Tip #3 Buying new tricks

When you are doing magic you will notice several things change. The one i am going to talk about today is tricks. When new tricks come out they might look amazing but think about it this way. Why buy a trick that does not suit the way you perform. The best thing to do before you buy a trick is think about yourself actually performing the trick. If it is easy to picture than the trick is probably fine for you to purchase. If you picture your self on the street performing the trick when you typically perform on stage or vise versa than the trick is probably going to end up being a waste of money. Another thing is don't buy too many tricks. This is more of a problem with beginners than more professionals but it is still worth talking about. It is better to have three or four good tricks mastered than to have fifteen great tricks barely known. If you have a few tricks mastered than when you go to perform these tricks you know exactly what to say and do. If you perform a trick you barely know than your trick will not be as good as it could be. You are more likely to mess up if you do a bunch of tricks that you barely know. You do not want to be remembered as the magician that messed up. Once you master a few then you can go back to step one and get some new tricks and master those. Repeat this process and before you know it you will have a killer arsenal of tricks at your disposal and be comfortable to perform any of them at any given time.