How To Approach People And Perform Magic (Giveaway)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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Are you a magician with no audience? Want to perform but don't know how to approach people? Maybe a little shy or need a confidence boost?
Then this video may be the incentive you need to help you on your way to performing magic to real people. Don't sit in your room or in front of a mirror doing magic on your own!! Go out and share your magic, make friends and build your confidence!
FACT : You have to push through the fear before you experience the "feeling good" payoff. But once experienced you won't want to stop!!
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Approach adults, they will be kind to you.
Here's something I used to do - Perform in public but to nobody. Go hang out at a mall or shop or cafe or any public place etc and play around with your cards. Point is just get used to people looking at your hands. Be prepared though in case someone asks to see a trick!
You can't go from being scared to being a super star magician in a heartbeat. No one can do that. But you can start at the beginning and depending how much you want it you will progress. A journey of a thousand miles start with one step. The sooner you start, the sooner you will get there. x
Take some deep breaths to calm you down before you approach anyone and focus on slowing you speech. After enough practice your speech should slow naturally.
The more you practice approaching people the better you will get at it and the easier it will become then your confidence will grow.
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Hi again Jake. I have been thinking - I have a really cool killer rope effect to teach, I just have to find the time.
Thank you. Please help me to help you guys by asking me what you need to learn to become a performing magician.
That's another good idea. This way you get them to come to you. In the UK we call this "Building up a pitch".
Fell the fear and DO IT ANYWAY. It's OK to if you made mistakes as long as you learn from them.
Well done - You had to push through your fear before you got the "feel good" pay off didn't you.
If your first trick is good, and you fool them, they will stop laughing and watch you.
It's never too late. Get and learn some tricks to show the guys, they will love it:)
My friends hair salon LOL. He let me park my car there to film this Vlog.
My pleasure. I'm pleased you finding a way to work for you. x
amazing video andy, these vlogs you do are trully amazing :D
- You CAN do it. You just tell yourself you cant x
I like going up to people and seeing their reaction to a trick. That's what makes me want to continue to do magic and get better at it. When you impress someone with your trick and they ask you to see more, there is no more excitement you could have. Them asking shows that they enjoy what you did and they think your good at it. Thanks Andy for these tips on how to approach people. I will be sure to use them.
Nice gesture. Says much about you x
Andy you should demonstrate your theory so they can see how it works. Im saying start a video outside a pub or restaurant then go in and perform, so they can see how you handle rejection etc. in person.
They're on their way x
That's a cool idea.
:) But of course!
Another nice tip I use is that i act according the situation and the people I´m performing at: maybe they are young and fun, maybe adults, serious people, pretty girls :D
Invisible Deck is one of the best tricks a person can have in their routines. Goodluck to everyone.
Thanks for this video Andy, your number plate is awesome :)
i do it like jarek, approach people ( mostly woman ) ask them how are you what's your name .... and at some point i ask them do they have any hobbies or are they doing something interesting and if they feel comfortable around you they probably will ask the same question to you and you say i'm a magician at that point people get exited and ask you to show them something and i say "a magician never leaves the house without his cards" and show them some powerful tricks and with luck get a nubmer
hey can i be in one of your deck give away's ? , or can you give me a shout out because i have spreaded out your channel and told lots of people about it , i do card tricks myself , i have recorded a few of them but i dont have a good enough camera yet thx
yeah in romania we don't have many magicians and the people did not see a card trick .If i do a pandora they say wow but if do a springs they say ,,what the fuck,wow,OMG ,now way its imposible''.In may country its a freeland for me to became a magician
magic circle?? that's so cool!! how did you get involved with that? Also rope magic? I've had a look and there's only 3/4 that i like! look up 'Darryl rope magic' he's amazing, then you can youtube and find some of his tricks!
i allways do a flourish a pandora or the biggest efect that people think that is crazy the spring.And Came to see wtf is that and i am having a crowd really soon
That was really great help! Thanks Andy! If you see this comment what trick would you recommend to open with? I would also like to win the deck
Great advice Andy! I just started geting into magic and what I've been doing to aproach peolple is just stand in a group of peolple (not making them fealling uncomfortable) and start playing with muy card doing some flourishes, etc so they notice me and ask me (directly or with body language) what I want and then I introduce my self and peform a trick.
PD:Sorry if I made some mistakes, I'm half chilean, half british but I live in chile so I talk sapnish more often than english.
This was some really great advice, but I disagree with one point, where you said "There is no point in performing for friends and family." I agree that people need to branch out from this but family and friends can be a GREAT field to help you feel comfortable in performing certain tricks or help you test out new ones. They are often my most difficult and knowledgeable spectators, but also enjoy the tricks as much as anyone else. All the other advice was really helpful though. Thanks Andy!
Hi Andy,
Just started getting into magic, specifically card magic, and have been watching a lot of you're videos. Your videos are entertaining and very helpful, and have recently wanted to start practicing in front of random people.
That being said, I loved this video and have to say that it not only gave me some great tips that I want to try, but it also relieved a lot of anxiety I was having about performing in front of strangers.
Thank you!
Well, I normally do some "freestyle" things with my deck near a group, without looking like I want some attention. So, people comment stuffs like "wow he's damn good!" And I ask them if they want me to show them a trick^^ Thanks for this video, now I can improove my approaching skils. (Sorry, my english is bad, but hey, don't judge, i'm french :) ) Anyway, i love your videos, stay awesome!
Already doing so many time to build your confidence . Oh yes , if you do close up and if you uncomfortable when people look at your eyes , try to look at they're nose or the spot between they're eyes .that help you . and try with one people than later more and more . That's also help to build your confidence . Thanks Andy just try to add more something that I know , hopefully it's help to^.^
Hi Andy . Thank you for yours tips . I also do magic at the restaurant , ussually before I do magic with strangers I do with couple of my friends first and I asked for they, 're opinions first and I want to see they're expression . With that I can fix or add something or cut some routine if I think to long . I am an easy to nervous person , from my experience if you new for appoach the strangers try to show them some magic tricks that you think the easy one first or the tricks that you
Hi Andy im glad you have took the route of teaching real life situations rather then teaching tricks its great, but besides that i find the best way to approach a group of people is to have a deck of cards out and try and put on your best smile, like your extremely happy just to be in the building (don't look creepy) just happy haha and be very polite and nice always laughing and having a good time and you'll enjoy your performance more i hope someone benefits from this. Love your stuff Andy :)
great advice.im sort of trying to psych myself up to actualy do my card skills on people,cos after about 7 years of handling cards i feel like my skills are kind of fake.reason being i always just practice on my own...tried to perform for friends and my mum sometimes but its like i get shy and my sleights dont work...mabey cos ive used them for guinea pigs in the past,and they know what to look for...?anyway thanks mate sorry for waffling too much
ummm u could stsrt of by showing family members then friends then neighbors then people on the stree it works great for me. mrs. field i have left atleast 30 comments say how much i want that deck the reason why i left so much comments is because i want so bad. mrs. field will u atleast choose me this one time. i wont enter any more of your contest if i win thats how much i want it ajyways if you choose me u still have one more to choose from
sorry but also i am the only one in this comment that has commented five times,thats how much i want it. plz. but what i do is i practice hard then i show my brother and my family members ( for practice) once i feel confident i show my neighbors and people at my school then for real i actually go on the streets. it works. but i really need this the dexks i always get is just standard red decks. i hope i can finally get a lot better one so plz. sorry for all the comments
here is a tip if you are performing in front of strangers pretend like your there friend because if you don't you will just get tense and as Andy said then they get tense and it doesn't work so most likely your trick will fail or be fairly sloppy. Also if you are doing cards to people don't just do the same trick over and over again do some close up effects with coins or something like disappearing things just don't do cards all the time . hope this helps. thanks for the chance Andy
Well, firstly i was performing couple of times to my friends, and yet those were some very easy moves that require very beginners slide of hand, or even more secure tricks that you can't mess up even if there is an earthquake as you said. (haha). Anyway, later i decided that i should break the ice and go out and perform some effect that are little more harder and interesting. In my experience i think if you are fresh into this, the best location to do a trick for someone is in a park. Thank you.
You've said not to perform to family or friends... well, that's how I started basically. I mean. If you're not confident enough, at least you're with people who wish you well and even if you fail, they will always be there for you. And in a future time, that might even help you build confidence.
On the hand, if it a total stranger, the initial reaction could be so negative that might frustrate the person to continue trying to perform!
of course, my oppinion and I am a BAD magician without PPP
What I usually do, wen doing street magic, is to stand somewhere with people in stasis, such as at a subway station or a McDonalds line. Then I bring our my cards to do some fancy false cuts such as butterfly cutting, sybil cutting or the vernon display.
While doing this, watch the people around you. If anyone is looking at you with interest, just fan the cards, ask them to pick one, and you're in.
Once you've done one trick on a person, someone else will generally come and look, and on it goes.
The invisible deck ! It's the trick I want to buy, I want to perform it =D
Mrs Field I'd like so much to be chosen !
If I can quickly add other advices :
- If you are more than two magicians, never approach a group with less than the half of your group (they could be scared)
- Never approach someone from his back
- Don't start by touching him/her (even on the arm) before saying "Hello"
- Try to talk with strangers (English is very spoken) even with hands if they don't understand, it's so funny
Andy, something that I found helpful to do was to go to some public place, like a Starbucks or a McDonald's, get a coffee and then just sit down near other people and practice sleights or illusions from my repertoire. This helped me to become more relaxed about performing around other people. And on many occasions, people around me would become interested in what I was doing and would ask if I was a magician. I would ask them if they would like to see something.
Pls... I'm ten and I love your vids Andy... I love card magic and do it all the time... I really want a giveaway.... Pls... I've watched magic tutorials for years and I've mostly watched your vids.... I'm on my kness (or however you spell kness... Honestly, I don't know) pls... I beg.... I've never won a giveaway my whole life by anybody... All my freinds have won a giveaway from a youtube magician like you at least once... So pls... I'm begging you... I'll do anything... :(
Thank you a lot for this video Andy! All Hints'N'Tipes you gave us are really helpful. :)
What I like to do - on the rare occasions I perform to strangers, is simply say hi or how do you do and then I say "The weather is great and I want to show you something interesting"(this maybe sounds funny but, it works). At this point they either say "No, we are not interested." or "Ok what are you going to show us?", now they are asking me so I immediately go into a routine, but a shorter one.
- Martin
Hi Andy, I am very new to this channel (like 2 day's) and I am already in love with it, your tutorials are amazing, you explain everything the way everyone could understand it. I dont go very offten and preform to strangers becouse i get very nervous, but with that tips I could get better in approaching. I was approaching only 1 person at the time instead of a group i never thought that could explain my fear in doing magic to strangers but now i know thank you. :)
Nice video Andy!:) this has helped a lot, going to try your techniques out a week today, that's when i'm performing!:) thanks!:) Also, i have a magic circle meeting on tuesday, and the theme is rope magic, i have got lots of magicians rope, but i do not know any mindblowing rope routines or tricks.. could you possibly a rope magic tutorial? that would helm me a lot also!
And finally, the invisible deck is fantastic, i would love to be in with a chance!:)
thanks again Andy! And Mrs Field!
Jake!:)
Invisible deck can be messed up, if you do not press on the cards hard enough, if you forget which side is odds, or in my case my homemade ivisible deck lost its rough side :(. But after very little practice it is easy to get right and it amazing everyone! I tend to agree with Andy I only do seldom tricks to family, and after I have mastered them, because if you mess up a trick with a group you lose credibility, you don't want to lose credibility to family, then you can't perform for them anymor
I agree, having another person there encouraging you or standing nearby when performing is a great way to keep the nerves at ease. I've only performed to strangers on the street a few times and for me the hardest part is making that first step and talking to them. After that is done, the rest pretty much flows on by.
I can see how invaluable performing to strangers is though. It's a great confidence booster, and it really gives you the best feedback on how your doing. Thanks Andy for the advice!
These tips are wonderful, when I was first starting to perform in public I had an unusual situation. I was in medic school in the army and made a new friend who was also into magic, we bounced some ideas around and shared some effects in turn boosting each others' confidence. A magician's most honest critic is another magician. Anyhow, neither of us had performed in public before and we walked around downtown San Antonio, TX and would say thing to each other like "that one?" Or "those guys?"
I usually don't just go around to random people on the street to do magic, I guess that's because I'm 17 though, so i just go around to random groups of people on campus to do one strong trick then just leave, or in restaurants where i see little kids waiting on their food, love interacting with them their reactions are always priceless,plus their parents always thank me because if they aren't entertained by someone/thing they will probably just sit there and ask when their food will come/etc.
In my situation, my lack of confidence in going up to strangers and performing comes from my lack of trust in the tricks that I know to provide the impact I desire. I keep feeling like the tricks I know are too simple and not flashy enough, but the ones I do want to use are ones I don't feel ready to do yet due to a feeling of lack of skill. However, I love your tips on how to properly introduce yourself before anything happens, and I will definitely take those into consideration.
When I learn a new trick, I prefer to perform to my friends first, who are actively looking for flaws and are not afraid to call me on my mistakes. I find it more useful than performing to strangers, who do not usually point out your mistakes.
Also, might I ask how you select random comments? Does UA-cam have a feature for that, or do you simply select a random page in comments and select a random person on that page?
Recently I started doing magic. I learned so many awsome tricks from you Andy, mismag and Jerek 1:20 and for this I want to thank you. Today I buyed my first Bicycle Standard deck and I love it but I have a big problem: when I start to do magic to someone I instantly freeze... I'm scary because I can make something wrong and my trick will not work and I don't know how to control this :( I really want to do magic on street but I'm scary...
what I do is I go to a local mall or park and sit at a place where passerby's can see as they walk or loiter very clearly and preform a trick to your self that will get their attention sometimes what I do is I will be wearing short sleeves and drop a coin in front of someone while walking and preform the sleeveless raven, then they will come to you
Ahh that is absolutely fantastic news! I'm just pushing myself out of just the card zone, still close up magic, but moving away from cards! I'm really interested in rope magic, and i can't wait to see your routine!
Don't rush, i don't need it urgently, just let me know when it's up!
Thanks again Andy!
Jake
yeah thats happend to me before..maby twice or so,but after me showing off i flopped my trick.plus i did about a month or so ago, when i was on a work placement thing, try doing card stunts...but i felt REALYself concious.i do realy like flourishes though,can do werm sybil and a molecule:what should i tackle next.sorry for the ultra long post by the way
i have commented so much thats how much i want it. plz read all the comments by me, because i gave some pretty good tips so plz read it all. PLEASE MRS.FIELD PICK ME. i need it so bad. it like the only chance i can get one, cuz my parents wont let me buy one. i have.even asked other.magicians and they said no soooooo plz!!! just me u still have one more to choose from
im not just saying this but u have the best videos and tutorials on here. i was jelois of all the people getting signed deck and stuff. so finalky today i entered a giveaway contest for the first time in my life. also i entered it cuz it was the invisible deck and i really want it. sorry for all the comments i just want one so bad.
Hi Andy
tnx for the tips they realy helped me when i showed some tricks yesterday on the street.
keep on uploading videos and avcorse keep on doing the giveaways (well until i will atleast win one :p)
btw i realy would like to have one of those invisible decks its sound very interesting
What great advice! I'm fairly new to magic, and have spent the last few months "training" with several tricks. I'm at the point where I'm comfortable enough to perform them to the public but have been unsure how to approach them. These tips will go a very long way in helping me do so. I'll combine them with my personality and hopefully it will work for the best. Thank you Andy!
(Sorry about the long comment but I feel like the story fits.)
We would then take turns performing and between performances critique each other in a kind and constructive way. Sadly since then (2010) I haven't performed to date. So even though I have performed for perfect strangers before, I think this video might help me get back put to the streets performing. Thank You Andy!
When I first did my magic trick in front of people, i choosed "Two Card Monte" because i was practicing it for a year.There were 3 people watching me. My hands were little bit shaky but not too much. I did the trick well, of course people amazed. After that I was more confident during the tricks. I started to doing harder tricks with more people.
Hello I'm a young Magician and I have always be nervous about going up to people and performing my card tricks I did not now what to say etc but ever since watching this video I have grown so much confidants I don't even show my parents anymore only the public thank you so much
i like to approach people who appear to be in a good mood or have a generally good out look on life also i like to say hi im josh and would you like to see something rather interesting and if they say yes i the pull out my cards otherwise people know what youre up to before you do it
i'm just starting magic and it is hard to perform to unknown people, its hard to talk and to do the moves, but you gave great advices, i will do as you say and aproach groups and ask all of them if they want to see something.
Thank you very much Andy, really, thank you
why approach people and bother just become a fisherman and reel your spectator in with bait that is card flurishes. when they see you dooing crazy things with cards they'll ask you how do you do that or wow thats amazing or eaven yre you a magician ? than you have their attention
i want this deck so bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plz plz plz choose mebit would be ao freaking amazing if i got the deck. i can only buy red standsrd decks cuz my parents wont let me get the invisible deck or anyothers so plz plz plz plz mrz. field pick me. i love this deck so plz plz plz pick me for one of them
Thanks your advice helped me very much. What I say somtimes. As I approch a table I say YOU HAVE WON THE FIRST PRISE IN THE RAFFLE !! They normally what is it, and then I say A MAGICIAN FOR THE NEXT 10MINUITES. It breaks the ice. Hope this helped. By the way Andy you have some nice card affects:-)
Thank you very much for the tip! I've actually tried performing to a group of strangers (4 of them I think) and I stuck to the simpler, but still amazing tricks, worked out pretty well and I felt amazing! Ya know we love ya Mrs Field ;) (pls ignore the obvious sucking up LOL)
When I approached strangers I used to show card tricks that require a lot of skills. Unfortunately, I often messed up with my tricks because performing to strangers makes me nervous. However, after I watched your video, I started with the easier tricks to build my confidence. Thanks for the tip!
I think that invisible deck is good trick to end your performance, I allways start with some ambitious card rutine, after that the 2 card monte which I think is very powerfull effect and then maybe kissing card trick and so on, all in all thank you for this tips
My preffered way to perform is to have a conversation and usually i perform at places where people or teens go to have fun such as citywalk , amusment parks , fairs or even malls i try to use comedy while performing and then i perform (: Invisible decks would be awesome ! (:
Great tips (:
Thanks for the tips Andy.. If it's me I would perform to my family first and if everything goes well. Then, I will perform to my friends. Lastly, I will perform it to strangers in my school. So, it can boost my confidence slowly in certain stage. Waiting for your next video for more tips.
A tip I use when perform is that when there is a big group you need to move around more and not stop because this will help you keep group members from seeing them. Also try to get everyone a part in the trick so none of the people feel left out and may say a negative comment.
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For me it's not so easy beacause I don't know how to approach peoples, I usually don't speak with anyone but I think tomorrow I'll try... I'll go with my friend to buy a deck for him and I hope I'll do my best to impress someone. Ohh and thank you Andy. Your speech really motivated me.
Thanks for your responded Andy. you really get all the points . And also thank you for all of your awesome awesome videos tutorial , I been learned a lot. with your videos tutorial you helping a lot of peoples to know more about a magic . Thumbs up
I have a few different Bicycle decks and find that it doesn't take long for them to loose their initial slipperiness and start to stick together. Do I need to improve my handling skills so I can cope with this or just keep buying new decks?
i am the only one who has commented atleast ten times thats how much i neeed it. i will make an unboxing video too. if i win. so plz mrs. field. i really want this. this is the only time i can get the invisible deck please choose me.
Thanks Andy. I find the easy but powerful trick at the start good because you can relax a bit because the people are already going to be impressed. Great advice. Would love to see a video of you going up to people on the streets and performing :)
BIG TIP FOR EVERYONE ! I'm new to magic, but i do play music in front of big audiences, and what helps me the most to get relaxed and calm my nerves, is to breathe really slowely inhaling from the nose, and exhaling from the mouth !
I find it easy to perform with my mates around ..so my friends follow me to who so ever am performing to,fanks for ur tip...and I hope to win d invisible deck or any kind of deck as am new to magic and not even using a proper pack of cards..
I feel that it's better to start approaching our friends or ppl that we know first and perform magic so as to build up in the confidence and performance. Ultimately as it progress a stranger would really test the magician and by then his ready.
I when i preform on the street first trick is always short to get their attention(for example invisible deck trick), before i depart and say good buys usually preform power trick so they can remember me(like nest of wallets trick).
I usually start with a card force, so I'm sure I won't fail. But still, I'm nervous even if I'm sure of what I'm doing. I think I have difficulties with people more than with the magic, haha!
Thank you Andy, it will help me a lot for the next times. :)
This video was a great inspiration to me because I have gotten real nervous doing tricks but now I feel like there is no trick I can't do! So I wanted to say thanks for all the advice and great tricks. I was wondering how to start of my channel? Any advice?
I think the best places to perform is like the fun places such as parks, and those exciting places because I think that they feel comfortable in these places relaxing and having some fun! I hope I get picked and I love your videos! :DDDDD
These are great general tips that will probably help out many a person in the future - much respect for taking the time to help others out Andy!
And that invisible deck would certainly be nice should I be fortunate enough to win! Keep up the great work Andy!
The way I perform is at my local church and practice in front a few people at a time. It took me a while to get to that level of confidence but all I did was say to myself I'm not going to get over my fear of performing without trying to perform for people.
Well, as a beginner magician this helped me a lot... I am not yet at the point, where I can start a channel about it, or really perform to people, becouse I'd like to learn more tricks than I know now, so that Invisible Deck would help as well :P
it would be awesome to get that invisble deck it could be used for an awesome opener for a few card tricks , and thanks for filling the holes in my aproach to the people :) but im kinda well known in my town so people come up to me asking for a magic trick
Thank you for this! I used to have the shaky hand syndrome but I managed to get over it by being myself instead of trying hard to be a fantastic entertainer. Much appreciation for the tips on introducing yourself =)
I would be really happy if I got the deck. I don't like spamming, so I'm going to just hope to be lucky to be chosen by Miss Field. I can't afford a deck of this class, so it would be great to hacve one. Thanks ;) !
plz mrs. field this is the first time i have ever entered a give away ever! the only reason why i entered it was because it was the invisible deck. my parents wont let me buy one so this is the only time i can get one
hey....
tnx alot this realy helped me:)
and i spoted something....when you speek clearly and slowly people start to think about you.... this is how i get their attention
sorry for my spelling
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