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ROBERT BLAKE Inner circle 1472 Posts |
MICHEAL Ammar said:"everybody needs a place to be bad". for him it was the old people homes for others it is the street.
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
Ha! Bob! Mark Leddy (booking agent and talent "coordinator" for the old Ed Sullican Show) said (40 + years ago)::: "There's no place left to be lousy in!" Hee Hee
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patrick flanagan Inner circle lisle, illinois 1045 Posts |
This spring (if it ever gets here in the Midwest) will be my first attempt at busking. I've been performing for many, many years. But being hired to do a show and street performing are 2 different beasts. I'm excited, nervous, scared all at the same time. But, I figure....what's the worst thing that can happen? If I suck, people will just walk away...odds are they won't kill me. So, all in all, that's not so bad. I have a complete set worked out and rehearsed. I'm just waiting to see how long it will take for me to be thinking...."ok this routine doesn't work here....this line is flat....I need more scripting here.....lol. probably will happen just after the first gathering...lol.
oh well, I'm hoping to get out in 2-3 weeks....so I will report back and let you know how much I sucked....lol. patrick |
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
Hey Robert! Think POSITIVE!
Yes! a club date is a 'different beast'. But, if you understand that, you're already half way there! Yes, you may get a "fleeing ovation". But, they wont tar & feather you!!! Gene Anderson (T&R Newspaper) when he was starting out, would audio tape EVERY SHOW. On his way home, he would listen to audience reactions (while the whole show was fresh in his mind). Later, he would make notes of every response and every laugh. Tapes don't lie! He was "ruthless" in critiquing his own show. Every show got better. (It wasn't that bad in the first place! Even better, if you have a friend with a video camera, there's nothing like seeing yourself! Think positive thoughts!
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
OOOPS~ I meant Patrick (as in Flanagan)!
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
OOOPS~ I meant Patrick (as in Flanagan)!
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SD Houston New user Billings, MT 61 Posts |
Hmmm, video. When I try hitting the street this summer, I may have to find a friend to come along with a camcorder my first time or two around. Thanks, Dick!
The art of anything is taking the time to learn everything
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Eric Evans Special user Rio Grande 668 Posts |
Mario said something that interested me because I was much the same way. Something about having a hard head. I think there are many performers who share that quality. It takes us awhile to figure it out, and as a result we have to become inured to the pain of failure. Of course there are successes, that's what keep us going, striving to overcome our own limitations. But we keep going, stalking that perfect show.
Personally I don't care if someone wants to sit at home for a year or more, preparing themselves for the street. As long as their hopes aren't inflated by their own estimation of their pure skill. I do think it better if they get out there with three tricks they know cold and do what they can as soon as possible. No expectations, just for recon if nothing else. With the simple aim of learning something. For as Robert mentioned, otherwise there are few other places to be bad. |
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SD Houston New user Billings, MT 61 Posts |
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Personally I don't care if someone wants to sit at home for a year or more, preparing themselves for the street. As long as their hopes aren't inflated by their own estimation of their pure skill. I do think it better if they get out there with three tricks they know cold and do what they can as soon as possible. No expectations, just for recon if nothing else. With the simple aim of learning something. For as Robert mentioned, otherwise there are few other places to be bad. This is a problem I've had on many occasions. I start trying to learn something, then find myself spending too much time 'studying' and not enough time 'doing', ultimately ending in dismal failure. This is a habit I'm working hard on breaking, as I refuse to let my magic suffer the same fate. I've given myself a hard goal of 2 months to get a few tricks down and take downtown this summmer.
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Arkadia Special user Sweden, Sundsvall 866 Posts |
You all ready know the tricks...
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Mario Morris Inner circle Mario Morris 2044 Posts |
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On Apr 14, 2014, Mario Morris wrote: Reading ove my post I realise I made a typing error! The closing of the above sentence was meant to read ".......so I apologize!......." Mario |
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
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On Apr 20, 2014, SD Houston wrote: Hey SD! Well said! I remember a friend who managed a small factory that manufactured amall parts for the automotive industry. George invited me to tour the factory and see the operation. We walked through the "Research & Development" department first, and saw "on the drawing boards" new concepts being "researched & developed". Then, on to the "Production" department where men actually PRODUCED the small parts. I was fascinated. Then George said something that really hit me. He said, referring to "R&D" department: "Those guys are constantly and continually working to improve what we produce. But, 'every so often' we need to rip those plans off the drawing boards, and use those plans to PRODUCE something! We only make money on what we PRODUCE!" Too often, magicians (especially "new" magicians) get so fascinated with the MOVES they are learning, and trying to improve their performance of those MOVES,that their SHOW stays on the "drawing boards". ONCE THEY HAVE THE "BASICS" DOWN, they should go out and do a few shows. (There are alway worthy groups that have no funds to hire a performer, but they can provide a "place to he lousy in". Sophocles said it a few millenia ago: "One learns by DOING the thing!" Yes, mistakes will be made, but they need to "try their wings". Fritz Kreisler,musician, was asked, "What was your best concert?" He replied, "My NEXT one!" When I look back at my first shows, I cringe! But, I had the strong desire to improve. --and I think that I did. When I was 16, I did a show for a local lodge "ladies night". A member had a "new machine" that could record (audio)my act on a 12" record. He did. I listened to it later, and made some notes! I worked to improve. It took awhile, and a lot more shows. Eventually (through study, practice, TRIAL & ERROR) I was able to "get" an agent, and that was a 'turning point'. Every now and then, I dig out that record, and listen! (It knocks my ego down a peg! It reminds me that, even though I am retired, I must continue to study and practice,etc., because: WHEN YOU ARE THROUGH LEARNING--YOU'RE THROUGH! I stil believe that "There aint no shallow end in this pool. You had better be able to swim before you jump in. But, you don't need to be a gold medal Olympic swimmer. Magicians "suffer" from lack of "direction". Other artists, musicians/actots, especially, work with directors. Magicians, generally, are their own directors. --especially those who "do" magic as a hobby. I mentioned in a post above, Gene Anderson's "method". If more magicians did that, we would see better magicians! I could probably continue this for ten more pages (Egad!) but, I think I've made my point for now.
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SD Houston New user Billings, MT 61 Posts |
Thanks, Dick! Definitely a good way to look at things!
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KC Cameron Inner circle Raleigh, North Carolina 1944 Posts |
Well put Dick.
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
As Robert Orben once said..."Im a man of a few words! --but, I keep repeating them!" Hee Hee
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