This past Saturday I was up in Towson, MD...Only about a 25 minute drive from me.
Ricky, I grew up in Towson. What venue?
This past Saturday I was up in Towson, MD...Only about a 25 minute drive from me.
Ricky, I grew up in Towson. What venue?
What I just found out from a guy that helped out with cooking the food last year is the city sponsers this event. So he's looking to put as much money in his pocket as he can. That's why he wants to get away with paying as little as can so he can line his pockets.
Actually you are incorrect... but that's because of the picture that Mix paints about the "area" and gigs he happens to get. Remember, NJ is a very small state... if you look within his very small town... then yes he won't get much more... however, literally within 20-30 minutes, exist some of the most wealthiest people in the COUNTRY and some of the states most expensive venues. I live 30 minutes south of Mix and drive 45-60min to each event so I can work with some of the best clientele... however he seems to want to work with clients within only a few square miles. Even the wedding that his friend did over the weekend, which is actually 15 minutes south of him, gets dj's from time to time that charge between $1000 and $1500 for a wedding. If he just expanded slightly and did more to appeal to these clients these posts would never exist.
That's the point... even I wouldn't survive in my county where the avg household income is over 100k... I literally book less than 10% of my gigs in my county (within say 20 minute drive). You have to be willing to expand to find enough gigs in your price range to support it.Yup. I'm driving down to Georgetown area of D.C. this Saturday for a 7 hour ceremony/cocktails/reception. LONG, LONG day for me, but the money is alright! This past Saturday I was up in Towson, MD...Only about a 25 minute drive from me. If I only did gigs within a few square miles of me, I would probably only book 2 or 3 gigs a year!
Did you open the show with "born to be wild" ! Ha Getcha motor runnin, head out on the hiway!Just like RedHot....
I did an outdoor gig twice a year at a local motorcycle hillclimb.
I filled the area pictured below (and then some)
and played over top of regular announcements (from their PA) and motorcycles revving in the pits...
with two 15" JBL passive speakers and a 300-watt amp.
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No! Not for the amount he wants to pay. End of story period!How much he gets is none of your business and not your problem. You were asked to provide audio support for 'x' amount of money. Can you do it or not?
No! Not for the amount he wants to pay. End of story period!
He did answer that already. ZERO!!!
There's no argument. I'm not doing it. Like I said it was my partners cousin who got married. So we're talking a family. The same as when my oldest niece got married. I'm returning the favor.Yeah I know I'm trying to make the point he will work for free but will argue over $50 bucks and turn down $250 because of it
So we're talking a family.
There's no argument. I'm not doing it. Like I said it was my partners cousin who got married. So we're talking a family. The same as when my oldest niece got married. I'm returning the favor.
Again like I said that event is not worth doing for that price.
Besides my past experience all an event like this with such little pay will lead you to the next low paying gig. The other reason for not doing it is because we've never gotten another gig off of doing this one.
Let me say this. Take away the money for a moment. For me this goes beyond the money. He disrespected me in 2 ways. First he tried to manipulate me into doing this event. He thought he could pump me up to do this.
Let me say I don't step on my friends toes. The DJ that did it last year was DJ Kel. He's my friend as well as my partner. I don't treat my friends like crap. I don't need work that bad that I would move him out of the way to make some money. I don't roll like that and God won't bless me if I do.
2nd thing is he has seen me at work many times over. Events where he was a part of the event. So he knew the quality work he would get by getting me to do it. So when he told them he could get anybody to do it for $250 that to me was a slap in my face. I know I'm damn good and worth more than $300 to do this event. I was just trying to do a nice favor in honor of his son.
My friend Jay Jay the DJ who plays in the same place I do told me that if I told him I would do the event for him for $300, he would quickly pay me the $300. I don't know who he is going to get. All I know is it certainly will not be me! Those who feel I should still do it can save their energy and don't waste your time making a post. I am not that hard up for money.
Did you open the show with "born to be wild" ! Ha Getcha motor runnin, head out on the hiway!
Last year he paid $250 in theory $50 more shouldn't get him any better gear just a standard year to year price increaseI had nothing to do with last year's event. I was there chilling. If I did it wouldn't have sounded like that. The big thing is he would have gotten more than what he paid. He did the right thing by giving him what he did. You pay a shitty price and you get do do. You pay more you get better quality. He did it the way he did on purpose.