This is just a trend that i have seen over the last few years. and i have been guilty of this too so im not excluded.
It seems like the newer, younger generation, really has put a deep emphasis on sleights, and techniques, and things of this nature, rather than actual magic presentation
i used to be in the same boat. i loved learning every color change, and card control i could get my hands on. however learning from other magicians, i learned that all of this is pointless without a premise. magic is supposed to tell a story, and to be honest. the latest card control is not a very good story teller.
if we examine the works of some of the best "old school" magicians such as Larry Jennings, Michael Ammar, Tommy wonder, Jeff McBride, The Great Tomsoni, John Carney, ect.... we see that all of there magic, stage or not, has a presentation. its not just a quick little thing that takes 2 seconds to do. they created magic with a premise, a script, and motivation.
this kind of magic is entertaining. to be able to take a series of techniques and put them together with logical thought, and patter, and scripting, to create unique personalized experience with the audience, is important
thats another point. audience experiment. lets examine something, if you are doing a trick for someone, and you make it all about you, (hey watch this, check this out, watch what i can do), instead of getting your audience involved, whether through talking with them, or have them help with the trick, arn't we really deleting one of the most important aspects of magic?
magic is more than just the latest and greatest card control. its about your audience. and i feel that in this present day and age. more emphasis is being put on technique, rather than on figuring out what your audience would enjoy has a presentation, not just of your effects, but also of yourself, and the magic community you represent when you perform.
Let me know what you guys think of this.
It seems like the newer, younger generation, really has put a deep emphasis on sleights, and techniques, and things of this nature, rather than actual magic presentation
i used to be in the same boat. i loved learning every color change, and card control i could get my hands on. however learning from other magicians, i learned that all of this is pointless without a premise. magic is supposed to tell a story, and to be honest. the latest card control is not a very good story teller.
if we examine the works of some of the best "old school" magicians such as Larry Jennings, Michael Ammar, Tommy wonder, Jeff McBride, The Great Tomsoni, John Carney, ect.... we see that all of there magic, stage or not, has a presentation. its not just a quick little thing that takes 2 seconds to do. they created magic with a premise, a script, and motivation.
this kind of magic is entertaining. to be able to take a series of techniques and put them together with logical thought, and patter, and scripting, to create unique personalized experience with the audience, is important
thats another point. audience experiment. lets examine something, if you are doing a trick for someone, and you make it all about you, (hey watch this, check this out, watch what i can do), instead of getting your audience involved, whether through talking with them, or have them help with the trick, arn't we really deleting one of the most important aspects of magic?
magic is more than just the latest and greatest card control. its about your audience. and i feel that in this present day and age. more emphasis is being put on technique, rather than on figuring out what your audience would enjoy has a presentation, not just of your effects, but also of yourself, and the magic community you represent when you perform.
Let me know what you guys think of this.