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How much do you get paid to DJ?

Hey guys, i have been djing in bars for about 6 months... i have 3 gigs a week that each pay 100 a night (wed, fri, and sat). i mean that comes out to be more than 15,000 a year (not bad for a side job/hobby). one club occasionaly has me in and they pay 400 a night. I would make a little more on wednesdays if i had my own speakers/amps, but i use another dj's (the big dog in town). he makes 250 a night during week days and 800 a night on weekends. i work for a cheep ass on fridays and saturdays and he has a sound system in his bar that i just plug my tt's into. anyway, i was planning on getting my own speakers/amps eventually and going around to the bars to see if i could get two more nights a week so i'll have 5 nights every week. i was wondering how much to ask for (flat fee, % of the door, etc..).

how much do you guys make when you dj (4 hour set)and please let me know the city you're from (the cost of living here is very low so im sure id make more in a big city). i'm from altoona, pa

thanks
bisco

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well first search. they you will find out that most people belive its disrepectful to talk about that on a forum.

i dont pay myself to play in my own room to the audience of myself.

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Originally posted by Orbital32 well first search. they you will find out that most people belive its disrepectful to talk about that on a forum.

well first learn how to use proper grammar, they you will not sound like a retard...

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Originally posted by Orbital32 well first search. they you will find out that most people belive its disrepectful to talk about that on a forum.

i searched... no relevant results... let's get back on topic ~ how much do you guys get paid to dj?

wow man,

where do u play... i've never heard of aloona, PA...

i'm moving there....

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Originally posted by discobiscuit well first learn how to use proper grammar, they you will not sound like a retard...

Maybe you should try that as well.

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Originally posted by discobiscuit Hey guys, i have been djing in bars for about 6 months... i have 3 gigs a week that each pay 100 a night (wed, fri, and sat). i mean that comes out to be more than 15,000 a year (not bad for a side job/hobby). one club occasionaly has me in and they pay 400 a night. I would make a little more on wednesdays if i had my own speakers/amps, but i use another dj's (the big dog in town). he makes 250 a night during week days and 800 a night on weekends. i work for a cheep ass on fridays and saturdays and he has a sound system in his bar that i just plug my tt's into. anyway, i was planning on getting my own speakers/amps eventually and going around to the bars to see if i could get two more nights a week so i'll have 5 nights every week. i was wondering how much to ask for (flat fee, % of the door, etc..). how much do you guys make when you dj (4 hour set)and please let me know the city you're from (the cost of living here is very low so im sure id make more in a big city). i'm from altoona, pa thanks bisco

so the work u do in bars... do u bring in ur own stuff and DJ for them, do you?

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Maybe you should try that as well.

lol that went wayyy over your head!

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Originally posted by Abhay wow man, where do u play... i've never heard of aloona, PA... i'm moving there....

its in central pa... one of the bigger cities (in the top 5) in pa.

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Originally posted by Abhay so the work u do in bars... do u bring in ur own stuff and DJ for them, do you?

well technically its a club on fri. and sat. but yeah is that hard to believe?

by club, i mean there's a cover charge, velvet rope, door man, intelligent lights, marble dance floor, dj booth, etc... but on wednesdays, its a straight up bar.

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Originally posted by discobiscuit lol that went wayyy over your head!

Okay then.

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Originally posted by discobiscuit its in central pa... one of the bigger cities (in the top 5) in pa.

you ignorant fool

It is far from being in the top five.


Keep that sh*t attitude of yours you have going on and you'll see plenty more helpful replies in this thread.

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Originally posted by jdat you ignorant fool It is far from being in the top five. Keep that sh*t attitude of yours you have going on and you'll see plenty more helpful replies in this thread.

5 was a guestimate... its actually 10th. considering that there are well over 200 cities in pa, i dont think i was that far off

"Important cities in Pennsylvania[32] include Allentown, Altoona, Bethlehem, Chester, Easton, Erie, Harrisburg, Lancaster, New Castle, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, and York."

from http://www.wvwebsites.com/weather/PA_Weather.php

its the 10th w/ population ~ w/ economy we are better than 10th and voted the "hamburger capital of the world" because we have more resturaunts per capita than any other city in the us. dont tell me buddy... i have lived in altoona my whole life! and calling me an ignorant fool makes you a hypocrite and how was i even being ignorant?

back to the original topic of this thread.. how much do you guys get paid to dj?

You clearly missed the point...your retort to the first reply in the thread set you on a path where nobody is going to bother replying constructively to you.

basic manners of decency which you should learn. be an ass and you will get ass replies.

and you clearly didn't search. i could just post the link that took me all of 2 minutes to find...but i won't.

When I was DJing at my peak I would get between 200 to 300 British Pounds a night ( I have earned far less and far more for individual nights too), but since I stopped DJing my salary has gone down sooooo much that it's actually at a point where I have considered stepping out again just for that reason alone (Not saying it's the only reason). It's basically been 2 months since I quit and to be honest I am climbing the walls and whilst I don't hate my day job that I have now but it is a major change in lifestyle and is causing my life to feel really dull and basically I just feel like I'm in the rat race again and that is so not me.

I basically quit DJing so I could spend more time with my familly but I am miserable and to be frank, they work so hard that by the time we get together they are too tired to socialise in any meaningful way.

Mrs Nem is back at University now so I have to say that my break has been one of the must unfulfilling ventures of my life. I will be starting to play gigs here and there leading up to Christmas and see how I feel after that.

Cheers
Nem

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Originally posted by discobiscuit lol that went wayyy over your head!

If you want help, don't call people retards.

yeah man,

this isn't the c0r...

but yeah, if i was u, i'd just apologies or delete post or something... even if i felt justified...

u probably had a shit day or something...

I agree that pointing out grammatical faults is not the way to go.

On the other hand I don't agree with the poster who said that it's disrespectful to talk about that here. There have been many threads about this, not to mention that just because you search you will only get old info. With something like this it changes constantly as any economy does. New guys getting to play out etc.

In my experience, if you see a post that anoys you, either reply to it well or ignore it. People throwing insults back and fourth does not constitute a good forum.

Regards
Nem

i get paid 100 -150 bucks to spin in new york cityyyy.

also, i even do gigs for no money. got one coming up this friday at crobar nyc (biggest club in new york), and they aint paying me squat. pretty good promotion though since my name gets put on a flyer w/ Ferry Corsten.

so be happy.. you're making more money in pa than i am in nyc.

150 for opening dj gig for a master headliner in atlanta

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Originally posted by nchs09 i dont pay myself to play in my own room to the audience of myself.

, you should tho mario, would really boost your own confidence

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