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[Steve 'B']

Does it start from when the DJ leaves there house or from when the dj starts the gig??

[Candybeatdiscos]

would have to be the gig, i mean you do not get paid for travelling to your day job do you?

[Dragonfly]

must be gig say 7pm - midnight otherwise youd have djs turning up for gigs at 3.30pm lol

[Steve 'B']

must be gig say 7pm - midnight otherwise youd have djs turning up for gigs at 3.30pm lol

Thats all good. They wont be cutting it so fine some times.

If I was to say a fair price of £130 for a 5 hour local gig with all my gear. Obviously if the gig was worth £300 I would take £170 and £130 to the DJ. I would then have to pay for the tax and NI contributions for that job.

Would you lot say this is fair??

Steve

[Candybeatdiscos]

i feel that that is maybe too much, chances are the DJ would be employed elsewhere as well so would be taxed at a higher rate, does that not also affect the amount of employers NI you need to pay as well>?

[A1DL]

Employer contributions on annual earnings >£5,035 is 11% with no ceiling limit

Employee contributions on annual earnings £5,035 to £33,540 is 11% and on earnings over £33,540 at 1%

[Steve 'B']

What DJ's tend to look at is the price of the gig and not what you pay them. For example if I sent a DJ out with a crappy cheap PA and 4 Maplin sound to light lights with all stands, leads and some cheap cd decks I would charge £200 for the gig. Dj takes £130 of this.....All good.
You then sent the same DJ to a different higher quality venue (same distance) and sent him with a top of the range same sized powered system (easier that the cheaper one to set up), a Pioneer CDJ 1000 CD setup, 4 Mac profile heads with leads, stands etc etc and you charge £450 for the gig. You pay the DJ £130 and what a surprise!! Not enough!!

At the end of the day, I invest £1000's each year in my gear so I should see the benefits that investment brings shouldn't I??

[Steve 'B']

Anyone??

[Candybeatdiscos]

Yes totally i agree. look at companies, no matter what they sell, they have a lower end product and a higher end product usually, and yet they still pay the same, so why not DJ companies?

I work at Sky, and if someone takes the full package at £43.50, do i get paid more than someone who takes the £37 package? No, there is no difference

[Steve 'B']

Anyone else??