| I've been a part-time magician for many years. It | | | | tricks to my friends. They don't feel interested in my |
| give me a reputation as a "MAGIC" man among my | | | | magic show any more until I learn some new tricks. |
| friends and colleagues. Since I'm not a professional, I | | | | You will lose a lot of fun if you do that.But, you may |
| never play on stage. What I do is called "close-up" | | | | ask, what if they are extremely insistent? My |
| magic tricks. That means I only play with a small | | | | suggestion is that have some easy tricks in your |
| number of audience, namely 1 - 5 persons one time. | | | | pocket as backups. You can give those backup tricks |
| The magic tricks I play are all very simple ones. I play | | | | to your friends. It will make you look more like a |
| with coins, paper, cards, a glass of beer, a piece of | | | | magic man. But, I repeat here, never disclose the |
| tissue, or anything around us. The outcome is huge. | | | | secrets of your best tricks. You may lose 50% of |
| People love my magic. If you can play magic tricks | | | | your hardcore fans next time.#3 Misleading your |
| successfully in front of one person 3 times, he will | | | | audienceThis is a gold rule in magic world. Some magic |
| recognize you as a magician all the time.What I want | | | | tricks are very simple. Everybody will see through |
| to share with you today is not a magic trick how-to, | | | | you if you don't try everything you can do to |
| but some tips and suggestions in the magic show. | | | | mislead them to the wrong directions. Do not tell |
| That's something I accumulated in the past years as | | | | them what you are going to do at the first time. |
| a magician.#1 Pratice.You can never pratice too much. | | | | Keeping your goal until the last moment will make |
| Always spent some minutes everyday on magic | | | | your show a overwhelming success. Let them lose |
| tricks, particularlly if those new ones. You have to | | | | focus while you direct everything. You may even |
| make sure everything is gonna be fine before the | | | | pretend that you are not sure whether you can do it |
| show time. Magic is an entertaining business. It's | | | | successfully.(of course you know you can make it |
| faster to lose your credits than to win them.When | | | | because you've praticed it)#4 Do not replicate a trick |
| pratice, place a big mirror in front of you if possible. | | | | with the same groupYou need to master more than |
| You can get many benifits through your mirror. It | | | | one trick. If you do the same thing among the same |
| give you an audience's angle as you are watching | | | | viewers, they will immediately know what you are |
| your own performing. Be careful of your fingers' | | | | going to do next. They will pay great attentions to |
| moves, facial expressions, and most importantly, the | | | | the points which was misleaded by you last time. |
| timing. In a word, mirror is your best friend in magic | | | | Also you will not make them satisfying or dazzling as |
| world.#2 Never disclose the secretYes. Never do | | | | the first time.If you want to learn some magic tricks, |
| that! I once disclosed some secrets of my magic | | | | you can check out with my webpage. |