**Are you a DJ? Then you need the DJA!!

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DJdownload are working with the recently launched Disc Jockey Association to offer a discount on membership, opening up a whole range of support and deals for working DJs.

***Discount Offer on Joining the DJA from djdownload.com ;
DJdownload have teamed up with the DJA to offer up to £25 discount (depending on choice of membership) to anyone signing up (Code: DJA004UK), which also leads to further discounts on music purchased through the site. Simply visit www.thedja.com now!!!

Until now, there has been no official body to represent DJs, meaning each jock has had to go it alone and risk being ripped off, badly treated and dangerously in the dark on key issues like avoiding a dodgy run-in with the taxman.

Now The Disc Jockey Association www.thedja.com aims to change all that.

“Ultimately it’s all about building a community and giving legitimacy to the profession,” says Debby Lee from the DJA. “A DJ can earn more than a doctor or an accountant but if you announce to your parents or your bank manager that you are working as a DJ their response isn’t usually that positive!”


The DJA has fantastic deals in place with agencies, club promoters, equipment and download stores, magazines and even professional photographers. It now also gives DJs a single voice when it comes to negotiating vital support like cheap insureace, PAYE scheme, legal advice and even gym membership.

Run by a team with many years of experience under their belts, including DTPM/Fiction promoter Lee Freeman and Ibiza legend Alex P, the DJA aims to represent people who consider themselves working DJs.


“There are now around 50,000 people who class themselves as DJs in the UK alone, and with the rise of bar culture too, there are many hundreds of venues with DJs often playing 4-7 nights a week. That’s a lot of business and paperwork,” reveals Debbie.

“A lot of DJs have a ‘day job’, so don’t bother declaring any cash they get for DJing at weekends, as it doesn’t seem worth all the hassle. But the Inland Revenue guys are not stupid, they know all about things like MySpace. If you are serious about promoting yourself as a DJ you run a big risk of getting caught for the tax.”

with the DJA scheme all the tax work is done for you, so as well as ensuring you are fully legit, having declared the extra earnings could well improve your credit rating enough to borrow money in future for things like buying a house.

The scheme also allows travelling DJs to claim tax back on meal and hotel expenses without a receipt, and as membership of the DJA is a business expense, it too is fully tax deductable.

“Membership really should pay for itself if you use wisely,” say Debbie.

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