This is going to be a treatise on strolling magic for magicians than for clients and laypeople. I hope this is insightful to anyone who reads it. Please understand this is from both my own personal experience & the collective experience from other professional strolling magicians. WHat is strolling magic? It is modular close-up magicContinue reading “Strolling Magic Is More Conversational”
Author Archives: Jordan Allen
Magic; Art or Craft?
Magic IS the oldest recorded member of the performing arts. It predates music by about 3,000 years, it predates cinema by 5,000 years, and theatre by a couple of 1000 years. I was browsing a discussion on a private magician group on Facebook and an interesting debate came up… Is magic art or is itContinue reading “Magic; Art or Craft?”
With Great Power….
Magic sometimes gets a bad rep as an ego-boosting self-masturbatory endeavor because a few insecure power-hungry megalomaniacs call themselves “magician” because of the historical prestige the craft has. As a business, because magic is show business & business is the longest word in the term – it is important to remember that it is aContinue reading “With Great Power….”
There Is No Room In Magic For “Cover Magicians”
I live in a not-so-magic-rich area of Kentucky. My only access to the Global, National & Regional magic scene is by taking a trip down to Nashville, up to Louisville or social media/podcast and the monthly trades. This isolation is a good thing and a bad thing – bad because I am often times BEHINDContinue reading “There Is No Room In Magic For “Cover Magicians””
The Process Of Making Your Wedding MAGICAL!
Earlier I highlighted the benefits magic brings to weddings, but here I would like to discuss the process of making it all happen. In other words – booking me! I hope you found my website or my social media profiles. The process begins there! Your next step is to contact me by email OR by fillingContinue reading “The Process Of Making Your Wedding MAGICAL!”
Stand Up Magic VS Strolling Magic
This is not a discussion on which is a better medium of delivering value to clients & ticket holders. This is a discussion on which tool is right for certain occasions. I am excluding close up magic productions from this because that falls, in my point of view into the same category as stand upContinue reading “Stand Up Magic VS Strolling Magic”
There IS A Place In Your Wedding For A Wedding Magician
I will admit, I have NEVER heard anyone say that but as I stood at my booth at one of the largest wedding expos in the area, I could FEEL it. I could “hear the silent question: ‘ Where does magic fit in the wedding?’ Most people just do what everyone else is doing. I amContinue reading “There IS A Place In Your Wedding For A Wedding Magician”
The Case For The Wedding Master Of Ceremonies (MC/EMCEE)
I have no video or photographic evidence of this. I wish I had but I was young and not thinking that far ahead. I did it three times, not thinking ahead. The prefrontal cortex in my 15, 16 & 17 year old head hadn’t gotten to the point where it could plan for the future.Continue reading “The Case For The Wedding Master Of Ceremonies (MC/EMCEE)”
Charging For An Experience
When someone wakes up one morning and decides to become a professional magician – they got chops, they got a decent show or can at least perform competently and entertainingly, they love performing as much as they love life and they want to make it their lifes work they will inevitably come to the questionContinue reading “Charging For An Experience”
Turning Down Show Requests
Here comes goodbye…. We grow as we develop. As we develop situations arise and or circumstances change and we have to adjust our goals accordingly. Most professional magicians will come to a point where they have to be professional and being professional means turning down work that is NOT A GOOD FIT! You read that…Continue reading “Turning Down Show Requests”
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