The £100 DJ's

[megamixevents]

This is one of the reason's why so many reputable mobile disco companies are finding things hard, when you have DJ's like this:


http://www.gumtree.com/p/community/dj-available-100-per-event/1003858037

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Like that's worth worrying about?
He has moved over from Greece and looks to be concentrating on club work. If he's good then a club will more than likely add him to their list of 'maybe's' or take him on because he's cheap. If he wants to do an 8 hour set for £100.00 and it increases his earnings then I don't have a problem with that at all to be honest. He's not going to bother me.
Sorry if that sounds blunt but I don't see it as a problem at all. Maybe I am missing something but I don't see him advertising as a mobile DJ and also it doesn't look like he has a website anyway just tunes on Soundcloud. He's probably thought he'd have a go at using some free advertising.

[funkymook]

I don't know how you can compete with that....


Company: Megamix Events
Location: LONDON HAMMERSMITH W6
Date Posted:Aug 29, 2012
We are currently looking to recruit a DJ that loves to make any party a memorable one. This means you could be playing the latest R n B to House Tunes and Pop to Cheese. You will not only DJ but help lift carry and set up equipment at various location's across London, Surrey, Essex or Kent. Ideally you will start from Hammersmith and will be driven to the party, which tends to mean our busiest nights are Friday and Saturday Nights. We need somebody who is hard working, provides great customer service, can work under pressure and has a great open minded attitude. Pay can be between £7-20 an hour, this depends if you have own your car, the type of function, location, and experience. No experience needed as full training will be given.

[Daryll]

Totally agree with Gary.
Looks like he does a walk in job hence


My equipment is: Laptop (Macbook Pro 15"), Mixing Decks (M Audio Torq Xponent), Headphones (Audio Technica Ath-M50).

Note ,no lighting or PA , IMHO I have nothing to worry about , not my area , not my DJ style ( yes I have a style of sorts........;) )

Good luck to him.

Daryll

[Corabar Entertainment]

This is one of the reason's why so many reputable mobile disco companies are finding things hard, when you have DJ's like this:


http://www.gumtree.com/p/community/dj-available-100-per-event/1003858037Rubbish. Reputable mobile disco companies are in a completely different market. Would you say that Mercedes is struggling because Ford have cut their prices?

I have to say, megamixevents, that the more you post, the less I feel you know about the industry. How long have you been operating?

[megamixevents]

I don't know how you can compete with that....


Company: Megamix Events
Location: LONDON HAMMERSMITH W6
Date Posted:Aug 29, 2012
We are currently looking to recruit a DJ that loves to make any party a memorable one. This means you could be playing the latest R n B to House Tunes and Pop to Cheese. You will not only DJ but help lift carry and set up equipment at various location's across London, Surrey, Essex or Kent. Ideally you will start from Hammersmith and will be driven to the party, which tends to mean our busiest nights are Friday and Saturday Nights. We need somebody who is hard working, provides great customer service, can work under pressure and has a great open minded attitude. Pay can be between £7-20 an hour, this depends if you have own your car, the type of function, location, and experience. No experience needed as full training will be given.

:) If only I could pay an experienced mobile disco DJ £7 per hour ....So basically 4 hour gig for a mobile DJ earns £28.00?? LOOL

Wow i could be rich!

[Daryll]

Reading some of the other adds on gumtree for DJ`s made me smile , but as in keeping with forum etiquette ( did that with out a spell check.....) you will have to look to find out. however..................


We are useing only Expensive Professional Equipments ! simples.........:D:D

Daryll

[megamixevents]

Rubbish. Reputable mobile disco companies are in a completely different market. Would you say that Mercedes is struggling because Ford have cut their prices?

I have to say, megamixevents, that the more you post, the less I feel you know about the industry. How long have you been operating?

Well this is what a high majority of clients want, a cheap budget priced DJ, they are not interested in PAT testing, Insurance, Lighting, Smoke Machines...Just a DJ that simply play's music and takes requests.

I'm afraid to say you may of been in the industry for 'many years' but the industry is changing hugely, it's 80% budget/recession busting prices now. And similar to the labouring industry with cheap labour many DJ's from Europe are slowly moving into the mobile disco business and the prices are been reduced. Look around the various websites out there Gumtree, Craigslist, Ozadz, to name just a few...Maybe take a break from these forums for 5 minutes and venture around, you'll see plenty of adverts for your new competitors ready and willing to provide parties for £100-£150 out there.

[Excalibur]

Shocking! It just goes to show what I've been saying for years, the South is far more lucrative. You'd never get that sort of money round here. :(

[megamixevents]

Shocking! It just goes to show what I've been saying for years, the South is far more lucrative. You'd never get that sort of money round here. :(

I think the National Min Wage is £6.80 so according to one site Megamix Events is paying our DJ's £7.00 per hour LOOOL so at least we're paying an extra 20p per hour for London :o

[funkymook]

:) If only I could pay an experienced mobile disco DJ £7 per hour ....So basically 4 hour gig for a mobile DJ earns £28.00?? LOOL

Wow i could be rich!

That's an advert you posted a few months ago.

[Daryll]

Sorry megamixevents , but I have to disagree with your last statement , agreed there are clients that shop for the cheapest , there always has been and always will be , but there are an awful lot of DJ`s on here that command a high price , that clients will pay , some of these are full time DJ`s , so they have mortgages and families to support , and the ones I have meet do so to a good standard , most of my work is WMC and pubs , I command a higher than normal price for these type of venues , mainly because I give good value and a professional show , the clients that shop only on price are not my clients.

Daryll

[Excalibur]

That's an advert you posted a few months ago.

Inflation's becoming rampant nowadays Martin. ;)

[funkymook]

Inflation's becoming rampant nowadays Martin. ;)

So has :BS:

Maybe that's the rates for a mystery guest???

[megamixevents]

That's an advert you posted a few months ago.

We managed to track down around 20 of these adverts, and we thought we had them all removed - clearly not! They had been put on the web without our consent.


So has :BS:

Maybe that's the rates for a mystery guest???

Well I guess you've worked out how we can afford to pay our mystery guests if we're paying our DJ's £28.00 for four hours work. Damm you've caught us

[Corabar Entertainment]

...Maybe take a break from these forums for 5 minutes and venture aroundFirstly: don't be bloody condescending and rude.

Secondly, if you had been around for more than 5 minutes you'd know that, recession or not, 'cheap DJs' have always been out there, and always will be, and there always has been, and always will be, demand for them. However, they come and go (to be replaced by another lot of cheap DJs). The only ones who survive are the "reputable mobile disco companies" and these companies have proven their ability to adapt and offer a good service at a reasonable price. Difficult as you may find it to believe, more people put more store in 'value for money' than 'cheap'.

...And thirdly, do you have a problem answering the questions that other members ask you? You never seem to address any that are put to you by the other members.

[funkymook]

Well I guess you've worked out how we can afford to pay our mystery guests if we're paying our DJ's £28.00 for four hours work. Damm you've caught us

Please explain then - that's the advert you posted in Job Centre Plus, I'm sure there's an explanation, but the longer you avoid a straight answer the more we have to go on what's in front of us and draw our own conclusions.

Edit: Just read your explanation - funny really, it took me 30 seconds to find it, yet you couldn't track it down even though you are obviously very good at posting on every media site known to man - I'm afraid it doesn't really ring true, especially as it's also very much in the style of your website.

[megamixevents]

Firstly: don't be bloody condescending and rude.

Secondly, if you had been around for more than 5 minutes you'd know that, recession or not, 'cheap DJs' have always been out there, and always will be, and there always has been, and always will be, demand for them. However, they come and go (to be replaced by another lot of cheap DJs). The only ones who survive are the "reputable mobile disco companies" and these companies have proven their ability to adapt and offer a good service at a reasonable price. Difficult as you may find it to believe, more people put more store in 'value for money' than 'cheap'.

...And thirdly, do you have a problem answering the questions that other members ask you? You never seem to address any that are put to you by the other members.

* We've been around for quite a few years thanks...It's just we keep growing :-)

* Regarding your comment about answering certain questions, information sensitivity is the control of access to information or knowledge that might result in loss of an advantage, business or trade secrets within the mobile disco business especially if disclosed to others especially to direct competitors.


Please explain then - that's the advert you posted in Job Centre Plus, I'm sure there's an explanation, but the longer you avoid a straight answer the more we have to go on what's in front of us and draw our own conclusions.

Thanks, I get this checked out with Job Centre Plus tomorrow.

[Corabar Entertainment]

* We've been around for quite a few years thanks...It's just we keep growing :-)

* Regarding your comment about answering certain questions, information sensitivity is the control of access to information or knowledge that might result in loss of an advantage, business or trade secrets within the mobile disco business especially if disclosed to others especially to direct competitors.

Didn't realise that questions like "How long have you been operating?" were trade secrets!

Oh, I'm just going to put what everyone else is thinking...... What a load of :BS:

:lol:

[CRAZY K]

This is one of the reason's why so many reputable mobile disco companies are finding things hard, when you have DJ's like this:


http://www.gumtree.com/p/community/dj-available-100-per-event/1003858037

I worked with a DJ like this at the end of August.

I did my set from 7pm to 1am including every kind of Cowboy Western Dance known plus my err take on a Cheese/ Country Disco.

So far so good. Nice payday.

This strange cove arrives as soon as I finished ( looks a bit like the bloke in the picture) , whips out a Laptop and starts playing music I dont really know but assumed was the latest trance/electro or whatever its called---really weird.

He played through a smallish PA previously supplied by the Wild West enactment people which didnt take long to be over driven and distorted.:daft:

Im happy for people to play through my PA ---BUT NOT WHEN IM GOING HOME.

I was packing away when someone commented how bad the sound was (compared to mine) the drunks seemed to know him and like it and I assume he gets £100.

Nice enough guy catering for a specialist market and no obvious threat to the average Mobile DJ that I can see.

Possibly does a lot of walk in jobs in pubs and clubs requiring no equipment but I assume most on here are not in that market as MDA suggests
MOBILE DISCO ASSOCIATION.

Just another part of the market place.

If megamix compete in that WALK IN market---yup they have a problem.

These days I doubt there is a margin for agents/ commission in that market.

Fully Mobile DJs with equipment and Lights charging £100--thats another different problem.:daft:

[surround sounds]

Didn't realise that questions like "How long have you been operating?" were trade secrets!

Oh, I'm just going to put what everyone else is thinking...... What a load of :BS:

:lol:


:agree: :BS:

[minty]

Well this is what a high majority of clients want, a cheap budget priced DJ, they are not interested in PAT testing, Insurance, Lighting, Smoke Machines...Just a DJ that simply play's music and takes requests.

I'm afraid to say you may of been in the industry for 'many years' but the industry is changing hugely, it's 80% budget/recession busting prices now. And similar to the labouring industry with cheap labour many DJ's from Europe are slowly moving into the mobile disco business and the prices are been reduced. Look around the various websites out there Gumtree, Craigslist, Ozadz, to name just a few...Maybe take a break from these forums for 5 minutes and venture around, you'll see plenty of adverts for your new competitors ready and willing to provide parties for £100-£150 out there.


Weekday Disco & DJ

£250.00

Sunday - Thursday

Prices are advertised for London within M25 prices outside M25 please contact us.

What is included in the price:

1. Up to 4 hours

2. 10 Million Public Liability Insurance

3. Pat Tested Equipment

4. Full Lighting & Lasers

5. Sound System

6. Personality Based DJ

7. Requests

8. Early Set-Up

9. 24 Hour Support

10. Full use of wireless microphones

11. Host to assist DJ

12. Smoke Machine



Weekend Disco & DJ

£270.00

Friday - Saturday

Prices are advertised for London within M25 prices outside M25 please contact us.

What is included in the price:

1. Up to 4 hours

2. 10 Million Public Liability Insurance

3. Pat Tested Equipment

4. Full Lighting & Lasers

5. Sound System

6. Personality Based DJ

7. Requests

8. Early Set-Up

9. 24 Hour Support

10. Full use of wireless microphones

11. Host to assist DJ

12. Smoke Machine

So what do you pay your DJ'S from these prices??????

[funkymook]

£28 apparently!

[SC Events]

Well this is what a high majority of clients want, a cheap budget priced DJ, they are not interested in PAT testing, Insurance, Lighting, Smoke Machines...Just a DJ that simply play's music and takes requests.

I'm afraid to say you may of been in the industry for 'many years' but the industry is changing hugely, it's 80% budget/recession busting prices now. And similar to the labouring industry with cheap labour many DJ's from Europe are slowly moving into the mobile disco business and the prices are been reduced. Look around the various websites out there Gumtree, Craigslist, Ozadz, to name just a few...Maybe take a break from these forums for 5 minutes and venture around, you'll see plenty of adverts for your new competitors ready and willing to provide parties for £100-£150 out there.

On this forum, the aim is to promote best practice and to raise the profile of Mobile DJ's. From reading your post, to me it is clear that you don't really care about any of that, you're just after a quick buck!

Also, condescending comments, that you have made in this thread and elsewhere on this forum, are only likely to get member's backs up...so I would think carefully about what you are going to post, before you actually do.

[Excalibur]

£28 apparently!

Hmmmm. Now that's more like the sort of figures round here. ;)

[TONYTIGER]

Can somebody tell me why he is on this forum winding everybody up.:mad:i cant see how any of this rubbish is relevant.

[djdm]

Well this is what a high majority of clients want, a cheap budget priced DJ, they are not interested in PAT testing, Insurance, Lighting, Smoke Machines...Just a DJ that simply play's music and takes requests.

I'm afraid to say you may of been in the industry for 'many years' but the industry is changing hugely, it's 80% budget/recession busting prices now. And similar to the labouring industry with cheap labour many DJ's from Europe are slowly moving into the mobile disco business and the prices are been reduced. Look around the various websites out there Gumtree, Craigslist, Ozadz, to name just a few...Maybe take a break from these forums for 5 minutes and venture around, you'll see plenty of adverts for your new competitors ready and willing to provide parties for £100-£150 out there.

MEGAMIX EVENTS slagging off other ads on gumtree that a joke a in earlier post getting £7 djs to do gigs . advertise for djs then apply mke you pay 29.99 for 6 months to get work

[Corabar Steve]

.Maybe take a break from these forums for 5 minutes and venture around, you'll see plenty of adverts for your new competitors ready and willing to provide parties for £100-£150 out there.Not our competitors & if you can't see that, you may be in the wrong line of work.


* Regarding your comment about answering certain questions, information sensitivity is the control of access to information or knowledge that might result in loss of an advantage, business or trade secrets within the mobile disco business especially if disclosed to others especially to direct competitors.

In which case you clearly don't understand the concept of this forum. We share ideas & tips here, you clearly don't want to. If this the case the only reason for your being here is to gain from the rest of us, without giving anything back.

Please do us all a favour & bugger off somewhere that your 70s attitude to running a moblie disco fits in better.

[SC Events]

In which case you clearly don't understand the concept of this forum. We share ideas & tips here, you clearly don't want to. If this the case the only reason for your being here is to gain from the rest of us, without giving anything back.

Please do us all a favour & bugger off somewhere that your 70s attitude to running a moblie disco fits in better.

:like:

[minty]

Not our competitors & if you can't see that, you may be in the wrong line of work.


In which case you clearly don't understand the concept of this forum. We share ideas & tips here, you clearly don't want to. If this the case the only reason for your being here is to gain from the rest of us, without giving anything back.

Please do us all a favour & bugger off somewhere that your 70s attitude to running a moblie disco fits in better.

:clap2::clap2:

[funkymook]

Didn't realise that questions like "How long have you been operating?" were trade secrets!


Website went live on 20th October 2011, so they're very new.

And their tweets are quite revealing

'Megamix Events ‏@MegamixEvents
Morning, Prices have dropped again, rates start from just £99.00 check our website for info, vids, #live radio, reviews, and much more.

Megamix Events ‏@MegamixEvents
Special August Offer: Book mobile disco and DJ in either H'Smith, Chiswick or Fulham for just £149.00 quote 'Twitter' during Aug Only'

So not adverse at being £100/£150 DJ's themselves

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Sussed him out earlier.
Seems like he likes to contradict himself a lot.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

This is one of the reason's why so many reputable mobile disco companies are finding things hard, when you have DJ's like this:


I think it's because certain companies are pushing rates down by charging ridiculous fees. £170 for central London? Please...