Many years ago, the president of The Magic Circle, Michael Bailey, gave me some advice which completely transformed my relationship with clients when their in the process of hiring a magician. He said to me, “you will never get paid what you are worth, you will be paid in relation to what you negotiate”. This …
Magic Lessons With My Mentors and How It Inspired My Career I came into Magic during the mid 1970s and started taking magic lessons then – I would not change this period for magic in the 21st century for anything. Back then, magic was seen either live or on television. I saw David Nixon, Doug …
The Magic Circle is one of the most prestigious societies in the world. It was founded in 1905 by a group of amateur magicians. The initial intention was to create a meet up for like minded magicians to discuss magic. It’s very first president was the celebrated magician David Devant. Joining The Magic Circle I …
Michael was invited to appear at this prestigious event “The Alexander Magic Convention” in South Korea to honour the memory of Alexander Lee – the first magician of Korea. He was paid compliments by magician Ed Kwon. Magician Ed Kwon, Meets Master Magician Michael Vincent Michael Vincent is my biggest hero in magic . I grew …
Hands on Session Last Monday night I presented a 30-minute session called Hands on Sessions, it was a lot of fun. Special thanks to Wayne Fox for asking me to hold court. The Hands on Sessions are presented by Magic Circle Members to the membership. The idea being that each speaker can share a simple …
I am delighted to share that I have returned home from The Netherlands where I presented The Mastering Magic Seminar to a wonderful community of Dutch Magicians. Holland has been a country oozing magical excellence as far back as I can remember. The Dutch can be proud of their magical heritage. Great magicians like Okito, …
At the start of my career in 1991, my performance featured a lot of material to cover just a short set of say thirty minutes. A lot of magic, very little personality from me. Being very shy and insecure, I relied heavily on my execution to carry the day, which it did. Looking back on …
Eric Richardson My friend Eric Richardson never fails to amaze me. As many of you know, he is a prolific author and an outstanding magician. He featured as one of my guest bloggers last year and I am delighted to be writing this first blog post for 2016 because Eric has surprised me yet again …
The Michael Vincent Close-up Mat – Mobile Version Over the years, I have used far too many close-up mats for my close-up magic performances. The original mats by Gibson first caught my eye during the 1980s and were a good size with perfect “give” for coin and card magic. As I got older, the condition …
During my performance at The Jersey Opera house, I took the time out to engage in a delightful conversation with my friend Richard Young. Richard has created a brilliant pod cast library featuring some of the worlds finest magicians. Our conversation was recorded and added to his archive and is now available for you to …
