Hello everyone.
I have both seen magicians write on forums and talked to alot of magicians that are saying that they dont do some tricks becaus they are either to overexposed or sold on the big magic sites like Ellusionist or T11 becaus there are so many people doing it and knowing it and they just like to do things that are not so well known and i have been one of thoes people aswell. Its quit sad becaus there are so much good magic on these sites so i decided to go out and performe some of the most over exposed tricks there is on youtube/internet/tv and the reactions were just as good as with any other trick becaus people are just not intrested enough to remember how its done even if they have been shown how its done nor are they going to spend money on a magic dvd when they can get a movie or even 2 movies for the same price if they knew there were magic shops online.
After i performed my "over exposed" tricks i talked about some magic in general with them and almost none of them knew who criss angel or david blaine was some did not even know copperfield, and thoes who did went like, yeah he walked trough the wall of china! i have no idea how he did that thats just amazing! and that trick has been really exposed.
Another thing is i see people are afraid of doing some tricks becaus alot of people are doing it and its very popular, i mean how many copys of a trick do they sell? i have no idea but it cant be extrealy many and how many of thoes who buys it does go out and performe?
I was thinking about this and how big the chance is that you meet someone who knows the trick or have bought the dvd when i was thinking about my other hobie wich is to play golf, and golf is one of the most popular sports in the world, still i never meet someone who plays golf.
So what are your thoughts about this? this post is not about exposure its more about people geting held back becaus they think its a problem.
I have both seen magicians write on forums and talked to alot of magicians that are saying that they dont do some tricks becaus they are either to overexposed or sold on the big magic sites like Ellusionist or T11 becaus there are so many people doing it and knowing it and they just like to do things that are not so well known and i have been one of thoes people aswell. Its quit sad becaus there are so much good magic on these sites so i decided to go out and performe some of the most over exposed tricks there is on youtube/internet/tv and the reactions were just as good as with any other trick becaus people are just not intrested enough to remember how its done even if they have been shown how its done nor are they going to spend money on a magic dvd when they can get a movie or even 2 movies for the same price if they knew there were magic shops online.
After i performed my "over exposed" tricks i talked about some magic in general with them and almost none of them knew who criss angel or david blaine was some did not even know copperfield, and thoes who did went like, yeah he walked trough the wall of china! i have no idea how he did that thats just amazing! and that trick has been really exposed.
Another thing is i see people are afraid of doing some tricks becaus alot of people are doing it and its very popular, i mean how many copys of a trick do they sell? i have no idea but it cant be extrealy many and how many of thoes who buys it does go out and performe?
I was thinking about this and how big the chance is that you meet someone who knows the trick or have bought the dvd when i was thinking about my other hobie wich is to play golf, and golf is one of the most popular sports in the world, still i never meet someone who plays golf.
So what are your thoughts about this? this post is not about exposure its more about people geting held back becaus they think its a problem.
