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A DJ fee for a gig abroad (need advise)

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  • June 3, 2016 at 9:08 am #2403751
    Terry_42
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    In the US your fee depens largely on your market value, which by their standards means: How much people do they expect to draw in scribbling your name on a flyer.
    Since they invite you over I would guess they are confident to fill the room.

    That being said, the usual street price in the US depends of the size of the club and can be as low as 20-50 bucks per hour to 1000-5000 bucks per hour.
    Assuming that you do not have a name their yet and that the venue has some money to spare, since they invited you, I would estimate you should turn out 100-400 bucks per hour depending on your confidence level to rock the house.

    These are all guesstimates as I know neither you nor the club… so your milage may vary hugely and I could be totally wrong.

    June 3, 2016 at 3:10 pm #2404061
    PehpHimslf
    Participant

    Thanks Terry_42
    Yes They do invite me, but you at the same time is a Dj job so they have founds for those things.
    I Live in the heart of London with I love and hate same time lol. We get around 150 English pounds for 1-2 hrs gig. this is in a regular club either is one night cover, fill the gap for an other dam guest Dj etc.
    So lastly, My guess is 150/200 USA dollar is a reasonable fee to say.

    Many Thanks

    Play, be safe & enjoy the Music
    Pehp Himslf

    June 4, 2016 at 9:40 pm #2404281
    Dj vitico BL
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    it depends on a million different things but you should be paid at LEAST 4-500 dollars a night, you are flying from England all the way across the pond and then some to LA so your gig should not be charged in “hours” played because you are spending a lot more hours on a plane just to get there,

    but even more important : how well do you know these people and why did they invite you to play there? if its someone you have met in person and they are familiar with your music and a genuine fan of your mixes then congratulations you have hit the big time and living the dream! if this is just someone online be careful, just like the “nigerian prince scams” there are plenty of similar scams revolving around djs and talent they will claim they need to buy some equipment for your show and what they are really doing is just buying stuff with stolen credit cards and shipping it to your house so you can send it to them, also they may ask for your passport information and the like since they are going to”buy your flights” but its just an identity theft trick

    as you said “be safe and enjoy the music”!

    June 4, 2016 at 9:50 pm #2404301
    Todd Oddity
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    Depending on the city, North American rates for regular club residents seem to fall in the 100 – 500 a night range (as Terry said, it varies from one city to the next). To add to that, there isn’t a lot of rhyme or reason to which cities have higher rates and which have lower rates.

    My rule of thumb for travelling is that I need to walk away with at least as much as I would doing a show locally (so travel costs, work permit fees (US requires visas for DJs), plus my usual local fee). Running a quick currency conversion, you should be asking at least $250. And if they are willing to fly you in from London twice a month, I don’t think that is an unreasonable ask at all.

    Of course, if you already garner that level of demand, you’re going to be able to up those rates pretty quickly! Cha-ching! 😀

    June 5, 2016 at 1:29 pm #2404341
    Clayton Mack
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    I’m not sure about the scene in the U.K.; but if you’re a traveling performer in the US you should strongly consider hiring an agent or agency to represent you.

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