BLOG OF AN ESCAMOTEUR

After the feedback to my post I made some important decisions for the further development of the Outlook Show Manager. I did a lot of preparations for future extensions and flexibility at this stage, to make further steps easier even if this work can not be seen yet at the surface of the application.
Now one [...]

To be honest I’m pretty lazy and undisciplined and always struggling with regular practising and even more with rehearsal.
I want to share a thought of my former teacher Alexander de Cova that helps motivating myself. He always said:
Practice Time is a gift you make to yourself!
Just think about it. Perhaps it will help to fight [...]

Just in case that you missed this here

From 6:39 on David Williamson is seen with a hand puppet looking like the professor.
Hilarious!
This Clip was published originally on the Blog of Hocus-Pocus

When I got the packet yesterday and I opened it I was stunned. This didn’t look like a normal magic DVD. Already the packaging is a piece of art and so are the other details.

Inside I found a hand signed and numbered DVD envelope and an introductory postcard written with homers very distinctive hand. Also [...]

I just watched this YouTube clip and it really makes me sort of uncomfortable.

Sure this development is amazing. And I fear that they are right that it will change our world but I don’t now if I should be happy about it.

Great that news spread faster than ever and everybody gets a journalist, but what [...]

Every time I read in an advertisement: “Packs small, plays BIG!!” I get sort of an allergic reaction. Sure, there is a difference between a torn & restored newspaper and a illusion, but I think there is more to it.
If I read this claim or I hear someone saying it, automatically I see the image [...]

THE DESIRE
I was working today on a new cut and restored rope routine for me. As I’m still pretty new to rope magic, I was looking for sources to get information. I have to admit that I underestimated the impact of rope magic on lay audiences completely. I always felt that it’s sort of old [...]

So, after quite a time I finished the first prototype of the first form of Artist’Organizer to enter the information of a “booking” or more general speaking of a business opportunity (BO):

(Please ignore the German menus)
This is my very first shot on what I data I want to enter for a new Business Opportunity. I [...]

This is a DVD from the series that captures most parts of the famous New York COIN Magic Seminar of David Roth, Dr. Micheal Rubinstein and Mike Gallo.
Mike Gallo
I’ve hadn’t seen this performer before and I am really enthusiastic about him. His style is very relaxed and casual, his methods are direct if not so [...]

I know, that his topic is discussed very controversial in the web. Here is my point of view which is also the politic of my blog:
I don’t think that exposure really hurt our art and these are my reasons for it:

How many people of our audience take really the effort to find a solution for [...]