WOW

Well the last few days have been just total sweetness in my eyes. My career is taken off. This last week I started working more comedy clubs here in the St Louis area. I was thinking today that I the kind of magic I do (close up restaurant work, Comedy Clubs) could not be further away from each other. I love it. It keeps me on my feet and is never boring for me. For me that is true but for a lot of magicians it is not so. I have seen a lot of magicians just going thru there effects like is the 1000 time they have done it. There is no real love for what they do they make it seem like a job. To me what I do is not a job it is my life and I love it. I want you to think of what you do as the same thing. Whatever it is you do, do it like you love it. Most of the most successful people I know love what they do because it is not a job. So put a smile on your face and do it to the best you can. Have fun with it. One more thing do not take yourself to seriously. Once you do life starts to go that way for you but life is suppose to be fun and fulfilling so go for it and take life by the horns.

Where did it go?

Where did what go? The magic of yesterday. It is getting harder an harder to see good magic anymore. To many people want to see magic like Criss Angel or David Blaine but people forget that with out Thurston, Houdini,Kellarand etc none of that would be albe to be.

Here at the Magic center we are all about talking about the good old days of magic. Do not get me wrong. I am not saying that today's magic is not good it is just I feel that somewhere we have forgotten what the true art of magic is all about.

Ever since the two words Street Magic came together that is all people talk about. Let Blaine do the street magic and everyone else do something different.That is where I wanted to get to . When you look back at the old days of magic they all wanted to be different. To a point. But it seems like today everyone is the same. I perform at comedy clubs and all stand up comedians are the same. That is why I work them because they want something different. So think about it. How can you make your magic diferent then anyone else out there.

WHat Is Mac King Up To?

This just in from Itricks.com. According to Robin Leach, Mac King has teamed with AOL’s youth imprint KOL to provide them with minute long videos teaching tricks like Goldfish Gourmet, String Together and Super-slick Card. Mac’s goofy style and trademark “howdy” greeting should be a great fit for the plugged in youth of America and abroad.
No word on when they will be up or how they will be presented just yet, but it follows a similar deal that Lance Burton recently made with Cox Communications, where the magician explains to viewers the features their DVR remote controls with his trademark flourishes and showmanship.
It seems like short-form magic videos by strip veterans are all the rage these days.

I think it is great to see Magicians doing things like this. To me it helps the magic community and gives it a postive image. You go Mac King & Lance.

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My name is Matthew Hampel. I am a full time magician. Everything about me is magic. Performing magic is something that I just love to do. This blog will be about what is going on in the magic world, or how I see magic today. I am really looking forward to starting this blog. I will try to update it at least once a week or more. You can also check me out on myspace.com

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