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Category Archives: Resources
Magic Book Club
By Tom Interval Who doesn’t like a good book club? Well, probably a lot of people, actually. If you’re one of them, then you’ll be sad to know I’m starting one for magicians. Not an in-person book club, mind you, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Books, Resources
Tagged Books, Learning, magic, magic book club, magic books, Reading, videos
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Ex-Library Houdini Book: Connection to the Past
By Tom Interval Anyone who enjoys studying or writing about history and historical figures seeks to connect with the past and its people on some level. For me, that level is deeply personal, especially when it comes to magic, magicians, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Books, Famous Magicians, Harry Houdini, Harry Houdini, Houdini, Resources, Uncategorized
Tagged Books, connections, epstein, harryhoudini, houdini, humanity, libraries, library, library books, love, people, samuel epstein, the great houdini, williams
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Easy Cups and Balls Tutorial
By Tom Interval One of the oldest, if not the oldest, magic effects is the cups and balls. While some magicians still believe it dates back to around 2500 BCE—based on a simple painting on the wall of a burial … Continue reading
Posted in Cups and Balls, Learning, Lessons, Magic Classes, Multimedia, patreon, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, Services, Tricks, tutorials, Videos, Videos
Tagged cups & balls, Cups and Balls, instruction, instructors, interval magic, Learning, magic instructors, magic lessons, magic tricks, magicians, san diego, teaching, tom interval, tutorials, videos
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Shoelace Rope Trick Tutorial
By Tom Interval The first trick I ever learned was to tie my shoes. But I wasn’t very good at it, and the ends always got caught inside the loops, ultimately leading to knots that were impossible to untie. Fortunately, … Continue reading
Posted in crowdfunding, Multimedia, patreon, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, ropes, Tricks, tutorials, Videos, Videos
Tagged campus, classes, colleges, how to be a magician, how to do magic tricks, knot tricks, knots, Learning, learning magic, lessons, magic, magic tricks, rope tricks, ropes, san diego state university, sdsu, teachers, teaching, tutorials, universities
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Magnetic Attraction Card Trick Tutorial
By Tom Interval We magicians have enough card tricks under our belts to last us ten lifetimes, but it’s always fun to play with new effects even if we don’t need them. Although someone had to have thought of this … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, crowdfunding, Learning, Multimedia, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, Tricks, tutorials, Videos, Videos
Tagged card magic, card tricks, classes, lessons, magic, tutorials
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Say Stop Card Prediction Tutorial
By Tom Interval Usually when an audience member says “Stop!”, it’s not a good thing. Unless you’re doing the card trick I’m previewing in the following video (below). Someone stops you at any one of 52 cards. Example: jack of … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, crowdfunding, patreon, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, Tricks, tutorials, Videos
Tagged card magic, card tricks, classes, colleges, Learning, lessons, magicians, mental magic, mentalism, predictions, san diego, san diego state, sdsu, stop trick, tom interval, tominterval, tutorials, universities, university
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Ball Through Table Tutorial
By Tom Interval There are two indispensable magicians’ utility moves that will allow you to perform a countless number of tricks over the course of your magic career. Of course, many sleight-of-hand moves exist, but every beginning magician should start … Continue reading
Posted in balls, Lessons, Magic Classes, Multimedia, patreon, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, Rokfin, Services, Tricks, tutorials, Videos, Videos
Tagged ball through table, ball tricks, balls, finger palm, lapping, magic tricks, magicians, moves, penetrations, san diego, sleight of hand, sleights, utility moves
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