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mmreed Inner circle Harrisburg, PA 1432 Posts |
Knowing what you know now about magic...
if you could go back in time to when you first started magic, what are some of the things you would tell yourself, suggest, warn about, etc...?
Mark Reed
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GeorgeG Special user Thousand Oaks, CA 977 Posts |
Buy as many Taytelbaum pieces you can afford
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Loopback Veteran user Lincoln, Nebraska 359 Posts |
I would tell myself to buy more books and less tricks.
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jimhlou Inner circle 3698 Posts |
I would have joined a local magic club.
Jim |
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mrunge Inner circle Charleston, SC 3716 Posts |
Yep...bought more books and found a way to join a club.
Mark. |
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Jaz Inner circle NJ, U.S. 6111 Posts |
Always remember how magic affected you as a layperson.
Study and get some mastery of the basics. Don't believe every hype you read or hear about. Pick and study effects that you honestly believe you will use. |
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gaddy Inner circle Agent of Chaos 3526 Posts |
Don't give up magic until you turn 30 years old and try to get back into it, kiddo....
*due to the editorial policies here, words on this site attributed to me cannot necessarily be held to be my own.*
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Andy the cardician Inner circle A street named after my dad 3362 Posts |
Buy some really rare books - well, at that time they were still in print
Cards never lie
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Fresh Regular user 134 Posts |
Buy Card College first instead of wondering if I should buy it..how stupid I was!
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disneywld Special user Denver, CO 614 Posts |
Think if you will really use it.
The Magic of Christopher Manos
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spycrapper Loyal user Indonesia 295 Posts |
Agree with Andy the Cardician! I missed many (now) rare books when they still in print
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housermagic New user In the mountains 71 Posts |
I second Andy's sentiments on theNOW rare titles. Hopefully some of these will be reprinted.
Bill |
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Erdnase27 Inner circle 2505 Posts |
Study the psychology and theory of magic instead of buying magic
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andre combrinck Special user South Africa 953 Posts |
Read the Books of Wonder, then buy all the classics:13 Steps,Stars of Magic,Card College ect.Buy only utility items:TT,coin shell,Swami gimmick ect.
AJ |
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Father Photius Grammar Host El Paso, TX (Formerly Amarillo) 17161 Posts |
I don't know that I would change much of anything, other than perhaps figuring out sooner who Uncle Harry and Uncle Pete were in order to appreciate a bit more what I could learn from them. I was so young that I was very dependent on adults to teach me. I couldn't read when I first tried magic, and the ideas I got from watching Mark Wilson in his Dallas local Time for Magic show as to how tricks were done would never have worked. In fact when I finally got a Mark Wilson magic set I spent several hours trying to find the trap doors in the cups and balls set. Until I was about 8 years old and in the 3rd grade my reading skills were not developed enough to understand simple trick instructions or what few simple magic books available to me. All of the magic I learned was the result of adults who took enough interest and had enough patience to teach me.
I was actually very fortunate for a child of the early 1950's wanting to learn magic. There was a magic store in Dallas. There was a local magician on TV that inspired me. There was an established magic club with a couple of adults in it willing to occassionally teach me. My dad took enough interest and time to help me learn. And I was lucky enough to be a relative of Harry Blackstone, Sr. (Which I'm sure had a big influence on the willingness of some adults to teach me). Buying too many tricks was no problem, on my 25cent per week allowance that wasn't going to happen. I got a Mark Wilson magic kit for christmas and that was all the bought props I had. I had to learn to use those. As I got older, I still couldn't buy tricks, so I had to learn from books sleights with coins and cards which I had access to. And for practice, every adult who taught me magic emphasised practice, practice, practice, practice. So I really didn't know any other way. It probably would have been nice if there had been a few more books available to me, or having a book like Mark's Complete Course in Magic (not published until I was in my 20s) available. But I got by. Sometimes less is better.
"Now here's the man with the 25 cent hands, that two bit magician..."
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criverstamu09 New user 88 Posts |
I completely agree with joining a local club early on.
"Who you are moment to moment is just a story."
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SmagicMom New user 6 Posts |
Would have not listened to the guy who suggested that I should stick with clowning, because women really can't do much in the magic world. I think, had I stuck with it instead of picking it back up years later when I met my husband, that I'd be much better off.
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Matt Malinas Inner circle Transylvania 1367 Posts |
I would perform more
-Matt
The masters make the rules, for the wise men and the fools
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VivaLaPatch New user 9 Posts |
It's already been said... Learn more techniques and less tricks. Royal Road or something along those lines will give you 1000's of tricks in the long run.
Also, HIGHLY recommend joining a club. The reason people (like myself) get in and out of magic is because they either 1) run out of tricks to perform for the same people or 2) run out of people to perform the same tricks for. Did that make sense? Perform for others! |
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Bob Sanders Grammar Supervisor Magic Valley Ranch, Clanton, Alabama 20504 Posts |
Join a club, read books, attend every lecture and convention I could.
I bought too many plastic props that exposed the trick's workings but were useless themselves. Also a good lecture is worth a thousand packet tricks and trick decks. Most of the really good card tricks come in a regular deck of cards. Read a book! Buy the really useful and versatile props (silks, rope, cards, tables, utility props, reference books) instead of tricks. Resources are much better investments than tricks. You will use the resources for many, many years and leave something of value. They will allow you to build you own act instead of having to do a disjointed series of tricks anyone can buy one at a time. Do magic! Bob Sanders Magic By Sander |
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