This is a question I get from the curious a lot, and it’s a complicated answer. There are so many different ways to start performing tricks for your family and friends, including videos, books, and buying individual tricks. In my opinion, books are the best way to learn, but everyone is different and wants different things from this hobby, so I’ll discuss all of them.

I’m starting this blog to answer some of the most popular questions I get asked when performing magic for people. This question is the most common one, because there’s a lot of mystique around magic as a genre because of all of its secrecy.