MagicRecipe Blog

Many magicians do some tricks to kill time. Time should pass without the notice of the audience. When you talk something then some action should happen. Don’t hold the items in your hand and go on talking, talking and talking. Watch the face of the audience, if they are bored by your talks then shorten your patter. If they are enjoying laughing then continue with your talk. 

Don’t do the mind reading act in children shows like birthday parties. Children and ladies don’t like the mental act. They want to watch the colourful items. 

Practice and practice and practice. Perform as many shows as possible. Don’t worry whether you are getting the money or not. You have to keep performing. 

Try to face the audience, keep eye to eye contact.  Don’t forget to clip the smile on your lips. 

Don’t use staled items. Use the clean new silks and props. 

Smooth handling of props are very important for a magician and these days all magicians have forgotten the importance of prop handling. They feel that presentation and effect can cover the mistake, its false in my opinion. Eye contact and smile come under presentation and audience management. 

Here is a question for you people ………… why do you like the levitation of David Copperfield than any other magician even though few other magicians do the same kind of magic with the same props..it is just because of choreography and the smooth handling..If you are a close up magician and mostly doing more tricks with cards I suggest you to learn basic handling of cards from a gambling technique video or casino dealers’ (handles cards very smoothly). 

This goes in general to any sort of magic like stage, coins, cards or manipulation – “Be Natural” – Dai Vernon………. Just look how things are held naturally and manipulated.. if you use it the same way, then all your magic will look natural and smooth.