This is a good time to be a magician, isn't it?
We are more acceptable by layman, because of Blaine and Angel, so the layman are familiar with street magic and close up magic. They are not that scared of some guy with cards, because they saw it before on TV.
But that is not the main reason for this thread. You can purchase effect's from internet, buy supplies, talk to other magicians, view performances, and all that without leaving the comfort of your room.
And the most important things of all, the companies actually listen to us, and they all copy each other for us. I'll explain this a little more.
Let's start chronologically. Let's say that once upon a time, there was only one online magic store, and soon as the other companies saw how well the business goes for that store, they opened their own. Now we have hundreds of stores. Next is the companies like Ellusionist, Penguin and T11 that has their own personal magicians who creates effects, and their own accessories.
So they started to copy each other again.
Now, to the most recent history. After books and multieffect videos, there were "one effect" dvd's, which makes more money. So every magician started to make "one effect" dvd's, because everybody liked them.
Than, there were "1 on 1", which brought whole other perspective. It was followed by "on demand" (D&D), even Justin Miller has this on his site.
Than, people got effects they want (need), but they didn't know anything about the theory of magic, spectators, presentation etc... So along came TA to fulfill this need. Now Wayne Houchin will have a 60 minute long section about theory and presentation on his new project "Art of Magic". And soon, every DVD will have these sections on them.
But now, people got bored of "one effect" DVD's... So, again, it's Wayne Houchin with "AoM" and Daniel Garcia with "Symphony", to the rescue. I don't need to mention that these two artists have a lot of "one effect" DVD's.
Again, the proof that they listen to us...
Now, every major web site (magic), has podcast. Aaron Fisher, T11, Ellusionist, Wayne Houchin... Because they saw that people like them, and can learn a lot from those podcasts.
This thread don't have any special point, except to start a discussion. We all see the patter these companies use: forums, 1on1's, multiple effect dvd's, podcast, media sections, contests... When one new thing comes out, all other companies are trying to imply it on their site.
It is a good time to be a magician, right?
p.s. When "the Wire" comes out, what ever it might be, I bet all other companies will have similar thing not long after...
We are more acceptable by layman, because of Blaine and Angel, so the layman are familiar with street magic and close up magic. They are not that scared of some guy with cards, because they saw it before on TV.
But that is not the main reason for this thread. You can purchase effect's from internet, buy supplies, talk to other magicians, view performances, and all that without leaving the comfort of your room.
And the most important things of all, the companies actually listen to us, and they all copy each other for us. I'll explain this a little more.
Let's start chronologically. Let's say that once upon a time, there was only one online magic store, and soon as the other companies saw how well the business goes for that store, they opened their own. Now we have hundreds of stores. Next is the companies like Ellusionist, Penguin and T11 that has their own personal magicians who creates effects, and their own accessories.
So they started to copy each other again.
Now, to the most recent history. After books and multieffect videos, there were "one effect" dvd's, which makes more money. So every magician started to make "one effect" dvd's, because everybody liked them.
Than, there were "1 on 1", which brought whole other perspective. It was followed by "on demand" (D&D), even Justin Miller has this on his site.
Than, people got effects they want (need), but they didn't know anything about the theory of magic, spectators, presentation etc... So along came TA to fulfill this need. Now Wayne Houchin will have a 60 minute long section about theory and presentation on his new project "Art of Magic". And soon, every DVD will have these sections on them.
But now, people got bored of "one effect" DVD's... So, again, it's Wayne Houchin with "AoM" and Daniel Garcia with "Symphony", to the rescue. I don't need to mention that these two artists have a lot of "one effect" DVD's.
Again, the proof that they listen to us...
Now, every major web site (magic), has podcast. Aaron Fisher, T11, Ellusionist, Wayne Houchin... Because they saw that people like them, and can learn a lot from those podcasts.
This thread don't have any special point, except to start a discussion. We all see the patter these companies use: forums, 1on1's, multiple effect dvd's, podcast, media sections, contests... When one new thing comes out, all other companies are trying to imply it on their site.
It is a good time to be a magician, right?
p.s. When "the Wire" comes out, what ever it might be, I bet all other companies will have similar thing not long after...
