Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Lost]

Can I Dj at a bar/ club if I'm teaching in Korea?

[Waluigi]

As long as it aint for money.... why not?

[Lost]

Really? Seems likes there are a lot of Foreign Djs around itaewon and hongdae. Same for bands etc?

[djsmnc]

[jammo]

i long for the days of pirate radio and warehouse parties

nikes slogan is pretty fitting here

[Lost]

So no problem you think then.............just wonder about the advertising/ being in public thing..........has/ can immigration / police arrest me for doing it?

[djsmnc]

[djsmnc]

I suppose it's been awhile, but anyway:

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=38287&highlight=deported

[jammo]

not advocating doing it but just weigh up the pros and cons first

a smaller club should be fine

[jammo]

not advocating doing it but just weigh up the pros and cons first

a smaller club should be fine

[Lost]

I guess I should be careful with advertising and facebook then. Thanks for the heads up

[bangbayed]

I know many expat DJs, some play out more than once a week and promote like crazy. They all teach or do something else non-dj related for their regular paycheck. And they've been doing it foe years. If you can get gigs, immigration is the least of your problems.

[Lost]

Had a friend get questioned and locked up for a while and Djing was part of problem. haven't heard back from him. Heads up. Think I'm gonna just wait to try to dj. Any1 know any good electronic music blogs for Korea? I do have some mixes i like to share/ listen to.

[jonpurdy]

Just curious, but if you DJ for free there's no problem, right? It's only those who do it for pay (even if it's small pay)? What if it's in exchange for goods, like a case of beer or something? There's no tax on bartered goods so I presume it's okay? Or is it different here?

[bangbayed]

Technically, DJing for free is the only legal way to do it. But payment is so informal and always done in cash, so there's no paper trail. Besides, very few if any DJs in Korea make enough to support themselves only by DJing, so the only reason immigration would clamp down on those people would be for other reasons.

The only DJs I know who've gotten in trouble with the law are the ones who aren't careful about getting involved with drugs.

Like I alluded to before, immigration is the least of your problems if you can get gigs, not get screwed over by promoters/club owners, can beat match, not have equipment issues at the venue and play to crowds who like your tunes.