I'm scared of making this post because of the backlash I will probably get from some of the DJs here. But I'm ready and my ego can take it. As some of you know I'm a member of a fellowship designed to see how to help people stay off of drugs. I've done different events for that fellowship over the years.
I have done a number of events for the Greater New Brunswick activities sub committee and they have loved my work. Before I go any further this sub committee was setup to promote unity and fun for us people who are in recovery. It gives addicts who are in recovery a place to come to have some fun and not worry about people drinking and using drugs. This committee doesn't have a large budget to do events with. Their seed money is only $700. It used to be $600. So that's not a lot of money for them to host these events.
The place they are having this speaker jam and dance in this Saturday only charges them $200 to rent the place out and they get the place for 12 hours. So they can't find a better deal then that. That leaves them with $500 left to put on an event. That includes paying for a DJ and buying food to sale at the event so they can recoup the $700 seed money. Anything extra gets turned over to the Greater New Brunswick area.
The last one I did for them I got paid $250. I know some of you will say you got to be kidding. I would never do an event for that low a price. I don't have a problem doing this for them for that price. It's all in the same room so I get there early to setup before the speaker jam portion and in between I play some music during breaks in between the speakers for a few minutes. Once that's over they clear the chairs to start the dance. It normally is to be from 9pm till midnight. The dance never last that long. By 11:30 I can get ready to pack up. I had to explain this first part before I go on so some here will understand.
The new activities chair decided to find another DJ to do the gig instead just talking to me to see if I would do it for the $200 they signed a contract with for the other DJ to do the gig. It wouldn't have been a problem. It's just my way of thanking God for blessing me to still be alive and giving back to the fellowship that has helped me so much with staying clean all these years.
Now onto the issue at hand. I was at the activities meeting yesterday and had a DJ that was supposed to come and do the gig. I found out he was supposed to have another gig before that one the same day and he was supposed to come there after he finished with the first one. The contract was signed and that DJ was given a $100 deposit. He was to be paid the rest of his money the day of the event. I bought a ticket to the event and the ticket is only $7. Now I will find someone to give the ticket to because of the phone call I got this morning.
The activities chair called me in a panic this morning She said the DJ called her this morning saying he couldn't do the event because he was doing a gig on Saturday he had equipment failure. So he can't do the gig this Saturday. I don't know anything about this DJ at all. All I know is what I got told today and now they have to get with that DJ to get the $100 deposit back. So she wanted to know was I available and she forgot I was planning on being there anyhow because I bought a ticket. So I'm going to come to the committees rescue and save the day.
All I will say is I'm glad I have backup gear so if something happens to a piece of gear that won't stop the show in my case. I don't want to say anything else because I don't know who this DJ is and I don't want to speculate on anything.
I have done a number of events for the Greater New Brunswick activities sub committee and they have loved my work. Before I go any further this sub committee was setup to promote unity and fun for us people who are in recovery. It gives addicts who are in recovery a place to come to have some fun and not worry about people drinking and using drugs. This committee doesn't have a large budget to do events with. Their seed money is only $700. It used to be $600. So that's not a lot of money for them to host these events.
The place they are having this speaker jam and dance in this Saturday only charges them $200 to rent the place out and they get the place for 12 hours. So they can't find a better deal then that. That leaves them with $500 left to put on an event. That includes paying for a DJ and buying food to sale at the event so they can recoup the $700 seed money. Anything extra gets turned over to the Greater New Brunswick area.
The last one I did for them I got paid $250. I know some of you will say you got to be kidding. I would never do an event for that low a price. I don't have a problem doing this for them for that price. It's all in the same room so I get there early to setup before the speaker jam portion and in between I play some music during breaks in between the speakers for a few minutes. Once that's over they clear the chairs to start the dance. It normally is to be from 9pm till midnight. The dance never last that long. By 11:30 I can get ready to pack up. I had to explain this first part before I go on so some here will understand.
The new activities chair decided to find another DJ to do the gig instead just talking to me to see if I would do it for the $200 they signed a contract with for the other DJ to do the gig. It wouldn't have been a problem. It's just my way of thanking God for blessing me to still be alive and giving back to the fellowship that has helped me so much with staying clean all these years.
Now onto the issue at hand. I was at the activities meeting yesterday and had a DJ that was supposed to come and do the gig. I found out he was supposed to have another gig before that one the same day and he was supposed to come there after he finished with the first one. The contract was signed and that DJ was given a $100 deposit. He was to be paid the rest of his money the day of the event. I bought a ticket to the event and the ticket is only $7. Now I will find someone to give the ticket to because of the phone call I got this morning.
The activities chair called me in a panic this morning She said the DJ called her this morning saying he couldn't do the event because he was doing a gig on Saturday he had equipment failure. So he can't do the gig this Saturday. I don't know anything about this DJ at all. All I know is what I got told today and now they have to get with that DJ to get the $100 deposit back. So she wanted to know was I available and she forgot I was planning on being there anyhow because I bought a ticket. So I'm going to come to the committees rescue and save the day.
All I will say is I'm glad I have backup gear so if something happens to a piece of gear that won't stop the show in my case. I don't want to say anything else because I don't know who this DJ is and I don't want to speculate on anything.