What A DJ Is Responsible For:

Market Value

Professional Event Coordinator
We work directly with you, your banquet professional, the photographer, videographer, and other professionals to make sure everything works like clockwork. Since a wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime event which is completely unrehearsed, having a professional handle the details makes all the difference in the world, including on site visits prior to your wedding day, planning and timelines before your special day can mount up to many many hours!

$800

Professional Emcee
A professional Master of Ceremonies will keep guests well informed and interested throughout the event, without distracting the attention from the bride and groom.

$800

Music Library
In a four-hour event you would program approximately 60 songs. If you were able to use 2 songs per CD and had to purchase 30 CDs this would cost $300. To my knowledge, nobody rents a music library because of the licensing issues. So, you would have to buy all these CDs. But we don't bring just 30 CDs, we bring close to 100,000 songs so we have just the right music selection for your guests and taste.

$400

Music Programming Artist
The most obvious thing your DJ does is program exactly the appropriate music at the exact moment for your specific event. We look at guests, honor your requests, consider the time of day or night, evaluate the event in general and use our many years' of experience to play just the right song at the right moment.

$300

Audio Technician
We are experienced audio technicians, able to design and troubleshoot professional sound systems. Since every DJ sound system is custom-designed, our understanding of these complicated systems is crucial.
Going rate, $75/hour. For a typical five our reception, this adds up to $375.

$375

Equipment Rental
Rental of a first-quality audio system including delivery, set-up and testing with integral back-up. Music library not included.

$550

Travel Expenses, Tax, Insurance

A DJ will travel many miles back and forth to the venue, pay a yearly Public Liability Insurance which covers your event, and on any money he earns after deductions and overheads pays taxes

$100

Equipment Handler
Almost every live show has a professional equipment handling team to transport and set-up the equipment. Union scale for this is $25/hr. Considering drive time plus set-up and tear down for a five-hour wedding, this runs $175.

$175

Total Value of a Professional Wedding DJ

$3500

Typical Pricing for an professional insured, competent, good quality DJ Service in 2008 ( you saved $2,700 !!)

$800

So are Disc Jockeys expensive compared to other vendors?

Are Disc Jockeys responsible for more than just pressing play?

Are Disc Jockeys a great deal when compared to a live band for example?

I think professional DJ's are an incredible value and have remained so for an incredibly long time to the advantage of brides and grooms!

Therefore when considering a DJ for your reception, remember how important they truly are and the true value you receive compared to the real value they should be.