Daniel Tyler – Magic by Theory (Second Edition)

Description

As the title suggests, this is a pure work about theory, but not old and dusty thoughts, instead a fresh and new look by Daniel Tyler. Certainly you will find topics which are as old as magic, such as ‘the merit of gimmicks’ and ‘misdirection’, but you will also find a chapter dealing with ‘where to shop’, which is up-to-date and includes places on the internet. This chapter alone can save you a multiple of the price of this ebook. Or what about ‘getting the girl’ or ‘how to admire Blaine, but be yourself’ – all topics that Daniel discusses. You might be shocked to hear that Daniel is just eighteen years old. If he wouldn’t mention this fact in his introduction you would expect the author to be about twice as old. His thoughts and comments are very well presented and argued. You will learn something new. Don’t pass this very readable ebook up.

2nd edition, 2004.

INTRODUCTIONPART ONE: THE MAGICIAN’S TRANSITIONFIRST SHIFT IN THINKINGMAKING IT COUNTFINDING YOUR STYLEHOW TO ADMIRE BLAINE, BUT BE YOURSELFTHE MERIT OF GIMMICKSFLOURISHESPART TWO: THE UNDERLYING SKILLSWHERE TO SHOPPRACTICINGROUTININGROUTINING IICREATING MAGICPART THREE: ALL ABOUT LAYMENTHE SPECTATORSSWITCHING GEARSGETTING THE GIRLDEALING WITH HECKLERSPART FOUR: THE PERFORMING ARTPATTERIMPROVISATIONMISDIRECTIONANTICIPATIONALL ABOUT HUMORPART FIVE: IN THE FIELDGETTING YOURSELF PAIDCOOLING THE NERVESTHE PUBLIC APPROACHCLOSING THOUGHTS