Hey everybody, a little bit about me first. I'm a DJ in southern california who got started about 1.5 years ago entirely due to this site (thanks!). I spin with a modded VCI-100 + midifighter + keyboard all into Traktor.
I played my first club gig about 8 months ago for free (just drink tickets). Did that for a couple months and then started getting paid for just my set time ($100 flat rate for a set that usually lasts about 1 hour to 1.5 hours). Now I've got a Weds night residency that I DJ and promote, and that pays me 10% of total bar sales. I just started a Friday night residency that I do with a promoter, and we're going to negotiate how to split it up soon.
I want to come prepared for the negotiation and not undersell myself, but I realized I don't know how much a DJ usually makes. I would ask the other DJ's, but it's an uncomfortable topic to talk about with other local DJs, since we are friends but also competitive, and nobody wants to be underbid.
So I'm asking you, internet friends to whom I pose no threat, how much do you make as a DJ?
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