$2550.00 for my 3 hour gig

[Chuck The DJ]

I had one of those gigs on Tuesday night.... I was sent over to another island Lana'i to do a 3 hour party for a small company, 90 people.. I charged my agent $1500.00 pluse expences,,, the expence's were a $50.00 round trip on da ferry and a $400.00 night room at the Four Seasons where the party was held....

Now my agent was hired by a DMC,, so my agent charges usually $400.00 above my cost,,,, now we are at $2350.00 and the DMC who was hired by the company charges the client, I dunno, but let's just say for fun, and I know that I am just included in the week-long package, but lets say he makes another $200.00 for booking me, so the client is now paying $2550.00 for my little 3 hour dinner/dance party...

Here are some pics.... on the ferry going over, the set-up, view from behind my set up, some dance shots, my afternoon snack that they brought me in my room, some pool and beach shots and my view from my lanai and my lani

 

[DJ JohnThe1]

Chuck got paid lovely! All that money for just one stick? You rock!

 

[DJ SVO]

You #$%&/(!!!!!!

You're still in heaven

 

[SoftJock Rick]

Chuck,

Yer in the wrong business.

You could be making more selling photos to the Hawaii tourism board (if yer not already)

 

[Guest]

And he even included a bikini shot.

You da man.

 

[DJ Gray]

That working through a booking agent has sure worked out for you.Hell that's more than I made on my last 4 gigs, or a total 14 hours!

Parties .....same thing......I must be doing something wrong, thats a whole lot of set-ups and tear downs.............for same money as 1 set-up and 1 tear down....

Nice work when you can get it..........Great Job!!

 

[Chuck The DJ]

Okay,, just to make sure,,, I only pocketed $1500.00 from that gig.... the $2550.00 was the totral that the client paid, I'm guessing...

 

[DJ Gray]

Oh.......Thats still nice $500...per/hour....I gotta think that is nice to have that set-up with the booking agent.

 

[Chuck The DJ]

I love agents!! Makes my life easy and leaves more time for golf!!! LOL

 

[eddieyourdj]

:icon_thumleft:

 

[DJ Gray]

I love agents!! Makes my life easy and leaves more time for golf!!! LOL

You must be down to what a 9 maybe a 10 handicap?

 

[Scott Hanna]

very nice, chuck!!

how did the company find your agent? does the agent pay for some advertising? or is it from networking?

either way....a $1500 gig is great....nice job!!!!

 

[Kreation]

sweeeet!!!!
enjoy da life brother!

 

[Papa Deuce]

When I meet you in Vegas, I'll tell you how much you suck.

 

[jtnichol]

Terrible pics, crappy story....

 

[awdj]

It makes me sick that people like you call a place like that "home".....

:sqerr:

 

[Chuck The DJ]

Scott.... The client hires a DMC,,, I'm guessing the DMC has worked with my agent before.... as with all my agents, they do advertizing with all the DMC's and all the big resorts..

Sometimes it's the resort that hires the DMC, for example, I've told this one before,,,, the B&G hired the Four Seasons on Hawai'i to do their wedding, the Four Seasons hired a DMC, the DMC hired my agent, my agent hired me... can you imagine how much that B&G paid for me to fly over to that island, fly my gear, hire me a van to get my gear, pay me a per diem (sp) put me up for two nights at The Four Seasons, and fly me and my gear back?

And I only played 2 hours of dannce music because they also brought over a 3 piece jazz band for cocktails and dinner music!

 

[Andy Yaggie]

The price you have to pay in Hawaii...

 

[Jon Tuck]

I got my gig for tonite through a agent its my first and lets say this I wont mind doing business in the future with her. 10% is all I pay for the service and I call the price. I got the call yesterday and was open but now filled tonites date as well and the great thing it is less than 5 miles from my house.

Good show Chuck it proves again there are many ways to success.

 

[DJ Gray]

I personally think that might be the best way of doing business. Why should DJ's be any different than other performers? Bands and other types of performers use Agents to do their bookings, I know anytime we hire a band at the country club we have a couple of agents we use to book our events.

I think it might be something I will look into.....that way I could really be selective as to the type of events I do.