By the way - those PAMS cuts are Steve England resings, aren’t they?