It has been a while since I have had any time to blog. I have been busy working on some projects which has kept my brain busy so I have not had a chance to blog or AudioBoo. However this week I should be back at it at a regular pace! Anyways What I wanted to talk about today is making you magic understandable to the audience.

Over the past few weeks I have had the chance to see a few magic performers perform live and watch some magic on the Internet. I saw some great magic and great technique. But one bad thing I saw a few times was some magic that was a bit confusing. What I mean the effect was not clear. Even I did not understand what the trick was supposed to be, so I figure a non-magician would also not understand what the effect was. One video I was asked to watch, I watched it over five times but I failed to see what the effect was. The flourishes were great but I did not see any magic and I was supposed to be a routine. Some of the live ones I saw again, I saw great technique but the effects were so long and complicated that sometimes after the magician had o explain what had just happened. It was not clear to the audience, which I think makes them feel very uncomfortable on a few levels. I think that when an audience member sees and effect and they don’t understand what happened they feel that maybe it is their fault, and that other people do understand when in fact they don’t. This makes it hard for the audience to react to the magic and the applause and feedback from them comes back all staticy. The last thing you want to do is make your audience feel awkward. So when you work on routines check them and make sure the effect, and the motivation for the effect is crystal clear. This will improve your show and improve the experience for your audience as well.
Aaron