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Tools for improving your magic, part 2 – Conjurers Coffee Break – Episode 009

13/01/2023

Tools for improving your magic, part 2. Here is an Improvement Pathway, designed to get you thinking about and exploring what you don’t know, thereby expanding your knowledge and range of magic, and in turn improving what you already do!

Tools for improving your magic, part 1 – Conjurers Coffee Break – Episode 008

13/01/2023

Tools for improving your magic, part 1. Introducing The Performance Rubric, a self analysis tool (or use it with a magician colleague). Download it for free and improve your technical skill, showmanship and presentation, connection with the audience and the magical experience for the audience.

Magician gigs vs projects – Conjurers Coffee Break – Episode 007

06/01/2023

Magician gigs vs projects. Are you a gig magician or do you work on projects instead? In this episode, I talk about some of the benefits on working on projects instead of just gig to gig.

Whose advice is it anyway? – Conjurers Coffee Break – Episode 006

30/12/2022

Whose advice is it anyway? In this week’s episode we’ll be looking at the nature of advice itself. Where do you take advice from? Who should you listen to? What should you ignore? And should you listen to me?

Is new better? – Conjurers Coffee Break – Episode 005

23/12/2022

Is new better? Magic moves on at what sometimes feels like a blistering pace, but is that right? Are the classics better? We’ll explore some of those thoughts and more in this episode.

Can you learn confidence? – Conjurers Coffee Break – Episode 004

16/12/2022

Can you learn confidence? That’s the question we’ll be exploring in today’s episode. Spoiler, I think you can, and so I’ll reveal a few techniques to help you to take the steps towards becoming a more confident performer.

Be Present for a Performance – Conjurers Coffee Break – Episode 003

09/12/2022

How do you be present for a performance, for each and every performance? How do you make sure that you are giving 100% to that audience, and not letting other things distract you? We’ll explore that in this episode, plus why it’s such a good idea!