Terms and Conditions

§ 1 Scope

These terms apply to all contracts for DJ services, DJ courses and vouchers between Andreas Menke, stage name DREES DENARO, Hauptstraße 83, 59939 Olsberg (“DREES DENARO”), and the client. They apply to consumers (§ 13 BGB) and businesses (§ 14 BGB); where they distinguish between the two, this is stated explicitly. Different terms of a business apply only if DREES DENARO agrees to them in text form. Individual agreements always take precedence over these terms.

§ 2 Offer and conclusion of contract

Offers from DREES DENARO are non-binding. The contract is concluded when DREES DENARO confirms the booking in text form (e.g. by email or WhatsApp). The details in the booking confirmation are decisive: date, place, set time, fee and agreed additional services.

§ 3 Services

DREES DENARO plays music as DJ at the agreed time - style and schedule as discussed beforehand. The DJ makes the individual music selection based on his experience and the mood on site; the client's requests are taken into account within the agreed style. DREES DENARO is not the organiser of the event.

Sound and lighting equipment is only owed if it was agreed; otherwise DREES DENARO plays on the equipment on site in line with the technical rider. An extension of the set time is possible by agreement on site and is paid separately.

§ 4 Fee and payment

The fee stated in the booking confirmation applies, including agreed travel and accommodation costs. The fee is independent of the success of the event (e.g. attendance).

Payment is made without deduction directly to DREES DENARO: in cash in euros at the latest at the end of the event, or by bank transfer if that was agreed beforehand. A deposit can be agreed in the offer. Invoices are due within 14 days of receipt.

§ 5 What the client provides

• An easily accessible access route for loading and unloading and a free parking space nearby. For long distances (more than about 50 metres) or stairs without a lift, the client provides help with carrying.
• A dry, level and safe spot for the DJ and equipment; for outdoor events, a weatherproof, covered location.
• A separate, adequately fused power connection (230 V) near the DJ spot.
• Enough non-alcoholic drinks during the event and, for more than six hours of working time, a meal.
• If agreed: accommodation reasonably close to the venue.

If one of these requirements is missing and the use of the equipment would therefore be unsafe (e.g. rain without cover), DREES DENARO may refuse to set up. If the client is responsible for this, the claim to the fee less saved expenses remains (§ 326 para. 2 BGB).

§ 6 GEMA, permits and volume

For public events, the organiser registers the music use with GEMA and bears the fees; private parties in a closed circle generally do not need to be registered. Required permits and compliance with noise-protection and closing-time rules are the organiser's responsibility. Official conditions or volume limits of the venue are of course implemented by DREES DENARO; they do not reduce the fee.

§ 7 Cancellation by the client

The client can cancel the booking at any time in text form. Up to one month before the event, this is free of charge. After that, a flat-rate compensation applies, because the date can hardly be given to anyone else any more:

• less than one month before: 50% of the agreed fee
• less than 14 days before: 75%
• less than 7 days before: 90%

Saved expenses such as travel and accommodation costs are already taken into account and are not charged. The client remains free to prove that no damage or substantially less damage has occurred. If a replacement date is agreed instead of cancelling, the flat rate does not apply. The statutory right of withdrawal for consumers (§ 14) remains unaffected; no flat rate applies within the withdrawal period.

§ 8 Non-appearance of DREES DENARO

If DREES DENARO is unable to perform because of illness, accident or another important reason for which he is not responsible, he informs the client without delay and tries to find an equivalent replacement DJ on the agreed terms. The client can refuse the replacement; the fee is then waived and payments already made are refunded. Further claims are governed by § 11.

§ 9 Force majeure and official bans

If the event cannot take place because of force majeure or an official ban (e.g. severe weather warning, ban on gatherings), both sides are released from their obligations to perform (§§ 275, 326 BGB). Payments already made are refunded. DREES DENARO is happy to agree a new date instead.

§ 10 Defects

Statutory rights apply. Please raise problems on site as soon as possible - then DREES DENARO can still react in the evening, for example with the sound or the music selection.

§ 11 Liability

DREES DENARO is liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for damage from injury to life, body or health, and under the Product Liability Act. In cases of slight negligence, he is liable only for breach of essential contractual obligations (obligations whose fulfilment makes the contract possible in the first place and on which the client may rely), limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract. Otherwise, liability is excluded.

For damage to the equipment of DREES DENARO caused by the client, his guests or third parties during the event, the client is liable under the statutory provisions. Within reason, he ensures that guests do not enter the DJ area without authorisation.

§ 12 Photos and videos

DREES DENARO may take photos and short videos of his own performance (DJ booth, stage) for his website and social media. He shows recognisable guests only with their consent; at private parties such as weddings, recordings of guests are only published after explicit agreement. The client can also prohibit recordings entirely. Livestreams or recordings of the set by the client for publication require the consent of DREES DENARO.

§ 13 DJ courses and vouchers

This section applies to DJ courses (individual coaching) and vouchers; §§ 3 to 9 concern DJ bookings only and do not apply to them. A course module comprises the sessions and hours stated on the website at the price stated there. As a small business, DREES DENARO does not charge VAT (§ 19 UStG); the price is the final price.

• Contract and payment: The contract is concluded with the confirmation in text form. The course fee is due before the first session, a voucher upon issue.
• Sessions: Sessions are agreed together. A session can be rescheduled free of charge up to 24 hours beforehand; in case of later cancellation or non-attendance it counts as taken, unless the participant is not responsible for this. If DREES DENARO has to cancel a session, it will be made up.
• Vouchers are valid for the module stated on them and can be redeemed within three years from the end of the year of purchase (§§ 195, 199 BGB). They are transferable; whoever redeems the voucher agrees the session.

For consumers, the right of withdrawal under § 14 also applies to DJ courses and vouchers.

§ 14 Right of withdrawal for consumers

If you are a consumer and concluded the contract - including for a DJ course or voucher - exclusively by email, phone, WhatsApp or another distance means, the following applies:

Instructions on withdrawal

Right of withdrawal: You have the right to withdraw from this contract within fourteen days without giving any reason. The withdrawal period is fourteen days from the day the contract was concluded. To exercise your right of withdrawal, you must inform me (Andreas Menke, DREES DENARO, Hauptstraße 83, 59939 Olsberg, email: hello [at] drees-denaro [dot] com, phone +49 175 8484100) by means of a clear statement (e.g. a letter sent by post or an email) of your decision to withdraw from this contract. You can use the model withdrawal form below for this, but it is not mandatory. To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient that you send the notice of exercising the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period expires.

Consequences of withdrawal: If you withdraw from this contract, I must refund all payments I have received from you without undue delay and at the latest within fourteen days from the day on which I received notice of your withdrawal from this contract. For this refund I use the same means of payment that you used for the original transaction, unless expressly agreed otherwise with you; in no case will you be charged fees because of this refund. If you requested that the service begin during the withdrawal period, you must pay me an appropriate amount corresponding to the proportion of the services already provided up to the point at which you inform me of the exercise of the right of withdrawal from this contract, compared with the total scope of the services provided for in the contract.

Model withdrawal form

(If you want to withdraw from the contract, please fill in this form and send it back.)

To Andreas Menke, DREES DENARO, Hauptstraße 83, 59939 Olsberg, email: hello [at] drees-denaro [dot] com:
I/we (*) hereby withdraw from the contract concluded by me/us (*) for the provision of the following service (*): ……
Ordered on (*) / received on (*): ……
Name of consumer(s): ……
Address of consumer(s): ……
Signature of consumer(s) (only for notification on paper): ……
Date: ……
(*) Delete as applicable.

§ 15 Dispute resolution

DREES DENARO is neither willing nor obliged to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board. In case of disagreements, DREES DENARO first seeks a direct conversation.

§ 16 Final provisions

German law applies. For consumers, this choice of law applies only insofar as it does not deprive them of the protection of mandatory provisions of the state in which they have their habitual residence. If the client is a merchant, a legal entity under public law or a special fund under public law, the place of jurisdiction is the registered seat of DREES DENARO.

Changes and additions to the contract require text form (e.g. email). If a provision is invalid, the rest of the contract remains valid; the statutory provisions take the place of the invalid provision.

As of: November 2026.