5 Tips On Improving Your Tricks
A magician is an artist. Every trick is a masterpiece and every
trick requires a lot of patience and time to learn. Here are
some tips to help you improve your tricks.
Practice Makes Perfect
You've learned a new trick and have shown it to an audience and
mesmerized them, should that stop there? No! A magician always
practices his bag of tricks, no matter how much he has mastered
them. Bungling up a trick in front of an audience is one of the
most embarrassing situations a magician can ever encounter.
You should set some time to practice your magic. Two hours every
day is more than enough to help you polish up skills you've
learned. Remember that time spent in practicing is not time
wasted.
Videotape Your Act
Videotaping your act will let you see how the audience perceives
you. It is important that you look at your video camera as you
do it and try to think of it as your audience. Watching how you
perform will let you see simple mistakes you probably didn't
know you were making. It will help in your practice and in
knowing if a trick is effective.
Ask for Help
Joining a group could help you improve your tricks. You could
watch how they do it. You would also have the chance to show
your tricks and receive feedbacks. Remember to ask for help if
you think you need it and to heed advice when given.
It's important to realize that there are better magicians than
you and that others have more experience.
Utilize Your Free Time
Going away for the weekends? Perhaps you're going on a camping
trip or fishing. Why not bring your materials with you? There
will be free time on your trips where you could practice your
tricks or devise new ones.
The trick is to use your time wisely. Think of every free time
as a chance to practice and you'll see improvements on your
tricks.
Learning another Trick
Don't try learning another trick until you've mastered your
current trick. You should treat it as a painting and practice
your trick until it becomes your own masterpiece.
Ask for help if you need them and try your best to finish
learning what you've started.
A magician will always find ways to learn new tricks. It is
important that they realize that a trick is not something to be
taken for granted. You need to practice, practice, and practice.
That is one way to ensure success in this business.