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Hi all,

I've been looking around the internet for a long time trying to research this topic. Sorry in advance if this was already covered. Without getting into a specific persons salary or anything like that, I was curious if any of you have an idea how much a DCI percussion composer/arranger would make for a top 10 group? Also, any idea for a WGI group? Thanks in advance.

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Good questions. Probably depends on the quality of the instructor and what they've negotiated.

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Thanks for the reply. Without mentioning any names for privacy respect, I have heard of drill writers making $900,000 a year. But I am particularly curious about DCI/WGI percussion composers/arrangers. To be specific, does anyone have an an idea how much a top group would pay a single person to compose the front ensemble only, battery only, or both? I know every group is different, but just curious.

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Thanks for the reply. Without mentioning any names for privacy respect, I have heard of drill writers making $900,000 a year. But I am particularly curious about DCI/WGI percussion composers/arrangers. To be specific, does anyone have an an idea how much a top group would pay a single person to compose the front ensemble only, battery only, or both? I know every group is different, but just curious.

Maybe they're making $90,000 per year combined with their day job. That's a totally unrealistic number and people shouldn't go into the field and think they're ever going to be making that much dough. Let's not disillusion people.

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No it is not just from DCI groups. It is a combination from high school groups, DCI, WGI, and international groups. I do know for fact that the drill writer chargers $12,000-20,000 just for high school groups, and the group that my friend works at in which the school hired the writer for the drill charged them $12,000. It was something around $100 a kid for 100+ band in Southern California.

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