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solrak29 Special user NY Metro 936 Posts |
Love your material and have your DVD and book.....
What has your career path has been like? What your doing now? What would your recomend for us who may be following such a path? Perhaps (hind sight 20/20), what you would of done differntly? I see that you do quite a bit:
Which is an impressive list of accomplishments...that one could only hope to acheive...
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David Kaye V.I.P. New York City 131 Posts |
S- Thank you for the compliments.
that's a tough one to answer, but I will try. In my cover story in M.U.M I talked quite a bit about the career path of a kid show magician. What were the choices, etc. For a stage magician the path is clear: local hero, Reno, Vegas showroom. For close up magicians: local hero, big money, huge money. But what is the highest level a kid show magician can reach? More and more $300 shows? Hindsight is 20/20 and looking back here is what I see. I started full time in the late 1980s. By the 1990s I was big in NY. All thru the 90s I was the unstoppable. It seemed every kid in NY knew who is was. When I got a call from a parent who didn't know me (just responding from an ad), I would ask her if there were other parents who worked in her office. I would say to ask them about Silly Billy. It was amazing. All the other parents in the office would rave about me and I would get the gig. I had such penetration in the market, people just knew me. During that time I did all the celebrities kids, CEOs, royalty, was flown all over the world to perform my birthday party show for people who had heard about me. It was great. By the year 2000 I was getting a little burned out so I turned my attention to the magic community. I wrote my column in Magic, I wrote my book, lectured, conventions. That was roughly 2000-2010. And now as I ease into the next decade I feel it is time to create and release more tricks. I have had ideas for tricks and performed my own creations for years. I think it is time to share them with the magic community. So in my first decade I did shows, and learned a lot about performing. In my second decade, I taught what I had learned to others. In my third decade, I would like to affect the art by producing tricks and effects that I hope will be performed for years and around the world. Looking back that's what I see. But here is my advice and the lesson to learn: I always did what felt right at the time. When one primary focus began to feel stale, I moved to a different primary focus (within the same art form). Always ask yourself if it feels right. Are you happy? Are you fulfilled? Try to check yourself often so you don't fall into a rut. Do what makes you the happiest. That is huge! I have always followed that guide and I feel very fulfilled in my work.
David Kaye / Silly Billy
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