Let's face it, your well-performed, hard-hitting effects are probably the most awesome thing your audience will ever witnessed in a day/week/month/year/life, and furthermore, they will only be better and better as they recall it (see Thread interview - Wayne Houchin).
With that in mind, I shall begin my exposé.
How is it that people don't scream out of joy when a magician come to see them ? How could it be that, when doing street magic, even the pros sometimes get rejected (see the DG Project - Daniel Garcia) ?
There's probably one and only one reason for that : are you really looking like the freaking awesome magician or as the dude with his 52 pieces of paper ?
In fact, the most important thing in magic, whether you perform for friends/family/laymen/magicians/marks, is probably to establish rapport with your audience.
Your act shouldn't be :
[A]
*tap on shoulder*
Opener : Appearing deck with Flash paper
Audience : running away ; screaming ; punching you ; calling 911
Middle : ACR ;
You : "here's my awesome routine utilizing twelve different sleights!"
Closer : Omnideck finish
You : "but you were soo fooled I used only one card haha"
But it should be :
Establishing rapport (read PUA's natural stuff and NLP basics as it gets very nerdy)
Casually produce a coin while chatting with audience
One coin routine
Disappear the coin
Let them time to react :
Audience : "WTF!?" or at least very interested look[/COLOR]
They ask to see more (only if you were good of course)
Then you can :
-go into a more standard routine with more magician props like cards, rubberbands ...
-go cocky/funny & close
The overall sequence should be breaked down into those steps :
-Establish rapport
-Begin casual magic : see list below (produce your props!)
-Talk/chill out
-Eject/Go deeper depending on their reactions
[This approach will avoid the weird response that you can get when you tell someone that you're a magician and you want to show them a trick (=needy!)]
Thus said, I'm open to all reactions/suggestions/critics/haters
List of the best impromptu looking magic that can open :
-Almost everything with coins
-Self Tying Shoelace - Jay Noblezuada
-Flow - Dan Hauss (You:"WTF my water is not going down!")
-The Manchurian Approach - Anthony Jacquin (You:"Ever seen an hypnotist?")
-post your suggestions!
I believe it would be a great idea to do a Megapost (pdf?) on impromptu magic, so if you're interested, manifest yourself and contribute to the post
With that in mind, I shall begin my exposé.
How is it that people don't scream out of joy when a magician come to see them ? How could it be that, when doing street magic, even the pros sometimes get rejected (see the DG Project - Daniel Garcia) ?
There's probably one and only one reason for that : are you really looking like the freaking awesome magician or as the dude with his 52 pieces of paper ?
In fact, the most important thing in magic, whether you perform for friends/family/laymen/magicians/marks, is probably to establish rapport with your audience.
Your act shouldn't be :
[A]
*tap on shoulder*
Opener : Appearing deck with Flash paper
Audience : running away ; screaming ; punching you ; calling 911
Middle : ACR ;
You : "here's my awesome routine utilizing twelve different sleights!"
Closer : Omnideck finish
You : "but you were soo fooled I used only one card haha"
But it should be :
Establishing rapport (read PUA's natural stuff and NLP basics as it gets very nerdy)
Casually produce a coin while chatting with audience
One coin routine
Disappear the coin
Let them time to react :
Audience : "WTF!?" or at least very interested look[/COLOR]
They ask to see more (only if you were good of course)
Then you can :
-go into a more standard routine with more magician props like cards, rubberbands ...
-go cocky/funny & close
The overall sequence should be breaked down into those steps :
-Establish rapport
-Begin casual magic : see list below (produce your props!)
-Talk/chill out
-Eject/Go deeper depending on their reactions
[This approach will avoid the weird response that you can get when you tell someone that you're a magician and you want to show them a trick (=needy!)]
Thus said, I'm open to all reactions/suggestions/critics/haters
List of the best impromptu looking magic that can open :
-Almost everything with coins
-Self Tying Shoelace - Jay Noblezuada
-Flow - Dan Hauss (You:"WTF my water is not going down!")
-The Manchurian Approach - Anthony Jacquin (You:"Ever seen an hypnotist?")
-post your suggestions!
I believe it would be a great idea to do a Megapost (pdf?) on impromptu magic, so if you're interested, manifest yourself and contribute to the post
