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Harley Newman Inner circle 5117 Posts |
I think Todd will be making some very interesting splashes, in the near future. I'm looking forward to seeing them, having heard dire rumours!
Notice the Brit spelling of "rumours". I'm trying to show a particular kind of class.
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus” -Mark Twain
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Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts |
MagicMatt12803,
It's one way to go and if it is the one that you care for, by any means. You are absolutely right the important word in "show business" is "business". Now you get fooled on one account in my opinion. Harry Houdini didn't get fame in holding people's attention for long periods of time. I would dare suggest, on the contrary. He was very efficient at creating myth with the medias, on the spot. Harry Houdini's brother (Hardeen) was actually a much better magician than Houdini, but Houdini could create the myth and understood what made media to relay it. The trick was not in holding attention during the trick, it was to create the attention catcher with media so called reports. That's something that both David Copperfield in a smarter way, or David Blaine in a more shrewd way, have transposed in the modern world with its new communication medias. The important word in show business is business. Now lots of magicians are more interested in the "show" part than the "business" part (either because they don't know about it or because it's not their main interest with magic). I split the two in my life: I had a very nice business life which allowed me to work at exploring magic irrespective of its business returns aspects (and magic taught me things in return for the business part of my life). I'm not trying to set myself as an example to imitate, I just want to be sure that you don't do the confusion that seemed to transpire from your post. It's not magic that sells, it's the marketing and business knowledge that sells. David Blain who was launched businesswise by my departed business partner and friend Jeffrey Steiner is, as most of us know, not the best of magicians there is (I'm not suggesting that he is a bad one though and for years he was supported by Bill Kalush who is a far better magician than most of us, IMHO), but David is a very good business showman. PS: the ones of my friends who have access to my facebook page can see private photographs of David Blaine with Jeffrey Steiner in the photo section
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Paul Budd Elite user It's a shame he's only made 435 Posts |
[quote]On 2009-12-02 12:17, Todd Robbins wrote:
Well, I could be the next big thing, but I want to perfect obscurity first. [quote] Todd Robbins obscure?? What? No way! I mean, I know about him!!!!!!
His face isn't really this long in-person!
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
He's working on it, he's working on it. Give him time.
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Todd Robbins V.I.P. New York 2922 Posts |
Yes, obscurity can not be won over night. Just ask Tiger Woods.
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Whit Haydn V.I.P. 5449 Posts |
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On 2010-01-21 23:37, Todd Robbins wrote: Who? |
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Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts |
Whit, why don't you let one of your characters become the next one, and then we'll be at piece with that discussion...
I vote for you.
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
I like treading jokes, as they bring up human circumstances, places, among other things. They are fun to read but its not the joke that interests me but the places and the people in them, their ways, various trades and professions and so on and they are very imaginative.
Sorry that was meant for the other thread about, Churning Waters.
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Todd Robbins V.I.P. New York 2922 Posts |
Well, that didn't take long.
Quote: On 2010-01-22 02:23, Whit Haydn wrote: |
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Reed McClintock V.I.P. 772 Posts |
I am joining in this conversation a little late and I would like to interject if I may. I read all of the posts, I would also agree with Todd on his point about me. Blaine and Angel beat me with the comparrison factor. there are a lot of killer magicians named on this thread that very well could be the next one. I think the question is who really wants it will get it? Knowing this about myself, caused me to go into hibernation for several years within the magic world. To do some serious soul searching and have some heavy realizations. For those who might have been wondering where I have been, lol.
I am back and Boy do I have some mega big surprises. I don't know about my being the next big thing LOL, I am working much and having a blast. I found my voice and I am me. I have a market and My passion for the craft is back with a vengance. I cant recall a time where I have ever been this excited about a direction with magic. I had to go out of magic to find new tools to bring back in with me and hit the drawing board. I have really hit something very special! It works for me and my client base. For the regular world ah who knows, stranger things have happened. Reed |
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Bill Hallahan Inner circle New Hampshire 3222 Posts |
Years ago I had seen at least two topics where magicians were lamenting the state of magic in youth, and particularly on YouTube.
I was going to post this in one of those topics, not disagreeing, but rather that showing in every case where information exchange increases, whether books, television, DVDs, ebooks, YouTube, and the Internet, there are always lots of young bad or mediocre magicians, but a few rise way above the others to achieve excellence. I found this topic, and realized that what I was going to post is better suited here. It's the answer to Todd Robbin's question. And, the guy learned magic on YouTube! Todd Robbins predition was correct. It's Shin Lim. He rose in fame shortly after this topic was created. Awards 2010 World Teen Close-Up Magic 1st Place 2011 Adult Card Magic I.B.M. 1st Place 2011 North American Adult Card Magic (Joint S.A.M. and I.B.M.) Champion 2012 FISM- North American Card Magic (Magic Olympics) Finalist (In Top 6, represented North America) 2014 North American Joint S.A.M. and I.B.M. People's Choice 2015 I.B.M North America 1st Place and People's Choice 2015 FISM World Champion in Close-Up Card Magic 2018 Merlin Award Best Close-Up Magician 2018 America's Got Talent Winner 2019 America's Got Talent: The Champions Winner Television 2015 Penn & Teller: Fool Us Himself Fooler 2017 Penn & Teller: Fool Us Himself Fooler 2017 Die Ehrlich Brothers präsentieren: Showdown der weltbesten Magier Himself Winner 2018 America's Got Talent Himself Winner 2019 America's Got Talent: The Champions Himself Winner 2021 Selected as the answer to the original post in this topic!
Humans make life so interesting. Do you know that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to create boredom. Quite astonishing.
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