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Rooky - How do you advertise your workshops? It might sound simple but I doubt word of mouth could spread that much, or am I wrong?

Well it depends on the place you do it at.... As a rough guide:

• Corporate companies, i.e.; Shell, Microsoft etc... - Anything up to £1,000 plus expenses for a day which consists of 3-4 hours with breaks. Food will be covered too.
• Schools - If they have a budget for extra-curricular activities then you may be able to access that, it should be about 50 pound for a day, again 3-4 hours with a break, food may be covered, but not usually. If they don't have a budget you can do what I am in the process of doing and getting the kids to pay 2-3 quid for an hour after school club type thing. 10 minimum class, then you can work it to be getting 30-35 pound for that hour. Do it every day and that's a nice little earner
• Private schools - They will definitely have a budget, so you can go from 200-450 for a days work. (Maybe more depending on how confident you are and how well structured your workshop is)
• Colleges - Pretty much the same as schools, but it is more likely they will have a budget. So you have to find out their budget to take it further. If they insist on asking you how much you charge. Go for 100 pound for a day. Depending on where the College is and how prestigious it is. Always say you’re willing to discuss the price. But state your lesson plan so they know what they are paying for.
• Universities - Same as colleges, but usually they will have a good budget, but you will have to have a very serious lesson plan that will end in the students coming away with not just Beatboxing skills, but real world life skills. Something called Enrichment Classes, which seems quite popular. Have a look your school may have something similar. So payment wise, you could range it the same as a private school.
• Special Needs/Voluntary Settings - Usually you will get expenses, but probably not paid as they have very tight budgets usually. But the payment is in the results you get and the time spent making their lives more normal.
• Festivals - These are the most fun cause everyone is all having a good time. You should get: Free entry, expenses, food each day and possible payment depending on their budget, but, if you have a good reputation through doing workshops/show's then it's more likely that they will give you want you want.

All of those, with regards to equipment, you will get your full money if you have your equipment or if they have their own, but if you need to hire it, that will go on top of your costs, but you may need to take your payment cost down as it could look like your not very professional. Although, you could always add the cost into the price and not say you have to hire it... They don't need to know really.

At the moment that's all the places I have done workshops, apart from corporate companies.

Oh and I'd love to come to Ireland to teach, but I still need my own equipment and I would need expenses cause I don't have the money at the moment.