Hi folks, so i'm in the UK, been a DJ for 25+ years.
I know there's a massive disparity between what many of you earn and what we earn over here for an average wedding.
For example, if I did a straight pound-to-dollar conversion, I'm averaging around $500 for a straight wedding disco, no MC stuff, just turn up, set up the gear, play music and then go home. For events where MC is required I average anywhere between $900 to $1000.
We've had the likes of Peter Merry, Jim Cerone, Randy Barlet, Mark Ferrell and so on over here preaching about earning the bigger bucks and if you splash $4000 or whatever on each level of Marbecca you could probably earn double the usual rate.
But...
What I want to know is...was your "DJ industry" ever at the level we are at now here in the UK as far as "per gig" income is concerned? I know there are massive economic differences for sure.
Over the last few years, I've noticed that how the public reacts to DJs has changed massively. There once was a time a DJ was seen as "a God", we were held in a much higher status than we are today. Why is that? Is it the same in the US?
Has the likes of Spotify dumbed everything down to a level where we're pretty much expendable?
Would you say you do much more MC stuff than actual DJ'ing?
I know there's a massive disparity between what many of you earn and what we earn over here for an average wedding.
For example, if I did a straight pound-to-dollar conversion, I'm averaging around $500 for a straight wedding disco, no MC stuff, just turn up, set up the gear, play music and then go home. For events where MC is required I average anywhere between $900 to $1000.
We've had the likes of Peter Merry, Jim Cerone, Randy Barlet, Mark Ferrell and so on over here preaching about earning the bigger bucks and if you splash $4000 or whatever on each level of Marbecca you could probably earn double the usual rate.
But...
What I want to know is...was your "DJ industry" ever at the level we are at now here in the UK as far as "per gig" income is concerned? I know there are massive economic differences for sure.
Over the last few years, I've noticed that how the public reacts to DJs has changed massively. There once was a time a DJ was seen as "a God", we were held in a much higher status than we are today. Why is that? Is it the same in the US?
Has the likes of Spotify dumbed everything down to a level where we're pretty much expendable?
Would you say you do much more MC stuff than actual DJ'ing?