Magic Tricks

Just my two cents, as the title says. I'm a little biased though. Bill Malone is easily one of my favourite magicians, and I'm proud to say that I own all of his DVD's. They're a fantastic investment not only in tricks, but also presentation and entertaining, being able to captivate an audience beyond the trick. That said, when I saw he'd done this live lecture, I was skeptical about purchasing. I haven't been doing this long, and my main concern is that Bill might cycle too heavily through stuff that he has already covered.

I don't want to give anything away, but about 50 minutes into the lecture I already knew this purchase was worth the price (let alone the remaining hour and a half left worth of material that is just mind blowing). He does cover some old stuff, but actually gives further methods, presentation styles and variations. Plus the new material he covers (both moves and routines, are very well explained, and stuff that I'm definitely going to be incorporating into a future routines. What I particularly enjoyed was watching his handling of the audience. He's doing a lecture this time, not a show, but that does not stop him being incredibly entertaining. He's constantly giving advice about presentation and performance. Even if you think you've got a good routine and persona, it might be worth it just to see what a guy with almost 30 years of experience about leaving people captivated says.

As I mentioned I am pretty amateur, so when I say there's stuff there I've never seen before, take that as you will. Plenty of moves, but more than that real anecdotes about performance and watching it in action.