I’m still working through The Bat magic magazine and I can across this notice about a magic show:
It’s crazy how bad this magic show must have been that the local magic club had to take out an ad to say they had nothing to do with it! It’s also a flash back to a time when magic clubs were bigger and had some more “influence”.
Today most magic clubs struggle with getting/keeping members.
-Louie
It’s always great to see what other magicians think of my show. A magician (who I had never met before) was at one of my shows last week. He texted about my show to another performer who I did know and that performer shared a screen of of the text.
It’s always great when magicians like my show. While they’re not my target audience, they are a group that I try to have something in the show for. My show is fairly non-standard, or at least if something is sorta standard, it has a twist on it. I don’t do this specifically for magician audiences, it’s for me. I honestly couldn’t do an “off the shelf” magic show. It’s the difference between a cover band and a band that does originals. A cover band will have much easier early success, but there’s a limit to the level of success they will have. However a band that does originals will have a harder time at first, but the potential level of success is much higher.
Doing standards IS a part of the learning process. You do need to know standard techniques. I did linking rings for a long time, and if you handed me a set I bet I could still flawlessly do my old routine.
-Louie
