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Education

The practical side of DJing that nobody puts in a tutorial: what to ask for, what to charge, and what a safe night actually looks like.

Questions worth asking out loud

Will I be taken seriously? Will I be paid fairly? Will I be safe at this event, and will the promoter have my back if something goes wrong?

Most DJs answer those alone, gig by gig. We would rather collect the answers in one place, and keep adding to them as the network grows.

Got something to add — a template contract, a fee benchmark, a bad experience worth warning others about? Send it over.

Getting booked

What to ask a promoter before you say yes: booking fee, tech rider, backline, travel and accommodation — and how to put it in writing.

Money

Fee ranges, how billing and taxes work for DJs in Austria and Germany, and why sharing numbers with each other shifts the balance.

Safety

Awareness teams, door policies and codes of conduct: what a venue should have in place, and what to do when something goes wrong on the night.

Skills

Mixing harder, faster material: gain staging, EQ under pressure, loop and FX work, and building a set that keeps its energy for four hours.