Hey Guys,
I wanted to bring up something that I think is extremely important. I want to talk about showing the spectators what they want to see. I think sometimes as magicians we get so caught up in the new trick that is coming out or that great slieght we can't wait to use that we end up missing something very important. What are spectator wants!
Think about how many different times threads have been started to ask what your favorite trick is. I understand why these threads are started. It is because we love talking about what we like to perform but maybe we need to make it less focused on us and more focused on our spectators.
Its so easy to get caught up in learning flourishes and sleights that we forget about the people we are perfomring for. Like Jay Sankey says a little bit of entertaining patter can go a whole lot farther then alot of slick card flourishes.
Different tricks facinate different people. I have had tricks that hit really hard with one set of spectators then get little reaction from others. I think we need to be prepared to bend our routines to suite different spectators. Alot of times we can get so caught up in practicing and learning new tricks that we miss the mark on the the most important thing, making our audience happy.
I believe that is why new material is constantly coming out because different poeple like different things. I remember an older magician once told me "People today want to see something new!" That sums up the point of this whole thread show your spectators what THEY want to see.
I hear tons of begining magicians say something like "I only do card magic" which is understandable because in many ways card magic is eiser then other kinds of magic but to be honest I think most spectators want more. Sure they like card tricks but there is that old phrase "Ask a magician to show you one card trick and he will show you a hundred."
People get tired of seeing the same old card or coin trick over and over they want to see something new. In closing what I am saying is practice hard until you can do your magic perfect. Learn new material. Find out what your audience wants to see and do it. Take the time to find out what your spectator likes and then go out and do it. Respect your audience. Not only will this mean more gigs but it will also mean more happy spectators.
What do you think about this? I will be interested to hear your comments. So post away.
Thanks,
Christian
I wanted to bring up something that I think is extremely important. I want to talk about showing the spectators what they want to see. I think sometimes as magicians we get so caught up in the new trick that is coming out or that great slieght we can't wait to use that we end up missing something very important. What are spectator wants!
Think about how many different times threads have been started to ask what your favorite trick is. I understand why these threads are started. It is because we love talking about what we like to perform but maybe we need to make it less focused on us and more focused on our spectators.
Its so easy to get caught up in learning flourishes and sleights that we forget about the people we are perfomring for. Like Jay Sankey says a little bit of entertaining patter can go a whole lot farther then alot of slick card flourishes.
Different tricks facinate different people. I have had tricks that hit really hard with one set of spectators then get little reaction from others. I think we need to be prepared to bend our routines to suite different spectators. Alot of times we can get so caught up in practicing and learning new tricks that we miss the mark on the the most important thing, making our audience happy.
I believe that is why new material is constantly coming out because different poeple like different things. I remember an older magician once told me "People today want to see something new!" That sums up the point of this whole thread show your spectators what THEY want to see.
I hear tons of begining magicians say something like "I only do card magic" which is understandable because in many ways card magic is eiser then other kinds of magic but to be honest I think most spectators want more. Sure they like card tricks but there is that old phrase "Ask a magician to show you one card trick and he will show you a hundred."
People get tired of seeing the same old card or coin trick over and over they want to see something new. In closing what I am saying is practice hard until you can do your magic perfect. Learn new material. Find out what your audience wants to see and do it. Take the time to find out what your spectator likes and then go out and do it. Respect your audience. Not only will this mean more gigs but it will also mean more happy spectators.
What do you think about this? I will be interested to hear your comments. So post away.
Thanks,
Christian