I would guess that 90% of DJs are not full-time.
Any of you have Day Jobs?
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I would guess that 90% of DJs are not full-time.
If the business was lucrative enough,
there probably wouldn't be sites like ODJT,
because we'd have all the work we would ever want or need.
there probably wouldn't be sites like ODJT,
because we'd have all the work we would ever want or need.
I net about 40,000 a year DJing, but I do keep a full time job mostly for the health insurance and other benefits and the extra $60,000 a year it brings in
I'll throw this out there. To go full time, my wife and I would have to pull in $180,000 gross (going on the salary multiplied by 2 to account for taxes, benefits, etc) from DJing to make up for our current salaries and benefits. That's not happening in our area.
It's the medical benefits that really come into play here. Having insurance through my other job is far better than any private insurance I could get to cover my family and me.
But But But But.......if you charge $6000-$10000 a job and work only X a year.....you'll have it!!!!!
I'm sure those posts are due to show up shortly.
I'm sure those posts are due to show up shortly.
Me .. I'm shooting for Paris Hilton territory .. I'll be set for life.
I would guess that 90% of the DJs who call themselves full-time, are not making a decent living at it either. They're just slackers.
is their something wrong with being a part time DJ? lol I make 70K plus at my day job.. 45K+ Djing and seeing as how most DJ Gigs are at night or on the weekend.. when I'm not at my Day Job.. its a WIN WIN lol
Same ballpark here. 70K by day, 50k by weekend for a total of 120k/year. Most of the guys that claim to be FT in the Nashville market average about 30k per year. In my book, that doesn't make you a FT, professional DJ. It makes you a slacker.
That's what I figured. $30k
Just a suggestion. If you're going to try the "I'm a professional DJ" routine, make sure you're getting it done first. Any dude just scraping by has no reason to gloat in his self-perceived superiority.
I'm guessing since this is a DJ board, the association was made. Are you an amateur ?
I'm definitely not a PRO DJ but I can hold my own. I do ok at my regular adventure. And a lot of my colleagues are quite condescending and ... well you guys know the rest, the God Complex can be a PITA.
Algren, I was also "put off" by your original post.
The word "just" makes it sound condescending.
Take a look above, you may find that Rick and I were not the only ones who took offense.
I'm with Rick and Mike on this one although it maybe partially to blame on Algren not fully understanding the nuances of the English language, as it is spoken in the United States.
Nothing wrong with being a fulltime DJ. But one should be careful to assume another's income too.. lol I worry about my pockets and my pockets only.. I don't assume anyone elses income, nor is it my business too. Just my 2 cents.
Being a full-time DJ is something that I would love to do, but the realities of what my family needs and what I intend to provide them don't match up to that desire. The problem I, and perhaps others here, have is not with anyone who actually does make a good living at their DJ craft, it's with the guys who are condescending and arrogant, simply because it's their only income stream. My assertion on the income isn't an assumption, it's stated fact, derived from discussions with so-called "full-time" DJs in my market. The vast majority of those guys make about $20k-$30k per year. It's livable if you're single, or you have a girlfriend who actually carries the weight. But it's certainly nothing to brag about. You can work at McDonald's and make that kind of money.
25k is the median per capita income per person in my area. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36105.html. You certainly aren't comfortable but you can live fairly decently on 30k or 60k assuming 2 people working for a family of 4.
Once you account for health insurance and benefits that a 9-5 provides that 30k does shrink down pretty fast.