Conjurer's Coffee Break

When you are performing, what are you really doing? Are you doing magic or tricks? Is it something impossible, or just merely fast hands? In this episode, I discuss these issues from the perspective of the audience and the performer, and also discuss magic on social media sites such as Instagram and Tik Tok. More on this topic: https://edsumner.com/conjurers-coffee-break-episode-010 All episodes:...

Tools for improving your magic, part 2. Here is an Improvement Pathway, designed to get you thinking about and exploring what you don't know, thereby expanding your knowledge and range of magic, and in turn improving what you already do! More on this topic: https://edsumner.com/conjurers-coffee-break-episode-009 All episodes: https://edsumner.com/magicians

Tools for improving your magic, part 1. Introducing The Performance Rubric, a self analysis tool (or use it with a magician colleague). Download it for free and improve your technical skill, showmanship and presentation, connection with the audience and the magical experience for the audience. More on this topic: https://edsumner.com/conjurers-coffee-break-episode-008 All episodes: https://edsumne...

Magician gigs vs projects. Are you a gig magician or do you work on projects instead? In this episode, I talk about some of the benefits on working on projects instead of just gig to gig. More on this topic: https://edsumner.com/conjurers-coffee-break-episode-007 All episodes: https://edsumner.com/magicians

Whose advice is it anyway? In this week's episode we'll be looking at the nature of advice itself. Where do you take advice from? Who should you listen to? What should you ignore? And should you listen to me? More on this topic: https://edsumner.com/conjurers-coffee-break-episode-006 All episodes: https://edsumner.com/magicians