First things first, if for some reason you didn’t get to be a part of the EMC then I’m truly sorry for you. You missed out on a great opportunity to better yourself as a magician for sure!
I can’t begin to tell you the amount of things that I learned, and I missed probably 70% of it, I’m currently waiting on them to upload the parts that I missed.
But beyond the effects and the talks of business in magic, the thing that I got the most from was the talks on presentation and the psychology in magic.
Not the presentation of a single effect, but the presentation of my magic in general! It has left me with a lot to think about. Especially Eric Meads lecture those of us who go to see will all agree that it was eye opening!
I will not go into the detail of his lecture, but I want to ask you a question and please answer because there is all most no right or wrong answers and you will see why in just a moment!
Question: What do you thing laymen see as magic? Not you, or someone you know who watches and loves magic a lot.
If you took a stranger off the street and showed them different styles of magic and different performers, what do you think they would say?
Let me give you an example. If you showed them a performance of Bill Malone’s would they see strong magic, or a guy who is really funny and is very skillful with a deck of cards?
On the other hand if you showed them a performance of Eugene Burgers, would they see a guy who performs a minimalist brand of magic, all most move less and say to themselves “that was real magic”?
What do you guys think? What is magic to laymen? And how much does that mean to you?
Please do not be afraid to voice your opinion
Thanks again
Brandon
