I like to look at magic and its similarities to the other arts. One thing that gets me is the idea of a "cover band". These are the bands that play nothing but other peoples material. They don't write any of their stuff they regurgitate what has already been written with very little interpretation. To some the very title "cover band" is an insult of the highest degree.
How does this parallel magic? Magicians can easily fall into the trap of only "covering" others material. We talk about being unique and adding our own flavor when we perform but how many of us are just cover bands?
It's interesting to see how many singer song writers there are out there and then to see how little we perform our own stuff.
I think about Penn and Teller, Dalton Wayne, and Lennart Green. These are the singer song writers in magic, I only wish there were more
How does this parallel magic? Magicians can easily fall into the trap of only "covering" others material. We talk about being unique and adding our own flavor when we perform but how many of us are just cover bands?
It's interesting to see how many singer song writers there are out there and then to see how little we perform our own stuff.
I think about Penn and Teller, Dalton Wayne, and Lennart Green. These are the singer song writers in magic, I only wish there were more