are DJ'ing salaries overrated?

[G-whizz]

DC is one of the busiest djs around, he does around 6 - 8 gigs a month and has done for the past 8, 9 years... but its true there are some other big names who charge probably even more than Clarke and get less gigs... techno is not the biggest earning field by a long way tho... some of the prog djs like Sasha, Digweed have been known to regulary pick up sums like £15,000 - £20,000 per set.. thats absolutely stupid (especially for the skillz these guys have i.e none)

tis a funny game the old Djing, u might think current dj fee's are inflated and stupid, but on the other hand if u were getting offered it, would u take it? ;)

i think dj fees should not be a standard fee
i think thay should be payed by the numbers
i.e
if youre venue holds 2000 or more you give them a min fee if the punters fill the venue then you pay them more
you get me and if the venue only holds like 100-300 people the fee has got to drop as the night would not be able to afford to run unless they charge the earth for people to come witch in turn means low numbers coz peeps dont want to pay silly money to go out

thats just my thoughts any ways ;)

it makes sense ! I`m with you on that one :clap:
and thats what dave the drummer and chris liberator etc do if I remember correctly ...