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Posted by Funkyfun on Nov-23-2004 18:43:

Does anybody know?

Does anybody know how much it costs to bring a big DJ like Armin, PVD or ferry etc to a club....I came across a document on David lewis's website... booking request Form... It outlines a few things that are mandatory but doesn't mention anything about per hr rate or the lum sum amount or does it vary depending on the venue??...
Also when PVD was here and only spun for 2 1/2 hrs...rumour surfaced that he wanted 4 grand per hr more which the club mgmt didn't agree to......therefore the set was cut down short and would make sense...But on the contrary Ferry corsten took control of the Main room in april for a whopping 8 1/2 hr set on a nite when he was supposed to spin for only 3 hrs...Is it that if a DJ feels like spinning more than the reqd amount of hrs...he/she does it for free or does he make the club pay for his extra services

Posted by TheVrk on Nov-23-2004 19:00:

factors are:
-how long is the set?
-capacity of the venue

Posted by Jem_hadar on Nov-23-2004 19:33:

Im currious to find out about this information too

Posted by Sly_Guy on Nov-23-2004 20:34:

I think the price of a DJ is decided on a gig to gig basis. Ferry I think would charge less to play in the guv for 8 hours than most other places cuz he loves to play that venue I would think, but PvD really couldn't give 2 shits about it and would cost more. But i think on average, from what I've heard throught my years, a headliner DJ set would cost between 5-20g's.

Posted by Funkyfun on Nov-23-2004 22:57:

quote:
Originally posted by Sly_Guy
a headliner DJ set would cost between 5-20g's.

Ouch...thats expensive but i guess if a club is charging 45-50$ for an event and have a capacity of 2000 like the main room...that comes to 90000 therefore making a headliner affordable but if there is 2-3 of them like @Guv sometimes then the club is not getting much out of the event

Posted by Resnick on Nov-23-2004 23:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Funkyfun
Ouch...thats expensive but i guess if a club is charging 45-50$ for an event and have a capacity of 2000 like the main room...that comes to 90000 therefore making a headliner affordable but if there is 2-3 of them like @Guv sometimes then the club is not getting much out of the event

clubs can give all their cover to djs, they get their own cut our of sellings drinks/etc

Posted by trancechaos on Nov-23-2004 23:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Sly_Guy
a headliner DJ set would cost between 5-20g's.

is that it? i would expect a pvd or tiesto to get paid about 50 grand per set.
oh well thats what i would have thought, so they dont get that much afterall.

how much does MO get for his sets at the guv?

Posted by LKD on Nov-23-2004 23:58:

Re: Does anybody know?

quote:
Originally posted by Funkyfun
Also when PVD was here and only spun for 2 1/2 hrs...rumour surfaced that he wanted 4 grand per hr more which the club mgmt didn't agree to......

lol 4 only??

ur talkin bout pvd, hes more along the lines of a 5 digit figure....id rather not mention how much

Posted by Jayx1 on Nov-24-2004 00:11:

A lot of DJs get 30-60G per gig. And thats not including first class tickets, hotel, crazy riders and expensive meals. And then you all bitch because they only charge 30 or 40 bucks. Seriously, the people to complain to about that are the DJs u are going to see.

Posted by amb_ on Nov-24-2004 00:17:

quote:
Originally posted by Jayx1
...crazy riders...

I like Ti�sto's cheese sandwiches.

Posted by Funkyfun on Nov-24-2004 00:52:

quote:
Originally posted by Resnick
clubs can give all their cover to djs, they get their own cut our of sellings drinks/etc

good point...totally forgot about that...but after doing some math it doesn't come out to be a very high number...talks about clubs making millions is a lil bit exagerrated

quote:
Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee
lol 4 only??
ur talkin bout pvd, hes more along the lines of a 5 digit figure....id rather not mention how much

4 g's didn't sound much to me either...But if a guy is earning that much per gig and doing like 15-20 gigs per month...one can only imagine how long it will take, before he makes it to the millionaire list..

Posted by JRinger on Nov-24-2004 02:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Jayx1
A lot of DJs get 30-60G per gig. And thats not including first class tickets, hotel, crazy riders and expensive meals.
There are actually very few DJs who command those kinds of fees - they are in a very select group, and it's really limited to a handful of people. Those kinds of numbers really aren't at all representative of what it costs to book a good touring DJs, outside of a few select individuals.

Posted by LKD on Nov-24-2004 02:14:

quote:
Originally posted by JRinger
There are actually very few DJs who command those kinds of fees - they are in a very select group, and it's really limited to a handful of people. Those kinds of numbers really aren't at all representative of what it costs to book a good touring DJs, outside of a few select individuals.

teh average DJ can be even from USD 1G - 6Gs

Posted by RobbyG. on Nov-24-2004 05:07:

quote:
Originally posted by trancechaos
is that it? i would expect a pvd or tiesto to get paid about 50 grand per set.
oh well thats what i would have thought, so they dont get that much afterall.

how much does MO get for his sets at the guv?

RJ told me once when I was at the Guv...I think its like 3 or 4 grand...Correct me if I'm wrong RJ

Posted by b4k-oz on Nov-24-2004 13:26:

quote:
Originally posted by amb_
I like Ti�sto's cheese sandwiches.

More cheese pleaze!

Posted by muzzybear on Nov-24-2004 17:57:

If there's other clubs in North America, too, who want to book that DJ, you can share air fare (Mauro Picotto had 1st class tickets and 5 star hotel requests on his waivers). I could send you what he made US (and Oakenfold for that matter for what he asked for to play Ottawa), but I won't post it.