Out of copyright books are a great start - the classics are called classics for a reason. You have many options readily available to you with books, as others have mentioned above in this thread. After reading that, I never quite looked at cards the same way (find one of his books and you won't either). The second was when I purchased my first book by a magician named Paul Harris. The first was seeing the owner of a magic shop give a superb demo of an old packet trick called color monte. When I was young, I disliked card tricks, preferring close-up magic with other objects and only doing one or two card tricks. Take Care.įirst off - Card tricks are a great place to start.
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Mary has a good point on Mark Wilsons book as well, but honestly I didn't read that book until I was already working as a full time magician, but I will say that it is packed full of really good stuff as well. I've always found the best magic in books as it really makes you think and reach deep to pull out your own creativeness and originality more so than the latest gaff or video could, or at least it did for me. I would also suggest Pure Effect by Derren Brown as well as the Fitzkee Trilogy.
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Those books are loaded with GEMS that can get any performer well on his way to a Professional repertoire. Bobo, and 3)Tarbells Course in Magic Volume 7. I would suggest those same books to you, 1) Expert at the Card Table by S.W.
If I could do it all over again, I would have loved to start with those books, as they are responsible for me breaking into Semi-Professional and soon into Professional Magic. There, I only purchased books, which is where the Real Work started. It wasn't until '97 that I was turned on to even more quality magic literature, (when I moved to Las Vegas) at Magic Masters in Caesars Palace. I watched them and learned them and honed my skills, but still felt limited. and Michael Ammar's Easy Card Miracles series. I practiced and practiced and soon found a bigger shop where I was introduced to I.T.R. Wasn't until around '92 that I found my first magic shop, ( which was very small) where I bought a Svengali deck, an invisible deck and scotch and soda. I had no knowledge of Magic Shops or Magic Clubs, but just made up my own stuff from limited ideas I found in the school library, (which was very limited in the late 70's and early 80's). I started at age 5 just reading books from school library. Welcome Itznick! I can share with you my experience of when I first got into magic.