It's all coming back to me now...
So I have been struggling all summer with the show, I was thinking I could just tell people the magic show was at 9:00 and pump out one big show a night. After about the 3rd little show, I realized that wasn't going to work - I just can't say 'no' when someone wants to see magic.
The whole thing with the business license inspector has had my head all backwards, I was talking to "Larry the Karaoke Guy" and he asked me how business was? It was the first time in five years I've ever heard him refer to what I did as "business" which shows just what the City has done to us, they are trying to change the way we think about what we do. I reminded him that I'm not in business and mentioned that I filed an appeal with the Council on that issue.
So now that my appeal is filed I can focus more on what I should be doing, my show. Tonight I felt was the first night I really nailed it. I've reduced the show to only three tricks, two of which are of my own design. I've been starting with Mis-led for it's strong ability to pull people in closer, my new and improved linking ring routine, and closing with my Sword-and-Rope. After the show, I hand out balloon swords for all the kids - which works well after I've done a sword trick.
Overall, it's been short fast and people seem to enjoy it. I am going to consider taking Mis-Led out of the act and then have a show where every trick is of my own creation. I just need one more trick to do that successfully. I dunnu, still thinking.
Now to the topic you actually care about ... video? Yes, we are filming this summer - in fact we have a brand new camcorder that films straight to DVD! That means higher quality, that means better audio, than means no more crappy analog VHS-C rips! But we have been short on time, and really haven't even watched what footage we have taken. Basically, we are filming one hour a night and will eventually go through it all and release some videos for everyone to enjoy! :)
-JoeJoe
The whole thing with the business license inspector has had my head all backwards, I was talking to "Larry the Karaoke Guy" and he asked me how business was? It was the first time in five years I've ever heard him refer to what I did as "business" which shows just what the City has done to us, they are trying to change the way we think about what we do. I reminded him that I'm not in business and mentioned that I filed an appeal with the Council on that issue.
So now that my appeal is filed I can focus more on what I should be doing, my show. Tonight I felt was the first night I really nailed it. I've reduced the show to only three tricks, two of which are of my own design. I've been starting with Mis-led for it's strong ability to pull people in closer, my new and improved linking ring routine, and closing with my Sword-and-Rope. After the show, I hand out balloon swords for all the kids - which works well after I've done a sword trick.
Overall, it's been short fast and people seem to enjoy it. I am going to consider taking Mis-Led out of the act and then have a show where every trick is of my own creation. I just need one more trick to do that successfully. I dunnu, still thinking.
Now to the topic you actually care about ... video? Yes, we are filming this summer - in fact we have a brand new camcorder that films straight to DVD! That means higher quality, that means better audio, than means no more crappy analog VHS-C rips! But we have been short on time, and really haven't even watched what footage we have taken. Basically, we are filming one hour a night and will eventually go through it all and release some videos for everyone to enjoy! :)
-JoeJoe
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