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Chris Rapier rapier1 at gmail.com
Fri Jun 23 15:53:15 EDT 2006


On 6/23/06, Jeremy David <epistemology at gmail.com> wrote:

> But people do just play the CD really loud and The People love it! In
> our real actual universe, a DJ can get paid $10,000 or more for 4
> hours of work, while the actual musicians who made the music on the
> DJ's disks can't book a gig that pays more than bus fare and half a
> pizza.

I dunno, the only DJs I've heard of that are making that kind of bank
(or even close to that) are performers in their own rights. DJ Desiel
Boy (from Pgh) used to get some really good money for his shows
(especially when you factor in the airfare and hotels) but a big name
DJ at a rave could make a promoters 10 times what the DJ costs.
However, like I said, these people are basically performers in their
own rights.

Now, spending a tenth of that on a wedding DJ is pretty typical but
thats mostly because that is what the market will bear. A live wedding
band generally costs twice what a DJ charges for much the same reason.


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