How Music Works

In How Music Works, Niall Byrne talks to Irish people who make a living in music. This week, Sam McNicholl on the return of iconic West Cork venue Connolly's of Leap

Niall Byrne talks to Irish people who make a living in the music industry. This week, Charlene Hegarty of Derry label Smalltown America, offers a few lessons in the importance of tenacity and initiative

Niall Byrne talks to Irish people who make a living in the music industry. This week, Dara Kilkenny of the British and Irish Modern Music Institute in Dublin

Niall Byrne talks to Irish people who make a living in the music industry. This week, Kelly-Anne Byrne, DJ and radio presenter

In How Music Works, Niall Byrne talks to the Irish who make a living in the music industry. This week, Tony Sheehan, Artistic Director of the Triskel Arts Centre, on the Triskel’s artistic role in Cork City culture

In How Music Works, Niall Byrne talks to Irish people who make a living in the music industry. This week: Bernie Divilly, International Marketing Manager with Domino Records, on making the move to London

In How Music Works, Niall Byrne talks to those who make a living in the Irish music business about their job. This week, Victor Finn and Keith Johnson of IMRO on the organisation's recent report into the music industry

In How Music Works, Niall Byrne talks to those who make a living in the Irish music industry. This week, Cian Ó Cíobháin talks about his long and varied career as a DJ

In How Music Works, Niall Byrne talks to Irish people who make a living in the music industry. This week, sound engineer Marc Carolan explains how he tweaks the knobs for one of the biggest bands in the world

In How Music Works, Niall Byrne talks to those who make a living in the Irish music industry. This week, professional songwriter Richey McCourt on the art and craft of writing pop hits for the stars

In How Music Works, Niall Byrne talks to those who make a living in the Irish music industry. This week: NIall Byrne talks to talk to Angela Dorgan, head of First Music Contact

In How Music Works, Niall Byrne talks to those who make a living in the Irish music industry. This week, Liza Geddes from Friction PR, the company behind the PR campaigns of Villagers and Girl Band, but not BriBry

In the journey that music takes from the artist to the fan, mastering is perhaps the most misunderstood of all of the processes. Step up mastering engineer Fergal Davis from Camden Recording in Dublin

In How Music Works, Niall Byrne talks to those who make a living in the Irish music industry. This week: The Coronas manager Jim Lawless traces the band's journey from the school hall to the 3Arena and beyond