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I know this comes up from time to time - sorry - but can anyone give me an idea of current freelance rates. I've been out of the scene for a few years but an old client has just offered me some work. We're talking central london corporate conference work, sound, at the smaller end of the scale - say 100 to 200 punters. I used to do a lot of this so I'd want to charge a more "experienced" rate, but still need to price it right. And yes I have PLI and an established business with bank account etc.
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I know this comes up from time to time - sorry - but can anyone give me an idea of current freelance rates. I've been out of the scene for a few years but an old client has just offered me some work. We're talking central london corporate conference work, sound, at the smaller end of the scale - say 100 to 200 punters. I used to do a lot of this so I'd want to charge a more "experienced" rate, but still need to price it right. And yes I have PLI and an established business with bank account etc.

 

Seen as no-one else has replied:

 

Not enough......

 

 

 

 

....I would say 200 to 300 is probably the going ball park day rate for 10 or 12 hours (different companies have wildly different ideas of what they want to be paying so ymmv...).

 

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It shouldn't matter that the event is small - from an invoicing point of view, a sound engineer is just another line item, like a desk or a radio mic, and the production company will be hiring you out at a fixed daily rate (and making a healthy margin on your day-rate). The minimum you should be charging in London is £250 per day - decent corporate A1s charge closer to £300.

 

E2A: That's not to say that there aren't companies out there that will pay less, but they'll tend to use younger/less experienced techs as anyone who is decent at their job is charging £250+ and won't work for less.

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