Street Magic Revealed Online – Learn Card Tricks

Have you seen the early videos of David Blaine? The ones where he walks up to people and does some pretty simple card tricks?
They’re totally blown away!

What is it about him that made it so amazing?

Two things, just two things:

1. The tricks
The tricks were simple and perfectly performed. You’ll know when you do your first tricks that involves cards how long you have to spend to get it right – hours in front of the mirror. If you’re anything like me you’ll realise you’ll need the disciplince to perform each trick perfectly, and not to jump ahead to the next trick in the book.

The majority David Blaines Street Magic tricks were nowhere near technically complicated, or even that outstanding, but he did perform them well.

That is why the first thing you must do is have good tricks. Nothing outstanding, nothing even too groundbreaking – you just need to make sure that you know them back to front, inside out and can do them blindfolded.

2. The performance

Do you think if David Blaine wore a black top hat, had a magic wand, told crappy jokes and had a girl behind him in a spangly uniform, he would get the same reaction?

My answer – NO.

Its all about the man, the performance, the fact he walks up to people, appears like a regular guy, doesn’t set the tricks up too much – just real calm, casual – and blows them away. This is how he differs from the guys who spend 15 minutes dancing around a small box with a lock on it – all smooth hand movements and funny dances. Heck, Blaine gets the great response because nobody expects it.

If you pay for a magic trick, you expect it – in fact, if you paid and saw David Blaine on a large set, you’d be dissappointed.

So my answer to being a great street performer – is:

1. Learn magic fast.
Find a great guide – such as the one that I used to learn amazing tricks, fast.
2. Learn how to perform it your own way – take people by surprise, show them what they don’t expect, learn what the experts do – unlearn it, then do it back to front and in your own way.

Until next time…..Street Magic Dude