Trade Show Entertainment By: Kim Michael Wist | - Trade shows offer a different but very interesting venue for various entertainment artists. Because people move around and performances are very seldom arranged at specific times, a performers main job is usually to attract and keep customers by the stand.
Finding The Flow On Stage By: Kim Michael Wist | - What actually goes on between the audience and a performer? Why are some performers so good and others dont seem to touch their audience at all? What is the magic formula of a good artist? Is there something like a bad audience, or is everything on the performer?
These are important questions for any performing artist and I think everybody who goes on stage in front of people has to have a basic understanding about this. I am a professional magician myself and I will revea ... Tags:Stand up, magic show, stage magic, learn magic, taikuri, Kim Wist, magician, performance, learning to perform, stage magic, magic on stage, close up magic
Winning Stage Fright By: Kim Michael Wist | - As a professional performer with 15 years of experience on stage in all kinds of circumstances stand up, close up, big and small stages etc - and having experienced all kinds of stage frights and anxieties, I feel it is important to talk about this issue and shed some light on it.
If you picture yourself alone on the stage trying to entertain hundred people, does this image frighten you? Do you have butterflies in your stomach on Monday when you know you have a demanding gig on F ... Tags:Stage fright, fear, stage fear, anxiety, stage anxiety, magic, taikuri, Kim Wist, magician, magician Kim Wist, performance, learn to perform, stand up, stage magi
Finding The Funny Zone In Comedy By: Kim Michael Wist | - This article concentrates on helping performers take the necessary steps towards professionalism and also helps comedians finding their zone. It applies to every kind of comedy; stand-up comedy, theatre and other performance arts where comedy is used.
I am a magician myself, but I perform magic mixed with comedy. I have been a professional performer for 15 years, so I have some understanding of what Im talking about. Comedy is a universal language, everybody respond to it and laug ... Tags:magic, magic show, magic trick, learn magic, taikuri, Kim Wist, magician, magician, stand-up comedy, performance, learning to perform, stand up, stage magic, mag
Learning Entertainment Arts In Modern World By: Kim Michael Wist | - No matter how the world advances, skill will always be highly respected. I am a magician by profession and it is an art form that requires lots of skill and practice. If we look at a great stand up artist on stage, everything looks so simple, his just being himself and enjoys his time on stage and entertains his audience, but I can assure it wasnt always like that.
What Makes A Good Entertainer By: Kim Michael Wist | - I'm a professional magician from Finland. Finland is a rather small country, and we have only about 10 professionals who make their living performing magic.
Despite this above mentioned fact, I do around 150 gigs per year, and that is about as much as I can handle. I have been around the world in many magic conventions and seen a lot of good performers and sleight of hand artists, but the big question remains; why do some make a living performing this art, and others don't.
Getting Work As An Entertainer By: Kim Michael Wist | - If you have entertainer's blood running in your veins and you know you have to get in front of people and perform, it is very important to get work and find places to perform to satisfy this inner urge. Many times it can happen that a skillful and gifted performer has no work. This is sad but true especially now-a days when times are economically difficult. Performing in front of other people is not for everybody, and for those who have it inside their system, it is very important to find way ... Tags:magic, magic show, magic trick, learn magic, taikuri, taikurit, Kim Wist, magician, magician Kim Wist, performance, learning to perform, going stand up, stage
Performing Magic For Living In The Modern World By: Kim Michael Wist | - Being a professional magician or entertainer is very demanding in the modern world. With TV, Internet especially You Tube and all the media available, modern people are so used to see quality entertainment, that if you cannot perform and do something very special and unique, your chances to become recognized in the media and among agents are becoming smaller all the time.
Stand Up Magic And Comedy By: Kim Michael Wist | - Funny how these days stand up is associated mostly with comedy. Maybe it's natural in a sense that stand up comedy has made a major break trough in this new millennium. The word originally means performing for an audience standing up, in front of the audience. It could be a big or small group; the performance is done standing in front of them.
In this way, all performing arts that meet those qualifications are stand up performances. And this is what the word originally means.
There are a lot of people out there making a lot of money using Adsense - however most of them are not telling their secrets - well not for free anyway.
I am going to assume a few things in this article to cut down the amount of introductory comments I have to make. Here is what I am assuming:
1. You have a blog/website. Most of the following tips will apply to other types of websites also.
In all games that we play, mind control is the most important factor between failure and victory.
A chess player looses a winning game because he lost his nerves at one point and was not able to focus on the game anymore, then he suddenly makes a fatal error and the game is over.
We all dream of hitting the ball straight and far, landing softly on the green and rolling towards the hole, walk up to the ball, make the putt and move to the next tee
In our dreams golf is simple and easy, no hassle, no looking after lost balls, no feeling of embarrassment, we are just mastering the art of golf, we have a good golf swing and we are in control of our mind.
Its very tempting to read all the ads about people making thousands of $$$ per month, and in these ads, it is usually promised to happen quickly and seemingly without any other effort than buying the particular product, i.e. e-book, video or whatever. Then just few simple steps and you are ready
