"Can you redo our first dance?" - Grrrr

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GFY Joe. I meant good for you Joe.

Shane,
You are correct. We all know it's no big deal to mix together 10 songs and make them sound great. Getting a little extra for the work is no problem but $500? I think we all know that's way out there as well. But, there is a sucker born every day. Some people just don't know any better. If they did, I'd be creating the mix for them. But that's only because I haven't quite the business. I'm in it for the long hall.
 
TommyO said:
I guess I just feel my time is worth more than others feel theirs is.

Sure, I am duplicating another person's work; however, I am going to spend time analyzing the song to determine where the breaks are and then time cutting the songs. Not being the mixologist I do most of these with Vegas and that does take some time. I would prefer that the job be done to my standards and correctly or not at all.
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C'mon man, copying and pasting between waveforms isn't that time consuming. Especially when your duplicating someone elses work. I agree time is money but I am having a hard time trying to reason with telling a client $500 for something that isn't even original just blows my mind. How long would it take to listen to the skit and right down cues where to start/end each song and then copy/paste/arrange? About an hour to 2 hours. For $200 I can go to a local studio and get 4 hours booked and give the tracks to the engineer to complete. But hey its your business and your time, so it's all in what you feel like doing. So on that note...To each his own, more power to you! :sqwink:

Just my 2 cents

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just charge them and get it over with....

tell them everyone gets one freebie, after that your charged full rate if you want more
 
Shane:

Doing the work is the easy part but there are other motivations for the high price and these are:

1. The personal view that this is not appropriate for a first dance. This viewpoint is shared by other DJs I colaborate with on a local level. So, if they want me to do something I believe is not appropriate then they will pay a higher price for it.

2. Several instances where I have done the work for free or low cost and the bride and groom changed their minds after the work was done. Paying a higher price will cause them to rethink any plans to scrap the idea.

3. Several instances where I have done the work for free or low cost and the bride and groom kept changing the songs to be used up until a few days before the wedding and after several "samples" had been created. If they are going to pay $500, they can change the songs several times and I won't have a problem with it.
 
I find issue with your first instance Tom

In qua;ifying your Bride and Groom you have been adamant about either selecting them as your client or not. To charge more for a client cause your personal view of the appropriateness seems to conflict. Not judging you here, just an observation. Perhaps it should be addressed in the qualifying meeting so they know up front that you hold all rights to deny any thing regarding performance requests in which you feel inappropriate. Charging a higher price for this wont make it more appropriate in your eyes will it?:sqwink:
TommyO said:
Shane:

Doing the work is the easy part but there are other motivations for the high price and these are:

1. The personal view that this is not appropriate for a first dance. This viewpoint is shared by other DJs I colaborate with on a local level. So, if they want me to do something I believe is not appropriate then they will pay a higher price for it.
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This is in my contract

If needed (with prior notification) or requested, major music editing, music research, recording, downloading, converting, burning etc will be done at a rate of $65.00 an hour. 7 days advanced notice and if needed, media (CD, MP3, DVD etc.) delivered to us is required.
Due to liability issues Grapevine DJs only operate audio and video equipment that is owned by Grapevine Productions.
 
I don't have a problem with $65/hr or $500 for editing a custom medley.

I just wouldn't do it for wedding couples - it's too hard to get them to recognize the value of all that goes into making those custom snippets.

It always takes longer than expected, there's always something too change, and when it's all done they think: "just for this?"

At $500 that little snippet is 25% compared to the cost of a $2500 DJ. Depending on your price you can reach a point where these add-ons are like ordering a shrimp cocktail with a hamburger.

I'd reserve that effort for corporate clients who are already spending big bucks on their production and care not what the cost of custom work will be.
 
Sony Vegas, and Adobe Audition (maybe others, too) offer the option to Save the project "as is". Might be a good idea to do so, as a multitrack project, at least until after the wedding, in case the clients want to make changes, as they have in Joe's case. Depending on how much work has been put into it, this could save you a LOT of time, creating version 2.0 or 3.0, etc.
 
Proformance said:
I don't have a problem with $65/hr or $500 for editing a custom medley.

I just wouldn't do it for wedding couples - it's too hard to get them to recognize the value of all that goes into making those custom snippets.

It always takes longer than expected, there's always something too change, and when it's all done they think: "just for this?"

At $500 that little snippet is 25% compared to the cost of a $2500 DJ. Depending on your price you can reach a point where these add-ons are like ordering a shrimp cocktail with a hamburger.

I'd reserve that effort for corporate clients who are already spending big bucks on their production and care not what the cost of custom work will be.
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20%. :sqwink::sqlaugh::sqbiggrin:
 
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