This guy wants to see me doing an event.
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The plan is to have four singers that are famous that everybody knows come in and perform.
I’d bet very few here will know those singers
I’d bet very few here will know those singers
Exactly the way to do it. @MIXMASTERMACHOM if you're happy with a few hundred bucks by all means do this gig there's nothing wrong with that but if you are doing it for $300 and to get exposure in hopes of higher paying gigs save yourself the headache. People die of exposure my friend. Exposure never paid any bills for anyone
I've done the same thing many times in the same situation. There has been one corporate client that I have charged the same for since 2008. I could up the rate but they treat me good and get my services 3-4 times a year. Each time it's my fee plus a healthy tip. My base for these people is still higher than 2/3 of what DJ's in this market charge. I've also done several weddings and birthday parties and a few retirements through this crowd among other things
Pick your battles and realize not everything should be a battle
I did the same also. In this area there are lots of charity dances someone is down on their luck or needs to travel for medical issues and can't work etc. They throw a dance and silent auction to raise money for them. Some are great cause some not so much. Most pay very little some nothing. Well I got in to playing a lot of them and mostly for people I didn't know. It was always for exposure that's what they would tell you.
One night a guy came up and said he ran the hall and I was the best he had seen. He was going to refer me for all the benefit dances....That made me look at things differently. Not weddings or parties, Corporate or NYE..Benefits that paid little or nothing
You create your own reputation. I still would do one if I got a call and it was some cause I cared about but it's been a while now
Mix, nothing in my post was to get you to fight with me. This is your problem you see everything as a fight. I was trying to give you good advice and nothing more. You for some reason just refuse to want to listen and take advice from people that know what they are talking about. I have done events from Connecticut to Key West and from the Jersey shore to California and everywhere in between. I didnt get to do those by not listening and learning from others that have been there. I sure as hell didnt get there by doing $200 jobs in the park.
I don't exactly remember all who performed. That event was about mature adults having an event to come to. A place where they can feel comfortable at the event. No worries about a fight breaking out or someone drinking too much acting silly.
The pay is there. What I forgot to mention is my friend told me the Lodge booked an event with a bunch of young people at the event and they caused a lot of damage. I was told the place was closed down for a while for repairs to be made.
I know some people don't like when I say this. I'm very careful about the events I do with certain crowds. If I don't feel comfortable with doing an event I will pass. Something that another DJ on here said isn't so is gangster rap. They said there is no such thing. There is. They just never heard of it. Some events that all the people attending the event want to hear. They will tell you it's Ok to play songs with explicit lyrics. I know you're supposed to find out such things ahead of time but sometimes the client doesn't tell you this till you get there to do the event. When that happens the next time they call we're busy the day of their event even if we have that date open.
It's great that you're careful about events that you don't feel comfortable because of certain elements... but why can't one of those things you're careful about also be how much you get paid... getting paid in advance... and not doing events for free or close to nothing. Ps... if you had good videos of YOU djing, then you could show this promoter what you can do... instead of deciding if you should do a free event to get a paid event... a low paying event at that.
PS... it boggles my mind that YOU PAID to attend an event to photograph for your friend. He should be paying for your ticket and your time to do him the favor. Clearly your decisions arent made with your business in mind.
Its odd to me that you take into account the rooms size and capacity and feel sorry for the person hiring you...and so you work cheap..... yet your client sees the same room with the same capacity and says... im charging 20 dollars a head for this experience...
He will make 1400 and you will make 300...and you are the entertainment he's selling
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He will make 1400 and you will make 300...and you are the entertainment he's selling
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You're assuming that's how much he will make. You forgot to add in the cost to rent the room which is $500 and I'm sure if he does the event there will be food. The $20 was what it cost to attend the last event in that room. I don't know what he would charge per person. It's not my issue but I would want to know to know to let people know about the event and the cost to attend the event.
Wait you have to promote the event too. Lol I am glad to see you read nothing I said.
It's clear that 2020 will be another challenging year for some Mobile DJs. KISS
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I've always been pretty good at basic math so let me try this...
The room holds 70 people
The fee to get in is $20
The rental is $500
Your fee is $300
There will be food add a minimum of an additional $350 probably more but we will go low
70X20 = $1400
$1400-$1150 in expenses is $250 in profit
4 hours gig time 2 hours setup 2 hours take down and 40 hours promoting and planning the gig
250/48 = $5.20 an hour.....Assuming he gets 70 people. If he get's 60 he loses money for all intents and purposes
Either he's trying to be the lowest paid promoter in history or he's as bad at this as you are
...just don't try to BS youself or others into thinking you'll ever enjoy anything more than carcass and entrails. Honestly recognize the consequence of your choices and swallow your rotting leftovers.
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Mix
here we are in the middle of another thread...
where everyone is offering advice to you.
And as always, you read some of that advice,
blow it off
and then completely change the subject.
(see below...you answer with a four word sentence...and then move on to something else)
You are in denial, my friend...
and you are avoiding the harsh truth.
here we are in the middle of another thread...
where everyone is offering advice to you.
And as always, you read some of that advice,
blow it off
and then completely change the subject.
(see below...you answer with a four word sentence...and then move on to something else)
You are in denial, my friend...
and you are avoiding the harsh truth.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! BAMM, CLOSE THE THREAD! I wont even post anymore sexy pictures of myself...
I guess the real elephant in the room is... we all know Mix couldnt draw 70 people to any event...
The only reason any event he's done recently has had any amount of people in it is because he's set up next to the donut table at an AA meeting.
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The only reason any event he's done recently has had any amount of people in it is because he's set up next to the donut table at an AA meeting.
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