The Insider

Part 1 of a very interesting interview with Carisa Hendrix. This week, we talk about her start in performing. Aged 16, doing what she needed to do in order to pay rent. We then move on to the birth of Lucy Darling and Carisa's relationship with crowd work. Part 2 next Monday. 

The delightful Chris Power joins me to chat about Coins Through Silk, Vernon, Opus, Williamson and The Amateur Magician's Handbook. 

My guest today is a real worker. He has 20 years of experience, does 350 plus shows a year and performs regularly at the magic castle and has performed at the white house multiple times.

We talk about his convention, comedy, process, virtual shows, marketing and how to avoid burnout.  And I do an ad read that is timed so well, I even impressed myself!

Mike and I discuss The Long Island Mystics, Owen's, his constant refinement of tricks, why his tricks are all so long and there's a great story about Copperfield too.

I carry on my conversation with Doug Dyment. We touch on essential mentalism books, readings, magic squares and stacks. 

As promised, here's a link to Doug's site: https://www.deceptionary.com which is full of useful resources. 

Hello and welcome back to The Insider! Nice to be here. 

I think this episode is a rarity. It's the first of a 2-part interview with the amazing mentalist Doug Dyment. When I was researching him for the show, there's very little online to go on. He keeps himself to himself. So I hope you enjoy spending some time in his company. 

As promised in the show, here's a link to his site: https://www.deceptionary.com and here is the link to the questions to ask yourself about your character: https://www.deceptionary.com/performance.html

If you'd not noticed, we're also trying video of the show now, so the video of this will be on the VI blog and on our YouTube channel. Let me know if you like the video, or if you prefer just the audio. You can drop me a line at [email protected]

Here's a little treat for you. A throwback episode way back to the 4th show! We had Ben Seidman on then, and he was inspiring, funny and smart. 

Which is exactly what he will be on Wednesday January 6th when he shares his amazing virtual show "Camera Tricks" with hundreds of magicians around the world.

It's like a gala show at a convention, but you don't have to leave your home. 

Come join in the fun and get the best seat for the show vanishingincmagic.com/showtime

Michael and I continue our conversation from last week. 

In the first of a two-part episode, Michael Close and I talk about memdeck work, an incredible video from the 90s of him performing what clearly is the best card trick ever seen on TV, how to get on Fool Us, mistakes people make when applying to be on the show and the thing about the ring…

Links:

Demystifying The Memdeck - https://www.michaelclose.com/pages/demystifying-the-memdeck-targeted-training

Best card trick ever seen on television - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zYLyjFwagk

Garret Ring Situation explained in detail - https://www.patreon.com/posts/43691718

Ever wondered what Andi's first magic book was?

What Josh's favorite book that VI published is?

What George thinks is the most challenging book to produce was?

All this and more will be answered in this episode. 

Sorry about George and Joshua's audio. I tidied it up as best I could.