Another Stake Show.
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What's to learn in this post? Four productivity exercises.
Get more done. In less time. All in one place.
As stated yesterday. I spend tons of time working on magic. I write magic. Practice magic. Breathe magic. I'm even reading Harry...
Day 45. Hard Work is not Work. An Essay.
I work hard. I get a ton of stuff done. Magic stuff. To paraphrase Mark Nizer. The person that invests the most time, wins. I do tons of blog posts. Emails. Quality time with family. Live performances. I use productivity exercises. Every day. I'll...
I wrote this blog post on Stake Show. I am sharing it on Theory11.
Why you need performance cues. Perform better. Smarter. Efficiently. With diversity. Give a read.
Day 40. Performance Cues.
What I know. You see a cute girl. You want to perform. It's magical. But you don't perform. You...
My Stake Show essay. Enjoy it.
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Day 38! "Why 'Good Enough' is Great"
My mission: Share eight reasons why “good enough” is great. No further introduction. Give a read.
01 Spectators don't see amazing things.
With the right presentation everything is...
Dedicated to: Mommy Meggison.
Do you know how it feels when you fail? I do. I fail a lot. It's just the name of the game. I have tried a lot of ideas. I have tried variations of the same idea. Many new ideas. Some ideas I should have tried but never did. Some idea I wish I could forget...
Day 32! WOAH! Time flew by!
Never give up on your magic dreams.. Read how you can continue doing your life's work.
This post will teach you how you can control your life! Fulfill your destiny! Not to mention enjoy your life, just a little more.
"DEAL" me in!
Travel on over to the...
I just wrote my second essay on why magicians should perform there sleight of hand magic tricks.
Read it over at stakeshow.weebly.com.
Spread this information to your non-magician buddies so they can join in on the fun too! And you can learn from them later on down the road.
I already...
Hey everyone, I am willing to give you some of my free time. Does anyone need anything? Marketing, video editing, scripting, creation, just ask. If I can't help you, I'm sure someone in this wonderful forum can! But you have to ask first.
I've been creating magic for a while.. (12 years) but I've never really thought about how to catalog my tricks for easy recall. What's your trick? I have heard notebooks and word documents. What do you claim is best?
I'm doing this new Tuesday thing where I have a new essay every Tuesday.
My last essay was written on why an advanced card man should learn how to do coin magic with cards.
My next essay will be about why people should learn magic.
If anyone wants to write up an essay, let me know...
I have written an essay on why a magician may want to learn how to perform coin tricks with cards.
I hope it serves fruitful.
http://stakeshow.weebly.com/blog/day-i-lost-count-essay
What was your favorite sleight of hand performance and why?
As for me, my favorite performance was my first time with a stranger. Because it started it all.
In another thread I asked for tips on how to build a show. It seems I should have asked for tips on how to audience testing a close up show.
I want a 22-30 minute close up show. Using mainly cards, bills, and coins. I just want to have my 8 minutes of cards test that.. and add to the show...
I've been working on creating a parlour show.. however after reading Jay Sankey's "Beyond Secrets" I brought myself to a realization. After all my years in magic (12 years) I stayed performing closeup the whole time for one reason. Intimacy. In Jay's passage he wrote.. "A dance of glances" And...
What are your tips for getting better reactions?
My tip is to not be "holier than thou" feeling to your show and be yourself.
Also your true character should be your magic character.
What is an obstacle you had to overcome?
For me, I was really difficult to final say.. "It's good enough". With any of my tricks. It took me about 4 years to show my first trick.
What is an obstacle you had to overcome?
What is a trick you wish was easier to perform?
I have created my own version of tricks and some of them are just impossible to actually perform.
If it's too hard to perform, no one will ever see it.
But I will also list a trick that can be bought.
Collectors by Benjamin Earl. Super...
What tricks are simple and impressive?
Pretty much anything I create uses pillar sleights. Totally simple.. sometime impressive. Depends on my attitude.
But I'm looking for something more. Let me know.. Play with words below.
What is your magic pet peeve?
Mine is magicians think the trick has to be perfect in order to perform it. I'll give you two examples of why this is untrue.
1. Most people that plan to have a kid.. just bite the bullet and do it. The timing is NEVER going to be perfect if you're nervous...