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Do international DJ's have their travel fee's paid for them?
Posted on: 01.07.2013 by Arline Receveur
I've always wondered if the top dj's around the world have their travel fee's paid for them? I just wonder as im in Australia and surely they wouldn't fork out 3k return flight from Europe just to play a couple of gigs would they?

If the answer is yes, I now understand why in Australia we pay $200 for festival tickets hahaha
Tamela Batara
01.07.2013
A lot of these big DJ's will do a "tour" when they travel that far though. So they will do a few evening s while they are out there.

Of course, if a club wants a specific DJ for a specific evening , and they have no plans for other local events, then they will have to pay the full expenses.

As an idea of costs involved, it was well publicised here, by local promoters who fucked up paying the DJ (who ended up not playing the event because they were a little short on the evening , and getting the full money the next day), but he wasn't what I would class a true A-list DJ, but the bill was over
Tamela Batara
01.07.2013
A lot of these big DJ's will do a "tour" when they travel that far though. So they will do a few evening s while they are out there.

Of course, if a club wants a specific DJ for a specific evening , and they have no plans for other local events, then they will have to pay the full expenses.

As an idea of costs involved, it was well publicised here, by local promoters who fucked up paying the DJ (who ended up not playing the event because they were a little short on the evening , and getting the full money the next day), but he wasn't what I would class a true A-list DJ, but the bill was over
Tamela Batara
01.07.2013
A lot of these big DJ's will do a "tour" when they travel that far though. So they will do a few evening s while they are out there.

Of course, if a club wants a specific DJ for a specific evening , and they have no plans for other local events, then they will have to pay the full expenses.

As an idea of costs involved, it was well publicised here, by local promoters who fucked up paying the DJ (who ended up not playing the event because they were a little short on the evening , and getting the full money the next day), but he wasn't what I would class a true A-list DJ, but the bill was over
Tamela Batara
01.07.2013
A lot of these big DJ's will do a "tour" when they travel that far though. So they will do a few evening s while they are out there.

Of course, if a club wants a specific DJ for a specific evening , and they have no plans for other local events, then they will have to pay the full expenses.

As an idea of costs involved, it was well publicised here, by local promoters who fucked up paying the DJ (who ended up not playing the event because they were a little short on the evening , and getting the full money the next day), but he wasn't what I would class a true A-list DJ, but the bill was over
Tamela Batara
01.07.2013
A lot of these big DJ's will do a "tour" when they travel that far though. So they will do a few evening s while they are out there.

Of course, if a club wants a specific DJ for a specific evening , and they have no plans for other local events, then they will have to pay the full expenses.

As an idea of costs involved, it was well publicised here, by local promoters who fucked up paying the DJ (who ended up not playing the event because they were a little short on the evening , and getting the full money the next day), but he wasn't what I would class a true A-list DJ, but the bill was over
Tamela Batara
01.07.2013
A lot of these big DJ's will do a "tour" when they travel that far though. So they will do a few evening s while they are out there.

Of course, if a club wants a specific DJ for a specific evening , and they have no plans for other local events, then they will have to pay the full expenses.

As an idea of costs involved, it was well publicised here, by local promoters who fucked up paying the DJ (who ended up not playing the event because they were a little short on the evening , and getting the full money the next day), but he wasn't what I would class a true A-list DJ, but the bill was over
Tamela Batara
01.07.2013
A lot of these big DJ's will do a "tour" when they travel that far though. So they will do a few evening s while they are out there.

Of course, if a club wants a specific DJ for a specific evening , and they have no plans for other local events, then they will have to pay the full expenses.

As an idea of costs involved, it was well publicised here, by local promoters who fucked up paying the DJ (who ended up not playing the event because they were a little short on the evening , and getting the full money the next day), but he wasn't what I would class a true A-list DJ, but the bill was over
Joesph Kasian
01.07.2013
Originally Posted by haze324
I beleive Roger Sanchez Rider was posted on the community a while back.

Escalade or 7 series BMW or equivalent with driver at the airport please.
This is standard for international DJs, mainly based on rising up the ranks and getting picked up by some crazy kid in his saxo, tunes blaring and friends packed in the back....maaaaaaaate.
Tamela Batara
01.07.2013
A lot of these big DJ's will do a "tour" when they travel that far though. So they will do a few evening s while they are out there.

Of course, if a club wants a specific DJ for a specific evening , and they have no plans for other local events, then they will have to pay the full expenses.

As an idea of costs involved, it was well publicised here, by local promoters who fucked up paying the DJ (who ended up not playing the event because they were a little short on the evening , and getting the full money the next day), but he wasn't what I would class a true A-list DJ, but the bill was over
Arline Receveur
01.07.2013
I've always wondered if the top dj's around the world have their travel fee's paid for them? I just wonder as im in Australia and surely they wouldn't fork out 3k return flight from Europe just to play a couple of gigs would they?

If the answer is yes, I now understand why in Australia we pay $200 for festival tickets hahaha
Emelina Chillson
01.07.2013
Whenever we bring artists from overseas (mainly europe), we will work out a flight share with other promoters across the US in order to bring the cost down.
Joesph Kasian
01.07.2013
Originally Posted by haze324
I beleive Roger Sanchez Rider was posted on the community a while back.

Escalade or 7 series BMW or equivalent with driver at the airport please.
This is standard for international DJs, mainly based on rising up the ranks and getting picked up by some crazy kid in his saxo, tunes blaring and friends packed in the back....maaaaaaaate.
Arnulfo Morten
02.07.2013
^ lol serious? i'd be happy if the promoter just picked me up on time from the airport... which they never do. haha i'm gonna have to start getting more detailed in my riders
Oretha Afful
02.07.2013
My favorite thing to do to agents is to cross off the entire hospitality rider and send it back with "Event/festival hospitality provided" on it.

I have yet to have anyone complain about this and I've booked DJs from every big agency.

No way I'm paying for 4 quarts of hummus for a DJ (yes this is on a real DJs rider) lol
Julissa Serrone
02.07.2013
I beleive Roger Sanchez Rider was posted on the community a while back.

Escalade or 7 series BMW or equivalent with driver at the airport please.
Oretha Afful
01.07.2013
You don't have to be a top DJ to have your travel and lodging paid for.
When I play out of town I have the promoter pay my travel/room and when I book any out of town DJ I do the same for them.
It's common practice.
Arnulfo Morten
01.07.2013
yeap flight/room paid for, and you send in your RIDER 2 weeks before the event so they have all your stuff ready then when you show up and they forgot to separate the M&M's by color you refuse to play :P haha anyways... like xs2man says they do multiple shows to make the money back and they split the cost between all the events. So lets say your expense is 10k for you and your manager for flight/room for 3 weeks. 3 shows a week so 9 shows minimum of 2k per show and your good. If your an international Dj i'm sure you'll have other sponsors shooting you money to pimp their gear.... thats the jist of it. I know guys that live in L.A. that fly to SF to do shows and there rate is $300/show that covers round trip flight hotel and food lol not very profitable especially for established dj's...
Joesph Kasian
01.07.2013
Yes, the promoter covers costs for the flight, hotel, driver, wifi, meals and whatever else we require - it's all agreed upon the booking and outlined in detail in a contract.

As mentioned above sometimes we'll play more than one show - in times like this promoters will do a flight share to make the cost of getting us over much cheaper - you will go to a country and do anything from 2 to 6 shows over a period of a couple of weeks. Obviously 6 shows means the cost to get us over is split 6 ways.
Tamela Batara
01.07.2013
A lot of these big DJ's will do a "tour" when they travel that far though. So they will do a few evening s while they are out there.

Of course, if a club wants a specific DJ for a specific evening , and they have no plans for other local events, then they will have to pay the full expenses.

As an idea of costs involved, it was well publicised here, by local promoters who fucked up paying the DJ (who ended up not playing the event because they were a little short on the evening , and getting the full money the next day), but he wasn't what I would class a true A-list DJ, but the bill was over
Hellen Mindrup
01.07.2013
Yes, you will have your flight/room paid for. (If you're hired that is.)

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