Magic Business Podcast
Magic Business Podcast
The Magic Oracle Club
The Magic Business Podcasts share valuable tips to working entertainers and educates the next generation of performers by sharing stories of those who have succeeded. We interview the world's most accomplished and creative magicians to give you a multitude of achievement stories. These are not long-winded tomes of blah blah blah but rather concise, insightful and delightful wisdom about the business of making magic. We interview those with "names" as well as "under the radar" pros, all who have achieved extraordinary accomplishments. The goal of the Magical Business Podcasts is to present real-life experiences and some of the most guarded secrets to help you further your career in the magical arts.
Max Maven - The 7 Deadly Sins of Performing
In this exclusive episode, Magic Oracle listeners are privy to the very FIRST revelation of Max Maven's "7 Deadly Sins". This valuable information for Mentalists and Magicians can be tweaked for nearly any type of performance artist.
Mar 21, 2021
23 min
Bob Fitch - FIVE Things to (Immediately) Improve Your Show
Bob Fitch explains FIVE well-tested techniques that are easy to implement and have immediate results including how to remove stage fright, connecting to an audience, adding clarity to increase magic moments, enhancing first impressions, and removing useless cliches.
Mar 19, 2021
21 min
The Evasons - Secrets of Performing Internationally
Performing in over 35 countries with multiple passports, the Evasons share their international travel tips to ease the complexities of border crossings, work visas, vaccinations, respecting local customs, medications, and more.
Feb 24, 2021
25 min
Gaetan Bloom - Working at the Most Famous Nightclub in the World
Gaetan shares his secrets performing over 6,000 shows at the Famous Crazy Horse in Paris, working with an international audience, how the owner designed the show, tricks standing out on stage, and learning from the greats.
Feb 20, 2021
25 min
Kevin Heller - Conquering the Fair & Festival Market
Kevin Heller shares secrets of the summer fairs and festivals market including your #1 step, how you get hired, how much you can charge, marketing to this audience, and navigating the minefield.
Feb 17, 2021
21 min
The Wilcox - The Real Price of an Illusion Show
Rick and Susan discuss how to buy illusions, when to take corporate events, backstage assistants, the reason to compose custom music, when to hire lighting designers, and the importance of apprenticing.
Feb 14, 2021
26 min
Trent James - Go For It While You're Young
Trent details his path of starting with an act, performing anywhere, any time, for any pay, finding a mentor, working with agents, the business side of entertainment, and being ready.
Feb 11, 2021
23 min
Michael Close - Performing on Penn & Teller's "Fool Us"
As the magic consultant, Michael shares what it takes to perform on FOOL US: should you design a fooler, are card tricks good, who doesn't go live, massive stage logistics, how to be filmed, hiring a consultant, and improving your script.
Feb 8, 2021
25 min
Harrison Greenbaum - How to Unleash Your Magic Superpowers
As a comedian and magician, Harrison Greenbaum recommends only performing your own material (yes, it'll hurt!), developing tricks the right direction, the higher plains of audience reactions, being an original, developing your point of view, and oh yeah, DON'T do other magician's material!
Feb 6, 2021
25 min
Kevin James - Inner-Workings of a Creative Mind
Where do the ideas for the world's biggest illusions percolate? Kevin plays a mind game, discusses his perspective "seeing", how he handles negative thinking, the importance of a notebook, refining the final 2%, and hamster suits?
Feb 1, 2021
21 min
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