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Jay Sankey wrote:"How do you prepare for a show?"
That's a question I get asked A LOT by students and fans. Before a show, I always warm-up my hands by running through a series of sleights and flourishes.
And if I want to try some new tricks, I'll rehearse them, and write down key lines of script. (I find writing them, always helps me memorize them.)
But what I find especially helpful, is focusing on some of the guiding ideas behind my personal performance philosophy...
1.Keep your show as REAL as you can.
2.Dare to share yourself (not just your tricks.)
3.Encourage other people to share themselves too.
4.Be 'playful' (in whatever way feels right for you.)
5.Make the show 'about' them. Or 'about' you AND them. (But absolutely not just about yourself.)
6.Experiment. Try new tricks, presentations, even tones and styles.
7.Be brave. Don't let a few nerves restrict your amazing potential.
8.Keep in mind, if you're not making mistakes, you're not growing.
9.Don't just perform. RESPOND!
As important as it is to keep practising your magic, it's also essential to keep THINKING ABOUT IT.
And remember, the tricks are just instruments. Tools. It's what you DO with them that really matters.
I wish you the best of luck. Keep exploring!
There are MILLIONS of people browsing Facebook every day.
Some of those people have events, right?
However it's a total pain in the *rse trying to figure out how to turn your Facebook Page in to a significant point of enquiry.
I've spent the past 5-6 years making tiny little tweaks to my Facebook Pages to see if I can actually start taking gig enquiries through them and I figured something out...
I've figured it out...
There are 19 tiny elements to getting it right. And screwing with any one of them throws your gig enquiries down the toilet.
I have a 19-point check list, a 'Blueprint' if you will, that I insist my designers follow to the letter when working on my Facebook Pages to ensure their effectiveness...
And I'm Giving It Away...
And if you'd like it, it's yours at no cost.
I took the liberty of typing it up neatly and having my designer lay it out all pretty too... just go download it here:
http://mentalunderground.com/facebook
I hope you enjoy my Entertainer's Facebook Page Blueprint
Ken Dyne
Founder, Entrepreneur Performer's Inner Circle
w. http://www.mentalunderground.com/epic
e. support@kennedysoffice.com
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