On Friday February 3, 2011 My magic friends Shinnosuke, Masashi and Kinnikun performed at Hakubi Fruits Cafe and Bar in Takamatsu, Kagawa prefecture. It was a great show with awesome magic friends. The audience was also awesome and they really enjoyed the show and were fun to perform to. The venue itself was excellent. We did a stage show, a close-up show then table hopping after. I hope to get the chance to perform there again very soon! Thanks everyone!

Aaron

Aaron

At Bar Intiki Magician

This month I will be performing at Bar Intiki Magician in Takamastu, Kagawa Prefecture. I will be peromfing close-up magic at various times during the evening with a few other magician. The dates and times I will be there are:

August 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16th from 8:00PM until 12:00AM

Aaron

Yesterday the Shikoku Magic Friends Club held is 5th annual show. However this year we changed the event to raise money for the horrible quake and tsunami that hit Japan on Match 11, 2011. This year we performed only close-up and there was a great turnout. After the close-up show we headed to the Marugame Shopping Arcade in Takamatsu to continue to raise money. In cooperation with the Marugame Shopping District association we where able to put this event on. We don’t know how much money we raised yesterday bit we should know soon. It was a great event and I hope that with the money we raised us magicians can help out in the tragic event.

Aaron

5th Annual Shikoku Magic Friends Public Show “The Magic”
Monday March 21, 2011
Doors open @ 1:30PM
Show Starts @ 2:00PM

Venue:

La Londa
Takamatsu City
8-1 Daikumachi
2nd floor of Marugami Machi Business Parking lot #3

Shikoku Magic Friends Show

Aaron

Street Festival Magic In Takamatsu

If you have been following my blog, and I am not really sure how many regular readers I have if any at all, you will have noticed I have have been blogging about magic basics, books etc. Well because I a have been going back and reading old books again and thinking in different ways about magic there seems to be a magic renaissance going on in my head. What do I mean by this? Well because I have been going back to basics recently many things I read and learned when I was younger have suddenly all started coming back to me. However they are not coming back to me in the form they did when I first learned them. They are coming back different and it has started my brain to think different about the magic I perform. It also has changed my magic taste as well. My performing style seems to be staying the same but my technique and the way I have worked out routining has changed a lot in the last little while. I have moved into having more engagement with my audiences as well have been working deeper to apply magic theories in terms of misdirection, timing, and audience management. It has also caused me to edit my performances and cut unnecessary performance parts, techniques and props. I am not sure where this is leading me but I see a new light and I am excited. It is like when I started magic for the first time again, but this time with the experience and knowledge and how to apply the knowledge. It is going to be a fun ride! Have you had a magic renaissance in your head?

Aaron

Talking Magic

If you perform magic then the chances are you will have to speak in front of a lot of people unless you perform only a silent act to music. When performing and speaking it is important that you speak well. What you say has to be clearly said and understandable. I have seen many great technical magicians but their speaking is too quite and no one can  hear what they say. As a performer you need to practice speaking and work on you volume, cadence, diction, intonation etc. If you do have a problem with this I suggest seeking advice from other performers or look into attending a speech club. Watch TV news anchors, comedians, and other people on TV and radio and listen how they speak. Try to work to make your voice clear. On way I practice is by recording only my voice. This way I can listen to what I am saying and what I need to fix. I tend to speak clear but way too fast so it is always a battle for me. Now that I perform in Japanese I am always working on my pronunciation and how I sound. This has made me more sensitive to how I speak in English as well. Anyways work on a clear voice and make sure your audience can hear you it one of the most important things for performing magic.

Aaron

Burn!

After a long time I finally have some free time. And I am making the most of it instead of being lazy. I have been using the time to rework parts of my show and spend the proper time doing so. Also I have been able to talk with some magician friends online about magic and even found a great new effect and routine for my show which I love! I have spent a great amount of time working on that routine in the past few days and started working on the Japanese script for it. The routine shall remain a secret but thanks to my friend Steve Dickson for the suggestion.

Later tonight I will enjoy Mr. Maric a Japanese Magician who will be performing and doing a seminar online. I am looking forward to that.

I have a lot magic plans during my break so stayed tuned to updates as I post about them! And I hope all of you are enjoying your summer it’s almost over!

Aaron

Spicy Magic

Recently when I have been working on my magic I have wanted to “spice” up my routines. I seem to come up with some neat ideas, however the problem is that the idea may seem cool to me, or maybe to other magicians but logically in the routine for a real audience it makes no sense. As well, trying to work on the patter so that the patter can justify the new element sometimes comes off as too contrived like a bad movie.

So as I work to add that spicy sauce to my magic routines I have to balance the spice with the overall feel and get the right flavor that tastes well. This takes a lot of time and experimentation and testing. What I do is I make the changes to a routine to spice it up and rehearse it. I try to record and video myself doing it. Then I leave it for a while and comeback and watch myself do it. If I feel it is ok then I start to test it with real people both magicians and non-magicians to get feedback. Then go back, or try testing it in a real show to see how the changes go.

My advice is if you want to make changes to a current routine to add spice take your time and make sure everything makes sense and test it out. Add some spice to your routines can greatly improve them if you do it right or be very bad if you don’t prepare well. Any ways back to trying to spice up a routine!

Aaron