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Be Seen!

One of the hardest things when performing for a group in a banquet hall without a stage is being seen. Here’s a picture from a corporate gig I did recently. I sat down in a chair at the back to take this picture. Can you see the person up front talking? Look close, you can … Continue reading “Be Seen!”

One of the hardest things when performing for a group in a banquet hall without a stage is being seen. Here’s a picture from a corporate gig I did recently.

I sat down in a chair at the back to take this picture. Can you see the person up front talking? Look close, you can really only see them from about the shoulders up. What can we learn from this picture? If you magic is happening below shoulder level most of the audience cannot see it.

There are two ways to solve this visibility problem:

Hold all of your props above your head: The problem with this is it makes doing sleight of hand really difficult and looks strange.
Bring a your own stage: This is most obvious solution. However not always practical, especially when flying. So I travel with a folding stool. This fits in my suitcase and when I stand on it makes the show much more visible.

Next time you are at a show, even one with a stage, sit in the back and watch the act or speaker before you and see what you can see. You’ll be amazed at how little can be seen even with a stage!

Louie

Custom Built Props…

We live in a very exciting time to be a magician. Right now it’s super easy to get custom made props cheaply. This means your show doesn’t have to look exactly like someone else’s. For example the Evaporation trick…don’t want it in orange Sunny D? Easy, I can make it in almost any other bottle … Continue reading “Custom Built Props…”

Click here for details on custom Evaporation bottles

This goes with pretty much any prop, you can print out decals on your home inkjet printer and add them to props. Then you could customize off the shelf props that use generic product names to have “brand names”.

Here’s an example from my show. I do a soap bubble act and all of the props were made from “found materials”, thing that I repurposed to use as props. The props don’t remotely match is color or general look. I spend about 45 minutes one day designing them to print on my 3d printer.

I printed them out and got a set of props that not only looks better than what I was using before, but works better than what I was using before. If you don’t have a 3d printer, there are plenty of services that will print out your projects for you, there are even libraries that have 3d printers you can use!

Basically in 2018, there’s no real reason to have props that are cobbled together (unless that’s the look you are going for).

Louie

Make the Best of the Situation…

Last night I performed a show at an outdoor Halloween event. It was a beautiful day out until I started to drive to the show, when it started dumping rain. Luckily they managed to get a large tent over the stage by the time I got there. Unluckily the stage was put where water pooled, so the ground had about an inch of standing water. Oh and as a bonus the tent was leaky, and somehow the leak always managed to follow where I put my case, so all of my gear got wet…and the show hadn’t even started!

I know many acts that when their gear got wet would have called it a day and pack up. Here’s my thinking, it’s already wet, so let’s do the show. We managed to fill up the tent, I don’t know if people wanted to see my show or they just wanted to be a bit dryer?

When doing gigs like this, one of the first things you need to do is address the “elephant in the room” which was we’re all soaked and standing in a pond. So I made a joke about people sitting in front…Oh, I forgot to mention that there were no chairs, so the audience was standing (not ideal for a show).

By addressing these things I won the audience over and we had a blast. However I think if I went up and did my show normally, it wouldn’t have played as well. When something happens and you just ignore it, the audience senses you aren’t confident with what’s going on. When you call it out, it makes you more relatable and gets them on your side quicker.

Louie

Salt Pour Magic Trick

I’ve always loved the salt pour trick, but the initial steal of the gimmick has always looked shifty. I’ve never seen any do the steal where it didn’t look like something was going on. A good solution is is a gimmicked salt shaker, so you are eliminating the steal of the gimmick. An Al Baker … Continue reading “Salt Pour Magic Trick”

I’ve always loved the salt pour trick, but the initial steal of the gimmick has always looked shifty. I’ve never seen any do the steal where it didn’t look like something was going on.

A good solution is is a gimmicked salt shaker, so you are eliminating the steal of the gimmick. An Al Baker Salt Shaker is a great way to do this…if you can find one as they are no longer manufactured.

Another option is the Vernet Etherial Salt Shaker, however I think it looks like a trick salt shaker.

Finally it hit me, why not gimmick a large glass salt shaker like the Evaporation gimmick. You’ll get a pour that looks similar to the Al Baker Salt Shaker during the pour, but will be much easier to set and operate.

I’m currently audience testing it right now an so far seems to be working…

Evaporation in a Show

Here’s picture taken of. Show at a farmer’s market. If you look on the table you’ll see an Evaporation bottle. I The bottle is still full, so I haven’t done my routine with it yet… Louie www.EvaporationTrick.com

Here’s picture taken of. Show at a farmer’s market.

If you look on the table you’ll see an Evaporation bottle. I
The bottle is still full, so I haven’t done my routine with it yet…

Louie
www.EvaporationTrick.com

Evaporation Routine…

Here’s a picture of the end of one of the routines that I’m using the Evaporation trick in: This summer I’ve been working on two routines using my Evaporation bottle. I’m hoping to write them up sometime soon and offer them in a book of routines with the gimmick. Louie http://www.EvaporationTrick.com

Here’s a picture of the end of one of the routines that I’m using the Evaporation trick in:

This summer I’ve been working on two routines using my Evaporation bottle. I’m hoping to write them up sometime soon and offer them in a book of routines with the gimmick.

Louie
http://www.EvaporationTrick.com

Magician Mark Alan Using Evaporation!

The summer is just getting started and I’ve heard from a ton of magicians that they are using my Evaporation trick in their summer shows. Here’s Mark Alan (http://www.markalanmagic.net/) using it in his summer library tour: Looks like everyone is having a fun time! If you’ve got pictures or video of you using the Evaporation … Continue reading “Magician Mark Alan Using Evaporation!”

Looks like everyone is having a fun time!

If you’ve got pictures or video of you using the Evaporation trick in your show send them to me!

Louie
www.EvaporationTrick.com

evaporation Trick at a Festival

Here’s an unknown magician using my Evaporation trick at a street festival: If you have any pics of you using the trick feel free to send them to me! Louie

Here’s an unknown magician using my Evaporation trick at a street festival:

If you have any pics of you using the trick feel free to send them to me!

Louie

Gatorade Evaporation

A lot of people have been asking me to make a Gatorade version of Evaporation. Currently it’s only available as a custom bottle. Here’s a 32 ounce fruit punch gimmicked Gatorade bottle: The bottle for this has an additional gimmick to allow you to change the pour angle a little bit. I’m testing the Gatorade … Continue reading “Gatorade Evaporation”

A lot of people have been asking me to make a Gatorade version of Evaporation. Currently it’s only available as a custom bottle. Here’s a 32 ounce fruit punch gimmicked Gatorade bottle:

The bottle for this has an additional gimmick to allow you to change the pour angle a little bit. I’m testing the Gatorade bottle in my show right now to make sure there are any unforeseen issues with the bottle. Hopefully I will have this available by the end of Stummer as an standard item.

Louie

Genii Magazine review of Evaporation

The April 2014 issue of Genii magazine has a review of the Evaporation trick “It’s a clever out of the box approach to vanishing liquid that you haven’t seen before.” David Regal, Genii Magazine 4/2014 In the review David Regal compare my thinking to that of Stewart James! I’m a huge Stewart James fan. Many … Continue reading “Genii Magazine review of Evaporation”

The April 2014 issue of Genii magazine has a review of the Evaporation trick

“It’s a clever out of the box approach to vanishing liquid that you haven’t seen before.”
David Regal, Genii Magazine 4/2014

In the review David Regal compare my thinking to that of Stewart James! I’m a huge Stewart James fan. Many tricks that are popular today are built upon his tricks. Without Stewart James there would be no Dean’s Box.

You can learn more about Stewart James here: http://stewartjames.magicana.com/

Louie
www.EvaporationTrick.com