by Best Magic Secrets Revealed on January 25, 2012
Nowadays we call it Street Magic. Street magic is really close up magic, but it’s been made so popular by magicians such as David Blaine who literally performs his magic “on the street”, that close-up magic has taken on this new name. So what is close-up magic, and why is it so popular?
Close-up magic is any magic trick that you can do right in front of someone. No further away than a yard. And usually much closer than that, like right in someone’s face. And the reason it’s so popular is that because of the spectator being right on top of the trick, and most of the time they are even involved in the trick, or at least an item that belongs to them, the magic appears miraculous!
On a big stage, there is a part of us that could believe that a magic trick is because of a “special effect”. But in close-up magic, there is no explanation, no special effect, no assistant, no fancy props or gimmicks. It’s just you and the coin, or you and the card, etc. A good close-up magician can really perform the impossible. And in the intimate setting, or one-on-one setting, the spectator feels special. Like the trick is being done just for them. No wonder why it’s so popular.
All magicians who are starting out can do themselves a service to start mastering close-up before anything else. This requires the magician to get very good at all the skills necessary to being a successful magician; misdirection, sleight of hand, creative patter, generating rapport, and using everyday props to make the magic happen.
And who knows, you may fall so in love with close-up magic that you decide to make a career out of it. Many magicians have. Why not you?
by Best Magic Secrets Revealed on January 16, 2012
It’s a love hate relationship….coin and money magic. Some magicians love it. They are addicted to it. They can perform it anytime, anywhere. Other magicians hate it. They think it’s boring or uncreative. Perhaps that is simply because they have seen some poorly executed tricks.
If you fall into the latter category, you may want to rethink this. Coins magic is wildly successful and here are some reasons why you should be implementing it into your routines.
- Coin magic has a psychological affect on an audience. Maybe it’s people attachment to or love of money that has them be so crazy about those tricks. Or maybe it’s the anxiety they feel when their money disappears and the relief they feel when it reappears. This creates engagement! Who knows why, but people love it. So if you have no other reason, do it for that.
- Most of us will never know what it feels like to perform on the big stage, so at our level coins are really easy to carry around and bring out on the street, in a bar or restaurant, wherever!
- Borrowing someone’s money to do a magic trick with will automatically capture their attention.
- Card tricks really don’t seem “impromptu”, no matter how good the magician is. I mean, who carries around a deck of cards in their coat pocket. But everyone has a coin on them. It makes the magic appear to be completely spontaneous, leading to the wow factor.
- Learning coin magic is the absolute best way to work on sleight of hand. All the different sizes of the coins, and different weights, contribute to the dexterity that is needed to properly execute millions of magic tricks.
- The mechanics of coin tricks are so simple that it can have you really honing your misdirection skills.
- And finally, coin tricks can be done for all ages, and in all venues.
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