Cocktail Sax Jazz Band

 

We want your event to be very successful and achieve your objectives.   Most of our musicians are FULL TIME musicians and rely on your pay as their income.

 

We also want to balance our finanial needs with your budget and the over all cost for your event.

 

Let us know your budget, we have found that there are many adjustments we can make to help fit the cost of the band into your budget.

 

This day of the week can be the most expensive day for hiring live musicians.  It is the day that most musicians are booked and therefore has the most competition for their time.   Most parties and Weddings occur on Saturday evening creating the demand for musicians and Live Music.

 

Saturday afternoons or lunch times events are different from Saturday evening.   Lunch time or early afternoon events can still facilitate a musician having an evening events as well.   So Saturday lunch or afternoon events can be much different rate than Saturday evening...

 

A typical Saturday evening rate will range from $1,000 to $2,500, however... your costs may be different due to your needs and the cost factors listed to the right ->

 

Call us to discuss your needs so we can figure out what will work best for you...

 

 

Since we are mostly full time musicians, we are always looking to fill our calendars with events during the week.   So a lunch event or evening event fits very well with our calendar.

 

We often get booked for Cocktail Receptions during the week and will play between one or two hours of material for a special reception.

 

Our rates for week day events range from $450 to $850 depending on the cost factors listed to the right ->

 

Call us to discuss your needs so we can figure out what will work best for you...

 

 

 

To help work with your budget, there are many factors that impact costs.

 

 

Our band is typically made up of a sultry saxophone, cool keyboards, groov'n bass, and smooth drums.   This four piece ensemble provides a great breadth of music for listening and have different musical "voices" so that the music sounds very interesting and fresh for long events lasting even up to six hours.

 

If we add more musicians to the band the fees increase, if we reduce the band to a Trio or a Duo then the band fees decrease.

 

We find that a four piece band provides the most musicial diverisity and interesting musical tones for events longer than one hour.

 

 

Some events will want either a female or male vocalist to sing the words to special songs and add vocal interest to the songs.   Adding a vocal to the band increases the fees by adding this capability but also increases the cost since a Sound System will now be required to amplify the voice.   The all instrumental ensemble is mostly acoustic and doesn't require a sound system.

 

 

When an event requires announcements or a Master of Cermonies (MC) role, this effort requires more time planning and preparing for the event as well as requires a Sound System to amplify the person making announcements.   This additional time in preparation and the cost of the sound system increase fees for the event.

 

 

Day of the Week and Time of Day are two factors that impact the cost of the band.   Saturday evenings are the most expensive time to hire bands, then followed by Friday and Sunday evenings.  

 

Booking the band for an evening event during a week night or for a luncheon is the lowest cost time to hire live entertainment.

 

 

If a sound system or lighting system is required for the event, additional costs for providing these capabilities impact event costs.   The band has all the equipment necessary to provide sophisticated DMX automated lighting systems and complex sound systems, however these are provided at additional cost when required.

 

 

Another factor in determining cost for an event is the number of hours performing music for an event.   Musicians tend to look at events by the hour... so the longer the event, the more time the musician expects to be compentated.  

 

This also includes all time "on site".   If musicians have to wait until an event is over before packing up to leave, this waiting time is considered the same as playing time.   Even if the musician is only performing for 30 mins, but has to be at the event for two hours, the musician expects compentation for spending the two hours at the event.

 

 

All the factors go into figuring out the cost for live entertainment for an event.   Please give us a call and we can help work with your budget and plan a successful event.   We want your event to achieve your results.