I think this will be my last year me doing this event.

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DJ Bobcat said:
Not sure what you mean by “well paying”, but I do a ton of charity fund raisers, and I charge my standard rate. People think because it’s a fund raiser they have no money. Not true. I guess it depends on the charity and those running it (and contributing to it). Most of the events I do have pretty large budgets, and those in attendance are forking over some big checks. They could probably get someone to DJ for the exposure (free), but prefer someone who knows how to set the mood for the event by the selections they play. I get called for almost all the big fund raising dinner events in this area. I could do the outdoor events too, but they all know I don’t do outdoors.[emoji4]
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Well paying for Mix ... :)
 
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Mix Does the group hand out monthly coins? Your coming up on your monthly .
 
ittigger said:
I'm thinking he means: expecting something + from nothing = nothing.

Low priced events usually gets more low priced events. To solve the equation, you can't just raise your price .. you need to create demand. Without demand, you will stay with low priced events. This is not necessarily a bad thing. If you're comfortable there, then so be it. At the same time, you then cannot fuss about not being in the higher priced markets if you're unwilling to make changes to create that demand.
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It’s about getting people who have money and are willing to give it to a “worthy” cause. A lot of causes are worthy, but those in the fund-raising positions have to be good at what they do, and get the people with money to attend. The people who go to the fund-raisers I do are not there to watch DJ’s. They’re not really even there for the food and drinks, but good food and booze are provided. I doubt if they’re even there to listen to the speeches. The attendees are there to socialize. The DJ merely provides a musical backdrop.


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DJ Bobcat said:
It’s about getting people who have money and are willing to give it to a “worthy” cause. A lot of causes are worthy, but those in the fund-raising positions have to be good at what they do, and get the people with money to attend. The people who go to the fund-raisers I do are not there to watch DJ’s. They’re not really even there for the food and drinks, but good food and booze are provided. I doubt if they’re even there to listen to the speeches. The attendees are there to socialize. The DJ merely provides a musical backdrop.


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The ones Mix has done aren't so much fund "raisers" .. but fund recoverers. Income + Expenses need to balance each time. Unless he's bringing in lots of new people and their $$s, it would be unlikely for him to get a "raise".

I suppose there might (wishful) be a wedding to be had or such for an attendee's family, but these are heart jobs .. not exposure ones.
 
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DJ Bobcat said:
Not sure what you mean by “well paying”, but I do a ton of charity fund raisers, and I charge my standard rate. People think because it’s a fund raiser they have no money. Not true. I guess it depends on the charity and those running it (and contributing to it). Most of the events I do have pretty large budgets, and those in attendance are forking over some big checks. They could probably get someone to DJ for the exposure (free), but prefer someone who knows how to set the mood for the event by the selections they play. I get called for almost all the big fund raising dinner events in this area. I could do the outdoor events too, but they all know I don’t do outdoors.[emoji4]
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It really depends on the charity but there are some that are very high budget events. One in particular I worked with as production manager had a budget in excess of $100,000
 
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MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
You can't take pictures at these events. It's a violation of the traditions.
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I assumed you could take a pic of your setup before people arrived and the no pics was for anonymity purposes for the people. My bad.

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