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Magicians Talking Magic Podcast is a weekly magician podcast featuring tips, tricks, business advice, interviews, performance tips & much more! Hosted by Ryan Joyce and Graeme Reed. https://magicianmasterclass.com/podcast
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Now displaying: April, 2021
Apr 28, 2021

Today on Magicians Talking Magic we have two-time Fool Us guest, magic creator and registered therapist, Tyler Twombly. After picking up Tyler’s download - Face Test - we just had to talk to him. Blown away by the creativity and quality we wanted to know more about Tyler Twombly and we got more than we asked for!

Triple snaps to Tyler. Be sure to check out his downloads face test or sticky note slide.

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Here's a virtual magic trick to keep close to your computer https://bit.ly/39cGvP9  

Apr 21, 2021

Today on the podcast we have Award-winning magician, writer and creator Daniel GreenWolf. Known as the Celtic Magician Daniel is best known for his storytelling, bizarre magic and travelling illusion show.

Today we’re taking a deep dive into renaissance and fantasy fairs. Wizard GreenWolf will also give us a sneak peek at what we can expect from his upcoming lecture and virtual magic shows.

Oh and be sure to stick around till the end - we have an exclusive update from FISM that you do not want to miss.

Be sure to check out Daniel’s upcoming lecture and shows. If you haven’t check out his podcast too.

Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/QFtcsZ9Nxh 

Here's a virtual magic trick to keep close to your computer https://bit.ly/39cGvP9  

Check out the April Vanish Magic Magazine: https://vanishmagic.com 

Apr 14, 2021

Last month we announced our first book club on Magicians Talking Magic featured Paul Harris' The Art of Astonishment Book #1! In this episode, we are joined with several fellow magicians and podcast friends who share their book takeaways and favourites moment on this special episode

Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/QFtcsZ9Nxh 

Here's a virtual magic trick to keep close to your computer https://bit.ly/39cGvP9  

Check out the April Vanish Magic Magazine: https://vanishmagic.com 

Apr 7, 2021

This is the final of a three-part series for magicians on creativity. We share some important last tips and how to put them all together into your show. PLUS updates, news, contests AND Paul Romhany shares an exclusive peek into April's VANISH Magazine.

Creativity III - How Magicians Apply Creativity To Their Shows (Episode 119)

"If we can put our thumbs up and just get a few things lined up, chances are no one has ever made those same things line up before."

- Damian Kulash, OK Go

That quote comes from Damian Kulash the lead singer of OK GO when talking about how they come up with their unique and crazy music videos at TEDx.

He talks about how they start with a basic concept or plan "can we make a dance video on treadmills?" and play into that by thinking up ideas.

Today on the podcast we're dancing on treadmills and diving deep!  The final chapter of a three-part series for magicians on creativity.

Before we jump into magician creativity ... 

NEWS & UPDATES:

  • CONTEST: Join our Discord and tell us what your favourite magic book is and you will be entered to win two decks of SPECIALS PLAYING CARDS!  Join here https://discord.gg/QFtcsZ9Nxh 
  • BOOK CLUB: RECORDING TOMORROW, EPISODE COMES OUT OUT NEXT WEEK! Join us (via Discord for more information)
  • NEXT BOOK CLUB WILL BE ANNOUNCED THURSDAY AT BOOK CLUB
  • REGISTER FOR APRIL 14 CAM JAM featuring a unique historical look at some historical magicians including Dai Vernon and Doug Henning https://cammagic.org/events
  • Are you a creative magician? Check out CAM CREATORS https://cammagic.org/creators  

VANISH MAGAZINE SNEAK PEEK
April Edition HOT OFF THE MAGIC PRESS with Paul Romhany!

Check out the April Vanish Magic Magazine: https://vanishmagic.com 

FEATURE TOPIC: Creativity III - How Magicians Apply Creativity To Their Shows

Connecting the dots and putting it all together

In the past two episodes on creativity, we’ve talked about how we capture ideas and our own personal rules for creativity.

The idea in steps 1 and 2 is to just let ideas run wild, record them and validate them with your own rules.  If your original objective through all this was to make a virtual show.  You probably now have a list of tricks and concepts you are more than excited to share.  So let's dive into that.

But FIRST: One VERY Important aspect of CREATIVITY that we haven’t yet discussed is EXPLORING AND LEARNING COMPLETELY unrelated interests-- seeing what other industries are doing and how it can apply to magic

You CANNOT drive down the same road for 20 years and expect to see new things.  Take roads less travelled.

Putting it all together:

Remind yourself of your objective

Make a new virtual magic show?
Design a new website?
Design a sales deck for virtual shows?

Remind yourself who you are and what you want to say.

How does it all connect?

I remember first starting out with my virtual show - it was a display of tricks. No message and overtime I figured that messaging out. But I have also played with the structure of my virtual show and the flow of tricks. 

The first thing I look at is what props are needed before and after, what am I left with after a trick is done? Can those props/items be connected to the next piece of magic?

TRANSITIONS IN MAGIC ARE IMPORTANT! 

A true sign of a POLISHED MAGICIAN can be found in their TRANSITIONS!

Show Structure

The second thing to look at is the overall flow of the show.  Start strong, end strong. 

Let everything slowly build in the middle. 

How can be creative specifically with your TARGET AUDIENCE?

Finally, think about your target audience. 

Does everything fit with them? Connect with them? Relates with them? This is where I’ll go back through and punch up all the little details or even remove something!

RESOURCES FOR MAGICIANS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CREATIVITY

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