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I. Introduction II. Personal Beliefs III. Thread Subject Disclaimer IV. Personal History w. Performing & Religion. V. Multi Angle Review of Magic and Religion. VI. Closing Thoughts. I. Introduction There was another thread (still open I believe) that was questioning the proper effects...

I've submitted a video of a performance I did for Masters of Illusion last night to this website (along with youtube, myspace, facebook, and FISM) and the video has yet to clear here. Dispite the fact that all the other sites have the video cleared and posted by now. How long does it take...

I think this video link pretty much reveals how Criss Angel does most of his most popular illusions. But don't take my word for it, check the link out and judge for yourself. Criss Angel's Magic Revealed! Click Here!!!

Magical Obligations We are, as performers ourselves, obligated to a certain set of rules; more so a set code of conduct when we are in a show environment, be it our own show or the show of someone else’s. These rules are much like the rules of the playground. Never written but always...

Read it for yourself from the LA Times news article: http://vegasblog.latimes.com/vegas/2009/04/perez-hiltons-excellent-vegas-adventure.html

I was thinking about this idea that came to me late night a few days ago. I dreamed that I was doing "street magic" ala david blaine style and everytime I performed a new trick a box would appear over my head with some funny icon in it all like I was playing Xbox achievements or something...

I have recently posted a thread in which I issued a challenge to anyone seeking to improve themselves as a magician. I admitted in that thread that most of those thoughts I quickly banged out in a few minutes were results from a conversation I had with a colleague about the presentation of...

This idea started out as a casual conversation with a colleague of mine with regards to our performance character. After giving it some thought I wanted to bring it here for consideration. This is a raw version of some dis-connected thoughts I had resulting from aforementioned conversation...

Greetings all, Apparently I've not figured out how to make polls yet or there'd be one on this particular thread so I'm going to have to go the old school "get your opinion" route. It's been about a week, maybe two, since I completed the grouping of essays targeted at marketing...

Preface: I want to thank everyone for the encouragement during the creation of these eight essays. I hope that the information I presented is useful to you. Not only that I hope you can use it to get work! My next goal is to compile these eight essays into a single document, and then...

I knew there was a reason why I hated clowns... http://www.stevenhumour.com/2008/04/14/need-a-magician-call-this-guy/

Chapter 7. Performance At The Gig When you are performing for a group of people, it is usually advisable to have one source of entertainment, be it magic, mentalism, juggling, comedy, or otherwise, per every 100 people or so. I’ve worked large wedding banquets solo, and I’ve also done even...

Chapter 6. Marketing: Getting Your Name Out There The point of effective marketing has a two fold purpose. The first of course we’ve discussed in nauseating detail; getting hired. The good news is we’ve saved the fun part for last. The second purpose of marketing is to get your name out...

Chapter 5. Marketing: Interviewing For Success! Chapter 5. Marketing: Interviewing for Success When you schedule a date to interview with a potential client and demonstrate for them your 5 minute audition you have obviously gone to great lengths to get in the front door with a client...

Here's the next installment of my Essays on how to get get gigs and keep clients. This chapter is a long one so please bare with me. It spans over seven pages on my word program, which will probably be about 6 posts here. I hope you'll find the information useful. Chapter 4: Marketing...

Marketing: Cold Calling 101 First off before we get into the details of this article let me say that I didn't intend it to become a chapter unto itself. It was origionally a minor point in a much larger chapter. However after getting into writting it out I realized there was just too much...

Chapter 2: Selecting The Right Venue For Your Show Chapter 2: Selecting The Right Venue. Lets face it, performing magic isn’t a one size fits all occasions kind of thing. Different styles of magic play differently from venue to venue. So really before you can start marketing yourself...

Marketing Tools: Introduction: I wanted to write a series of essays on a subject I know well. How to Get Gigs and Keep Clients: An essential guide to finding work as a Magician, Making New Clients, and Keeping the Ones you Have! This is an educational article that will be assembled through...

I've had an interest in bending metal as of late and have devoted a good amount of my practice time to studying Banacheks methods for cutlery. I've heard about a UK guy named David Penn. Apparently he has his variation of another performers effect of bending a wine glass inisde of a...

Everyone has their pet tricks. You know the ones that you love to perform for just about anyone? The kind that you really are known for. Teller has his Shadows (among others), Copperfield has Flying (among others) etc etc etc. So what is your reputation making tricks?