Welcome to The Discourse in Magic Podcast We’ve been at this now for over four years with over two hundred episodes and interviews with the best magicians on the planet. That’s a lot! Don’t forget to subscribe to Discourse in Magic wherever you get your podcasts so you can start hearing the...
Kayla Drescher is a fantastic magician, who really cares about character, comedy and the importance of theatre. She recently performed on Pen & Teller's “Fool Us” and has a new podcast, called Shezam chatting all about women in...
http://traffic.libsyn.com/discourseinmagic/Episode_122.mp3Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | MoreIt’s time for the Discourse in Magic boys to have their monthly get together episode, but this time they’re separated as Jonah has been touring Ontario and Quebec. Tyler, meanwhile,...
It’s time for your regular catch-up episode with Jonah and Tyler. The episode starts with a quick recap of the last month, where Jonah talks about the Art of Magic, his trip to Chicago and Minneapolis, and much more, and Tyler tells us about a corporate gala gig he got to...
How to Start Booking Gigs with No Website, Photos, Videos, or Testimonials
September 18th, 2017
It feels like nobody will hire you since you don't have great photos, videos, or a website. But you don’t have great photos, videos or website because nobody will hire you! It's easy to get booked with years of performing expirience, but then how does someone without performance expirience...
How to be Meticulous in Your Craft with Ryan Edwards
June 29th, 2017
Ryan does it all! He's written and performed two of his own magic shows. He's advised and built props for top magicians around the world, and he most importantly he handcrafts tools (wallets, card clips, close up pads) for magicians looking to up their magic style at...
I’ve totally felt nervous before going on stage, but I’ve never written about it. I always thought that if I love magic and want to be a magician, being nervous shouldn't hold me...
Tools and Tips to Make Your Comedy Magic FIRE with John Archer
March 23rd, 2017
If you're talking about comedy magic, there are just a few names that automatically come to mind. John Archer is one of them. Not only is his magic baffling, but he's also absolutely hilarious. He’s known for whipping up his audience, and getting incredible moments out of the magic and the...
Live in Toronto – Views, Comments, and Awesome Magic Content with Chris Ramsay, Eric Leclerc, and Wes Barker
January 19th, 2017
Welcome to our first ever live show!
We invited Wes Barker, Eric Leclerc and Chris Ramsay to Toronto to record an episode but we said HEY, why don't we invite the local magicians too. SO WE DID!
And it was a...
Tools, Tips, and Tricks to Having TV Quality Magic with Justin Willman
November 24th, 2016
You know him from Comedy Network! You've watched his Viral Videos! You know him Cupcake Wars (okay maybe not) the one and only Justin Willman joins us on the...
Magicians love to preach to other magicians NOT to learn magic on youtube. They love to tell them that the real lessons are in books, they love to tell them that it’s second hand magic and it's not real, it's...
If you currently have a magic website and you're looking to make it as great as possible, here are some tips that are going to help you maximize the effectiveness of your...
Getting a website is a notoriously difficult, expensive and time consuming thing, but it doesn’t have to be! By the end of this blog post my goal is to teach you exactly how to make your own website by yourself, in about one week, the most effective way possible, reasonably priced, without hiring...
Exactly What it Takes to Get Endless Bookings with Lou Serrano
October 13th, 2016
In episode 28 we had the wonderful Lou Serrano chat with us about exactly how to book gigs. As he says, there isn't one way to get gigs, but there are 50 ways. Lou basically walks us through 5 or 6 of them in this...
Social media isn’t going anywhere.
As a matter of fact it’s only growing. We’re at the tip of the iceberg of the age of social media and so far it’s been amazing!
The benefits of engaging online are here to stay, so it’s time to start sharing and learning some good practices and...
As a consumer of magic podcasts, the only way that I found them, was by stumbling upon them. Every time I searched the web for Magic podcasts, I got 3 things. Magic the gathering podcasts, THIS magic cafe article about podcasts, and this short article from bicycle.com...
If you don’t know what “The Jerx” is, and you’re a magician that can read, and has internet access - you’re missing out.
Here’s the cliffs notes version of what it...
Picture this
For the first time ever I signed up to go to magic camp! I stepped on the bus, looked around and saw about 90 other people that were also magicians JUST LIKE...
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. The reason why this movie sucks in my eyes, before I even stepped foot in the movie theatre
If the first movie was called Now You See Me, there are only 2 reasons why they didn’t call the second one Now You...
Today for the first time in a long time I screwed an entire performance. Not only did I mess up individual tricks, but I ruined the performance as a...
What our audience says when they’re fooled and what it really means
May 7th, 2016
As performers we tend to hear the same questions, reactions and responses to what we do. Sometimes even the positive sounding responses, can help us find out what exactly is missing from our...
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