Simon K

Hi

Love listening to this guy's sets / podcast / radio show on BBC1. Was wondering how much this guy charges ?? Looked on his web site but doesnt give you any idea.

So, how much do these top dj's charge ?

SBK

Jamz3k

many years ago he played at one of the local clubs and i think the charge was around £8-10k plus travel expenses for him to do a 2hour set and jet off straight after. This was back when Judge Jules was King Pimp so it may be a hella-alot-cheaper now and as its norn iron i think they generally demand more too.

Gav

From what i hear Tiesto is charging 200k a set in Ibiza this summer

Simon K

200K a set ? hows does the hosting club make any money from that ?

How much do the clubs charge for entrance fee ? and how many people do they hold ?? Even with 5K people paying £35, its only £175K ?

Amazing money.

SBK

mamoon2

I saw Judge Jules in Ibiza this summer. He came and played a set at a little bar called B4M. He did a half hour set and it was free as it was a warm up for his Judgement Sundays night at Eden.

He was fookin awesome and dropped Billie Jean in with his mix (as a tribute to Jacko)

200k for Tiesto? think you may be have got mixed up there.

Gav

The fact that they charge £50 per ticket and can hold 10,000 people in there. Do the maths Plus drinks are a scandal with bottled water being about a tenner!

I'm not getting mixed up

stilover

Thought the top DJ's get between £15-30K per set.

Think £200k is Bollox.

jonny_693

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I also saw Jules in Ibiza this year. He was Filming for a TV show in Kanya one day and we also saw him at Bar M for his judgement sundays warm up, then onto Judgement sundays at Eden. He was fooking awesome one of the best nights I've ever had!

200k for tiesto would not surprise me. To see Him At privilage Was going to be 65 Euro. Plus drinks sales at 10 Euro a beer and 8 Euro a bottle of water and someone is going to be Laughing!

chocolate_o_brian

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I read an interview with Sasha in a copy of Mixmag back in '03. At his peak in the late 90's he was getting £50-70k a set Was a millionaire put it that way, but he's one of the greats.

It would be nice to see what the likes of Van Buuren etc get now, as he is one I look upto having a very similar set layout and musical taste. I don;t get loadsa wonga for DJ'ing anywho - yet

hodgy0_2

judge jules was always destined to be a millionaire

he was "borrowing" his mums car to go cabbing in back in the day - early 80's

when his (ex highgate public school) friends were getting mashed in camden

chocolate_o_brian

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Believe thats why he's called Judge Jules, as he did a law degree whilst cutting it as a DJ? If you ever listen to him on Radio 1 etc, hes quite well spoken and uses a wide vocabulary, quite like it

Simon K

I like him alot. I love his style of music and I find him an amusing, educated guy. Also, he's married to a fit blonde girl, who was a singer in the 90's ?? Not bad songs either.

Ive never been to Ibiza, didnt realise those clubs were so dear. £50+ to get in, £8 a pint ! Do this 5 days of the week ? F**k that ! I love music / trance / dance, but not at that price.

SBK

mamoon2

We went to Space and it was £55 to get in and the first round of 4 x Vodka Red Bulls was 72 euros. It wasn't even branded vodka

Simon K

72 euros ! hahaha christ ! I wonder how much those super clubs make ? Is it possible to sneak in your own booze ?

SBK

jonny_693

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You can take minatures in if you can be arsed. A coke to mix it with is still Around 8 Euros though. The thing is some of the clubs have salt water coming out of the taps or the basin is shaped so you cant fill your water up. (amnesia does).

mamoon2

I'll defo be sneaking in my own vodka next time but you do get searched sometimes. A small bottle under the ******** should be ok i'd imagine.

It instantly sobered me up when he told me the price, bit **** because some of the lads couldn't afford a round and as our disco biscuit days are well in the past we only stayed there a couple of hours.

Most people in there are taking e's so they only need a bottle of water to last them the night.

Quick calculation.... 10,000 x 55 = £550,000 on entrance fee alone per big night. They must be making a million a night in there.

Simon K

Im shocked at these prices. To hell with IT, Im going to open a club over there :-)

Mamoon2, for that amount of cash, I would of stayed in there the whole week you were there :-)

Still, bet the music was good.

SBK

Gav

200k doesn't sound too much now does it

gohardbrother

jules has no set price which makes it possible to book him in small and bigger clubs ,some of the other djs have a much bigger rider which may put off smaller clubs...............

gatty

Who are the daddys now when it comes to dj,s??? In my day it was Sasha, Digweed, Carl ***, Sven Vath, Oaky, Jeremy Healy, De Vit, Tong and Rampling. Mind you this was back in '92-'97 then I had to get out of it! burnt out!!

chocolate_o_brian

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Depends what part of the scene you're into. It's massive now with different superstar DJ's for different genre's of dance music. Me personally? I'm into the trance & progressive side of things, so DJ's such as Van Buuren, Markus Schulz, Deadmau5, Aly & Fila, Cosmic Gate do it fro me at the moment. Similar for the production side of things.

gatty

bloody ell!! there genre after genre. I think I like what you like. Maybe you could recommend some compelation mix cd's? I will give this new stuff ago.

Its good to see the scene is still alive and well though. My mate who is now 38 still gets to Ibiza every year for his fix!!

chocolate_o_brian

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I would recommend my demo CD's LOL. Few others on here seem to like them, goes across the whole spectrum of what I mix at my Bar nights.

gatty

Go on then, how do I get hold of them?

Torquemada

Not long til you're a millionaire too COB!

chocolate_o_brian

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Just send us a pm if you want.

Ste RB5138

I saw DJ Spoony at my local Que Pasa club last night, I was wondering how much he charges for playing in little old Stourbridge, bit of a comedown to where he must have been playing 9 or 10 years ago.