Well, i'm pretty sure no one read my images of greatness thread but I was Dai Vernon and stayed in character the entire time with my table and close-up mat and big sign that read ,"THE MAN WHO FOOLED HOUDINI"
I did a whole bunch of tricks like thought stealer, righting a wrong, search and destroy, etc
Whenever someone would ask me ,"How did you fool Houdini?" I would break out my deck and go into my ambitious card routine. It went off perfectly, except for the last time, I accidently messed up the count for my dad's card and it wasn't a good finish. They were still amazed though and I thought it was great.
I've probably broken my gitters or shakiness of hands because I was never nervous at all.
ANYWAY, point being I acted like the man himself, always introduced myself and made some little comedy lines.
So, I'm not saying this will work for you, but if you want to be a better magician, some of these suggestions might work:
Always, introduce yourself.
When doing a trick, try out different patter/story
The most important of all is iteract with youraudience, I can't stress that enough. I've seen magicians say it but I never tried it until tonight, it works.
The best way to make your magic better is to put yourself out there, whether it's going out to the street and asking people or just doing stuff for family and friends.
Also, don't try and force people into a magic, if they don't want to, they'll be hecklers. It's better for them to come to you because if they're really interested, they'll ask you, not vice versa.
If you deal with a heckler, learn from your mistakes or just say ,"I'm sorry, that guy/girl is bothering me, I won't do the trick until they are gone" usually they will shut up or be pushed outside the circle.
I did a whole bunch of tricks like thought stealer, righting a wrong, search and destroy, etc
Whenever someone would ask me ,"How did you fool Houdini?" I would break out my deck and go into my ambitious card routine. It went off perfectly, except for the last time, I accidently messed up the count for my dad's card and it wasn't a good finish. They were still amazed though and I thought it was great.
I've probably broken my gitters or shakiness of hands because I was never nervous at all.
ANYWAY, point being I acted like the man himself, always introduced myself and made some little comedy lines.
So, I'm not saying this will work for you, but if you want to be a better magician, some of these suggestions might work:
Always, introduce yourself.
When doing a trick, try out different patter/story
The most important of all is iteract with youraudience, I can't stress that enough. I've seen magicians say it but I never tried it until tonight, it works.
The best way to make your magic better is to put yourself out there, whether it's going out to the street and asking people or just doing stuff for family and friends.
Also, don't try and force people into a magic, if they don't want to, they'll be hecklers. It's better for them to come to you because if they're really interested, they'll ask you, not vice versa.
If you deal with a heckler, learn from your mistakes or just say ,"I'm sorry, that guy/girl is bothering me, I won't do the trick until they are gone" usually they will shut up or be pushed outside the circle.
