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ImpromptuBoy Special user Toronto, Canada 898 Posts |
Hi everyone.
Those of you working in bars, how do you perform? Do you go to people individually or you just perform behind the counter and people just start gathering around you? I wanted to start doing bar magic, and I need to know how the stuff works. Thanks. Michael |
Pete Biro 1933 - 2018 18558 Posts |
Do you work at the bar? That would mean you are behind the bar. If a patron, it would vary, work for a few folks seated and/or standing or at the tables?
Do you want to do this for money or fun?
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ImpromptuBoy Special user Toronto, Canada 898 Posts |
Hi Pete. I want to do it for money and for the experience.
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Paul Jester Special user UK 759 Posts |
Are you a bartender?
Paul |
ImpromptuBoy Special user Toronto, Canada 898 Posts |
No, I'm not but I'd like to perform at a bar.
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paymerich Special user Norwalk, CT 546 Posts |
I am assuming you have checked out Doc Eason's Bar magic video series already ? If not run don't walk to this set of tapes/dvd , Doc imparts years of real world experience working behind a bar and performing magic.
Have a Magical Day!
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Pete Biro 1933 - 2018 18558 Posts |
You still have Not answered the questions. Please re-read and respond.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
You need to fill in a lot of variables before anyone can even really help you. If your a bartender then it is easy, bartenders regularly interupt conversations to ask if they want drinks. People have a relationship with them already and you can see if they are more or less receptive to seeing magic. Sitting or standing, or standing at tall tables, all of these things come into play and are likely at any bar situation. Find out the environment and the actual job description, then it is easiest to answer
Good Luck
Danny Doyle
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Michael Dustman Inner circle Columbus, Ohio 1220 Posts |
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On 2005-06-25 16:00, ImpromptuBoy wrote: If you want the experience that is a good thing. To make money, then that won't get you in the door. First and foremost, you are there to make money for the bar, not yourself. If you are the solo bartender that night, you will be paid an hourly wage and tips. If you are working with other bartenders, then your tips will be split evenly between everyone. The other bartenders don't take too kindly to you making off with all the tips. My recommendation is to study the Stevens Bar Magic DVD. I thought it was a great tape and was invaluable to me the 3 years I was a bartender. I would say the business side of magic and seeing how to interact with the crowd and bits of business is what is worth buying the tape for. There are actually only 6 or 7 explanations on the tape, and a lot of them are explanations of props you need to buy. For example, Scotty York's Color Changing Knives, TONTE by Ton Onaska which Bob Sheets shows a great handling to. Hydrostatic Glass, etc. I do have to say, that this tape prepared me more for life as a bartender than it taught me magic. If you are looking to learn some cool bar tricks, get the Eason, Spill, Wagner, or York Video series. If you are serious about performing behind a bar...get this DVD then. They all give invaluable information regarding what goes on when you are not performing. For the few hours you perform, they remind you that there is the chores of lugging buckets of ice to fill up the sinks, washing glasses in between bits, the hours before hand stocking the beer coolers, cutting plenty of fruit for the whole night, lugging kegs of beer around, balancing the cash register, doing the paperwork, etc. This is where I found the most information. I bartended and did magic at a Private Members Club for 3 years. Members could bring in guests for dinner, similar to the idea behind the Magic Castle. You couldn't get into the restaurant or bar without a member to escort you. I had a few certain effects that were my pet effects, and customers would always bring their friends in for me to show them. Some things to them never got old. For example, the bill in lemon, 2 times a night for 3 years. Remember again, first and foremost, when you pitch the idea to a bar, the idea is to serve drinks and make money for the bar. The first thing you might want to do, is take a course in bartending first. This increases the chances of why they should hire you. And take it from me, the few hours you are seen doing magic isn't your only job. You are cutting fruit, washing glasses, changing and lugging kegs, refilling the ice bins, and serving drinks. Sometimes, you are doing these all at the same time. Eric Mead tells how when glasses were getting backed up and needed washed, he would stop doing tricks and go along the bar asking everyone to tell a joke with the winner getting a free drink. This gave him 5 minutes to wash glasses. (Luckily for me, we had an automated glass washer behind the bar.) |
GlenD Inner circle LosAngeles, Ca 1293 Posts |
I think he just wants to perform for drunk people!
But I could be wrong.
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