curious, how much money do you think a DJ like tiesto or PVD get for a 4 hour set?

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Posted by hommey on Sep-11-2011 22:33:

curious, how much money do you think a DJ like tiesto or PVD get for a 4 hour set?

curious, approx. how much money do you think a DJ like tiesto or PVD get for a 4 hour set?

I've always wondered how these DJs can go from performing at a grand ballroom like roseland/hammerstein... then then next thing you hear, they are at a lounge like provacateur, lavo, etc etc.

I hear numbers from $40k to $75k

does anyone actually know? or are they just rumors?

TIA
curious tranceaddict

Posted by SebG on Sep-11-2011 22:34:

More than what I make in a month....probably a year too...

Posted by cl0wnz0r on Sep-11-2011 22:37:

a few years ago, tiesto charged 10k/hr. now, probably more unless he is playing a college campus.

Posted by DJ Eco on Sep-11-2011 23:03:

The top 5 DJs make anywhere in a range of 40-100K for a gig, depending on country, venue, promoter, etc..

Posted by Dream Beamz on Sep-12-2011 01:03:

As much of a PVD fan as I am, he makes much less than Tiesto now a days and really shouldn't be in the same sentence as Tiesto.

Ecos statement is as close as you can guess because it really does depend on city, venue, promotor, and capacity and even expected ticket price but I know of quite a few shows where Tiesto got more than 100k

Posted by Armitage350 on Sep-12-2011 02:03:

Posted by EliPsE on Sep-12-2011 02:27:

Before taxes, Tiesto apparently makes $20 million/year

Posted by SebG on Sep-12-2011 03:30:

quote:
Originally posted by EliPsE
Before taxes, Tiesto apparently makes $20 million/year

WTF?! Source?

Posted by yankeeBaby on Sep-12-2011 03:34:

I would like to see their houses LOL.....MTV DJ Cribs type of deal

Posted by DJ Eco on Sep-12-2011 04:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Dream Beamz
As much of a PVD fan as I am, he makes much less than Tiesto now a days and really shouldn't be in the same sentence as Tiesto.

Ecos statement is as close as you can guess because it really does depend on city, venue, promotor, and capacity and even expected ticket price but I know of quite a few shows where Tiesto got more than 100k

Most of those Top 5 and sometimes Top 10 guys can easily make 100-200K on New Years gigs or some of those 2-3 night shows. It's really incredible to imagine that kind of money and kind of makes you question the whole idea of showing up with a CD book and pressing some buttons for 2 hours vs. playing with a band (guitars, basses, drums, roadies, backup singers, band members, merchandise people, etc.). But that's another conversation for another day.

Posted by Burak14 on Sep-12-2011 04:33:

quote:
Originally posted by SebG
WTF?! Source?

http://www.billboard.com/features/t...004134022.story

Total Gross: $28,626,366
Number of Shows: 110
Total Attendance: 525,894
Number of Sell-Outs: 45

Posted by Disturbed10890 on Sep-12-2011 05:24:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Eco the whole idea of showing up with a CD book and pressing some buttons for 2 hours

Or playing a prerecorded set *cough* steve angello *cough*

Posted by Dream Beamz on Sep-12-2011 05:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Burak14
http://www.billboard.com/features/t...004134022.story

Total Gross: $28,626,366
Number of Shows: 110
Total Attendance: 525,894
Number of Sell-Outs: 45

An average of 260k per show. Of course big festivals are actually in the millions for him.

I love it when people argue with me and try to tell me he doesnt make more than 40k a show.

Posted by Burak14 on Sep-12-2011 06:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Dream Beamz
An average of 260k per show. Of course big festivals are actually in the millions for him.

I love it when people argue with me and try to tell me he doesnt make more than 40k a show.

pretty sure someone on ta said he heard from an insider that he got paid 250k for his nye gig at roseland.

Posted by SebG on Sep-12-2011 13:17:

Posted by Dreyth on Sep-12-2011 14:11:

Hmmm let's say 30k tickets were sold for electric zoo at an average of $200 each (after all fees). Let's just say.

$90,000 x 200 = $6,000,000

That's 18mil (edit: fail, 6mil) in revenue right there. And I'm well aware of the fact that many tickets were sold for more than 200 a pop, and that far more were sold than just 30k tickets. I'm pretty sure Made coulda paid well up to like 300k for just tiesto, and similar numbers for armin and guetta. Makes sense to me considering how much I've low-balled these numbers.

Posted by AY STAR on Sep-12-2011 14:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Burak14
Number of Sell-Outs: 1

fixed he's the only one

Posted by BradMiller on Sep-12-2011 18:38:

quote:
Originally posted by Burak14
Number of Sell-Outs: 1

quote:
Originally posted by AY STAR
fixed he's the only one

Oh man, that seriously made me lol

Posted by mjmoney23 on Sep-12-2011 21:31:

DJ Eco,

Would a DJ command more money for a festival or a single gig? For instance A&B at ez vs them at nokia theater. Armin at EZ vs at Roseland. How about club gigs ATB at ezoo vs at pacha.

Posted by drEamer on Sep-12-2011 23:15:

Posted by Dreyth on Sep-12-2011 23:19:

quote:
Originally posted by drEamer
festivals by FAR is what i was told by a promoter.....and that includes basically any act...rock/rap/country/pop/edm

Wow... than that must really be worth it. Ferry 1h 30min long set at Ezoo ending at 11:00pm or 4hr long set at nokia theatre ending at 5am? SOOO much more worth doing festivals for these DJs.

Posted by DJ Eco on Sep-13-2011 03:19:

quote:
Originally posted by mjmoney23
DJ Eco,

Would a DJ command more money for a festival or a single gig? For instance A&B at ez vs them at nokia theater. Armin at EZ vs at Roseland. How about club gigs ATB at ezoo vs at pacha.

quote:
Originally posted by drEamer
festivals by FAR is what i was told by a promoter.....and that includes basically any act...rock/rap/country/pop/edm

I'm not an expert here but for the most part, I've heard the opposite. I think maybe the 4-5 main acts get the astronomical fee, like someone said earlier, because their names are pretty much plastered in huge letters as the major selling point (Armin, Guetta, Tiesto, etc.). For at least 50% of the crowd there, they were the selling point.

I think as you scale down, the DJs make considerably less, maybe even a lot less than they usually charge. It's good on your "resum�", so to speak, to be booked at a Dance Valley, Electric Zoo, EDC, and in my case, ASOT 500.

For example, many of the smaller Anjunabeats guys were booked at EZoo in other tents aside from Above & Beyond. I wouldn't be surprised if we now see a little more of Jaytech, Super8 & Tab, Mat Zo, Arty, being booked at the Pachas and Webster Halls of New York. Maybe at one time, you had to build yourself up big enough to make it onto these festival lineups. But now, because of the prodding of the artists' agencies, and some good strategy, the midlevel guys are booked there and use it as a jumping block.

Also, notice the amount of DJs that played EZoo early and hopped to Toronto or DC or various USA destinations that night for another gig. It's a very nice $$$$ weekend when festivals like this go down.

Posted by yankeeBaby on Sep-13-2011 05:56:

quote:
Originally posted by AY STAR
fixed he's the only one

lmao!! wowwww.

Posted by Donnie Gryphon on Sep-13-2011 13:56:

quote:
Originally posted by yankeeBaby
I would like to see their houses LOL.....MTV DJ Cribs type of deal

Tiesto's South Beach Town Home that is currently for sale for $2,750,000.......

Dude's closet is tiny lol

View the rest of the photos here..... http://www.meandmiami.com/IDXDetail...le=1014062.html

Posted by AY STAR on Sep-13-2011 14:06:

^^^
the interior of that house is fugly lol
looks like one of the little rascals designed it

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