Podcasts have really taken off over the past several years, and there’s one for all almost every interest and hobby. As a magician, I’m taking a look today at the seven best podcasts for magicians (in my opinion).
There is more to magic than just the tricks. Only knowing the secret to a trick does not make you a magician. So, how do you actually learn and improve as a magician?
Occasionally when people contact me they ask if I “just do card tricks?” This is often said (I think) negatively, and I believe they ask it because they’ve seen someone perform a series of boring card tricks.
Are card tricks boring?
NO.
In and of themselves, it’s not the card tricks that are boring, it’s the person performing them.
As a professional close up magician, and expert in card magic, I feel I am well placed to offer advice on this question.
In fact, I give this advice to the magicians that I mentor too. Sometimes they say to me, “my audiences don’t like card tricks.” That seems crazy to me.
Here are 25 Tips for New Magicians, although even if you’ve been in magic a while, it’s still worth taking a look as we can always find something we can improve on.
One of the best ways to learn magic is from books. Magic books are a great purchase not only because they offer fantastic value for money, but also because they teach magic in a way that other methods can’t match.