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Martin Breese interviews Topper Martyn about his life as variety performer doing magic, juggling, and playing the banjo. There are lots of wonderful stories and lessons from his life. Listen and enjoy.

Topper Martyn is doing and explaining a card trick, what is most difficult to do on a stage, about changing names, Milton Woodward, Think A Drink Hoffman, how to learn to juggle, Stetson, juggling on radio, circus, collecting, Frank Wondrous, Windmill theatre, lighting and music, serious advice, rehearsing versus practicing, etc.

[Note: This is an unedited version of the recording to preserve the little exchanges of Martin Breese with Topper Martyn. Consequently there is some duplication.]

The interview was conducted on September 16th 1977. First...

This is the final part of Martin Breese interviewing Topper Martyn. There are lots of wonderful stories and lessons from his life. Listen, enjoy, and learn.

Rehearsing versus practicing, Tambo & Tambo, final advice to jugglers, final word to magicians.

[Note: This is an unedited version of the recording to preserve the little exchanges of Martin Breese with Topper Martyn. Consequently there is some duplication.]

The interview was conducted on September 16th 1977. First released 2019. Length 12 minutes.

Martin Breese recorded this interview on September 16th 1977, but never released it. He passed on the reels to me with the instruction to release them whenever I wish. Topper Martyn was an extraordinary showman, magician, juggler and musician. Learn about his life and the lessons he learned.

Ken Brooke was known throughout the world of magic. He was a magic dealer who achieved such a reputation for reliability and quality that there are thousands of magicians throughout the world, amateur, and professional who bought almost every trick he produced. Visitors from every country in the world made a beeline for his studio within minutes of arriving in London because just to visit Ken Brooke was an experience not to be missed. In partnership with Frank Farrow, he built the Ken Brooke Magic Place into a magical institution second to none. Considered by many to be the greatest magical...

This is the story of Edwin, told in his own words and recorded by Martin Breese at the Supreme Magic Headquarters in Devon in the late 1970s.

Ian Adair, who provides a 10 min introduction before the interview with Edwin starts, wrote:

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from 19th April 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the name Corporal HMK - Henry M. Kraus, and the number 12039816. The guests are Jane Pickins, George McManus, and Ascotches Heather.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from May 3rd 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the name Ruth, and name Pat O'Faroll, and the address 4th Avenue 522. The guests are Rose Lombardo, John Roy Carlson, and Eddie Darling.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from June 14th 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the name Captain Jim Blair, the location Caroline Ireland, and the date 25th July. The guests are Dorothy Kilgallen, Shep Fields, and Joseph Auslander.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from July 5th 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the question "When did Frank leave?", the date April 3rd 1942, and the number 341. The guests are Irene Rich, Gene Cagny, and Charles Rebson.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from July 12th 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the number B88826856A, and the name Boyorgiel. The guests are Beatrice Fairfax, Donald Armstrong, and Charles T. Harris, Jr.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from August 2nd, 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the name Ted, and the words "Hello Bill!". The guests are L. C. Kovell, Ellis Read Hill, Jack Dempsey, and Miss Mary Small.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from August 8th, 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the name William J. Esau, the address West Lealand Avenue, and the number 2552. The guests are Mark Warnow, Frank Andrews, and Louis January.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Listen to a lot of practical advice from a pro who has learned from experience.

• Checking Up On Technique
• Coping With Nerves
• Dealing With Mistakes
• Developing A Performing Personality
• Magical Self Awareness
• Making The Most Of Practice

MP3 audio 43:41

The general theme with these audio messages is helping you to perform commercially more effectively.

• Approaching A Table
• Deciding How Long To Perform For
• Expecting The Unexpected
• Getting Great Table Reactions
• Using Patter Lines Sensitively
• Working Close Up Outside

MP3 audio 55:51

Learn about mix and mingle magic the easy way.

This 55-minute audiobook is perfect for listening to in the car or while jogging or at the gym. It contains a reading of the contents of the hugely useful information ebook entitled Going Walkabout, in which I explain exactly how I go about performing at informal mix and mingle events and how to make a success of working close-up magic at reception style events where the spectators are all standing or where there is, at best, only a very informal arrangement of seats, but no tables.

The 7 chapters included are as follows:

• Chapter 1 - Defining Going Walkabout ...

You wrote this professionally produced audiobook. That's right. No author is mentioned in the recording. The audiobook is called: "M A G I C - A   T R A N S F O R M A T I V E   A R T"

The file you will download is 23.9 MB. I keep it on my phone so it's easy to immediately send to potential customers. The audiobook is 12 minutes long, and narrated by a female voice, we felt it sounded better that way, more pleasing to the ear.

So what's the point?

• To excite your customers with a gift
• To get customer contact info
• To show you're an expert in the field of magic by mentioning you...

The Professional Worker Series - Volume 6

Sit back and relax as I read the complete contents of this fascinating e-book to you. It's a great way to absorb and enjoy the contents whether you are at home, in the garden, driving the car or exercising in the gym.

In this Learning From Experience Audio Book I look back over my 40 years of full-time professional experience and identify 20 key things about performing commercially for lay people that I wish I had known when I started.

Organising these into 20 key facts, I explain the lessons that I have learned in this rich period of experience...

Whit "Pop" Haydn is a decorated performer at The Magic Castle in Hollywood. His "expatriate con man and medicine show huckster from the early 20th century" character, "Pop", is beloved throughout the world and all its venues, be it festivals, private events or in the past, the streets.

Though he's always been a character, Whit Haydn decided to become a new manifestation of himself named Pop. Listen as I interview Pop and dig into such topics as...

• Is character important?
• The "Pop Haydn" backstory.
• What Billy McComb, one of Pop's mentors, said about character arc.
• Why character can become...

Christian Cagigal is a highly decorated performer who splits his time between New York and San Francisco. His one-man shows "Now and at the Hour" and "Obscura" (among others) have received critical acclaim. He's a theatre consultant as well as the owner of the "San Francisco Ghost Hunt" walking tour.

• Why he's never fully codified his creative process.
• The restrictions he has had to deal with from the beginning.
• Who inspired him? Where does he discover ideas?
• The elements that pushed him into "implicit magic."
• Why the coolest tricks aren't the best tricks for a show and why magicians...

David Regal is a television writer and producer (Carbonnaro Effect) by profession, with a background in live comedy. But you likely know his work in magic, either through the tricks he has created like "Sudden Deck", or the books he's authored such as Approaching Magic, or his own performances at the Magic Castle or on video.

• What his process entails for coming up with engaging presentations.
• The difference between inspiration and attendance.
• How television writing informs his magic.
• Why a magic secret is only a beginning.
• Why being original (or not) is a decision.
• The differences...

The first forty (1-40) episodes of my podcast Magic From Wherever I'm At.

These episodes contain the following nuggets:

• The two (2) things every performance must have (Episode 40).
• The one thing you cannot sacrifice in performance - This is the biggest factor that makes bad magic bad (Episode 39). 
• The "notes" I got on my show from another performer... and the one throw-away comment that actually mattered (Episode 38).
• An obvious mistake magicians make every day that a Chicago police officer even noticed (Episode 37). 
• The "silk scarf snafu." The misunderstanding a new street performer...

Episodes 41-80 of my podcast Magic From Wherever I'm At.

These episodes contain the following nuggets:

• This insidious force will bully, seduce, falsify, and distract you into remaining a trickster. It already has 99% of magicians in a death grip... will you ever escape? (Episode 41).
• Why most magicians, regardless of what they claim, are still, in reality, amateur magicians... and what to do about it today (Episode 42).
• How to finally discover your will, self-respect, and power as a magician (Episode 43).
• My tribute to Ricky Jay... a massive influence on my approach to magic (Episode...

Episodes 81-120 of my podcast Magic From Wherever I'm At.

These episodes contain the following nuggets:

• Why are you showing anyone your tricks and why should anyone care? Tune into The School of Wonder station WIIFM to find out (Episode 81)
• Tommy Wonder delves into "Palpatine Syndrome." Are you also afflicted by this trickster disease? Get a diagnosis (Episode 82)
• The "procedural process puzzlery" of most co-called magic performances... how to strengthen and move beyond "weak sauce" (Episode 83)
• The School of Wonder way to punch up your performances. Sage creative advice that can make your performances...

Episodes 121-159 of my podcast Magic From Wherever I'm At.

These episodes contain the following nuggets:

• What Eugene Burger thought almost every magician missed out on completely (Episode 121)
• One thing performers do all the time that results in their performances becoming trivial without them even knowing it (Episode 122)
• The one-sentence description my performer friend Joel gives that nails his "brand"... and how Eugene Burger did exactly the same thing (Episode 123)
• Does this time machine determine your magic sensibilities? An insight into how tricksterism begins, takes hold and...