Comments from the Magic Cafe

It's very nice to feel appreciated and respected be your peers.

I posted some video clips recently to an Online Magic Newsgroup

Here were some of the comments:

WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFUL...I feel inspired...thanx for sharing...great stuff...

Great stuff, you have an eccentric character.

More fantastic stuff Tom. I liked how you got the crowd to respond like a chorus. I use something similar and it really helps to draw/unify/build the crowd. A real gem there!

Great show Tom. When I read you before that you really banged the cups, I had never seen it. But I have found myself banging the cups just about like that since I bought yours. They just seem to attract a beating. Nice. Very nice.


I liked the pace with which you worked. My natural tempo is a bit slower, but you certainly seemed comfortable working and talking at that speed.

I knew I recognized your voice; I have your Rings DVD! Good stuff.

Very Enjoyable and well done. Thanks for posting that. The good stuff just keeps coming! Man, Tom, you really do deliver!
Thanks for sharing that with us.

Tom, I like that you're talking loud without yelling at them. Well done!

and finally from Kyle in Philly a more detailed viewpoint


I just watched the video and I wanted to say that is was an excellent experience for me. Thank you for sharing that with us. I think what I enjoyed the most from watching it was that you really have a well defined character and you present this character so well to the audience that you could feel the audience react and relax with you by the middle of the routine.

There is a fun energy level you have, and the style of your speech seems to fit the character so nicely that it fits like a glove. It does not seem to be overstated or "out of character" so to speak.

I have seen so many perfomers try to be a character and personna that they simply are not nor can they convey it well. This just comes across to your audience as fake. To me, your character and speech and style seemed natural and without even knowing you, I felt myself liking not only the magic, but liking the performer. I think the audience related well to you because, by chance, they may feel that you really are just like them but only know some neat things you like to share with them.

I think that folks can learn so much from this video. Even taking away the great effect you show, they can still learn so much. You can really see the pyschology behind what it is you do and why you do it the way you do it. There really is a rhyme and reason for everything you are doing.

Even in the beginning, you successfully break down that invisible barrier that exists between performer and audience and let them know it is ok to come in closer. By stating to move closer and by getting them to interact with the oohs and ahhhhs really helps you to instantly break down that barrier and at the same time show the audience that it is ok to react to what they are about to see.

Thanks again. I really learned so much from this and I thank you for sharing your wisdom with me. Keep up the great work.