321: Turning the Table on Scott Wells

This week we learn more about Scott Wells, the host of The Magic Word. In response to listenerswho have asked, "who is this guy?", the mystery is uncovered. Scott's friend and colleague, Jamie Salinas, hosts this episode and asks the questions that many want to know on Scott's background and what makes him qualified to produce this podcast and how he knows so many magicians.

More than a friend, Scott is a colleague who is a professional magician who has personally known and/or worked with many of those being interviewed. Also, he has shared experiences in the many performing venues as the guests on the podcast.

This is a little embarrassing to talks about myself for so long. I hope that those of you who are interested will enjoy it while most others will overlook this and move on to the more interesting chats in the Archives. I thank you for listening and subscribing to The Magic Word Podcast. If you enjoy it, then please subscribe and share the links with your friends. Also, you can follow me on Instagram at #ScottWellsMagic and Twitter @MagicWordPod and Like us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/themagicwordpodcast

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Thank you to the many people who responded and entered the contest, but only three lucky winner's names were drawn. Congratulations to David Kubiak, Orlando Ferrer, and Jon Barr.  For those who are interested in receiving a copy, I will run a s… — Thank you to the many people who responded and entered the contest, but only three lucky winner's names were drawn. Congratulations to David Kubiak, Orlando Ferrer, and Jon Barr. For those who are interested in receiving a copy, I will run a special through the end of September 2016 where you can buy a set of lecture notes at 25% off the regular price. For a limited time, you can buy a copy for only $15.00. This is a digital, immediate download of my PDF lecture notes. Please order through this link: http://themagicwordpodcast.com/shop/ and click on the link to "Alternate Streams of Revenue in Magic"

317: Day 1 - TAOM 2016

Friday, September 2

10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Registration - Ballroom Foyer
10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. - Dealers Room Open - Beachcomber
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Harry Allen Lecture - Kokomos
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - David Hira Lecture - Kokomos
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Board Meeting - Kokomos
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Stage Contest and Show with Trigg Watcon and Stuart McDonald hosted by David Hira - Ballroom
9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. - Fantastic Fun Game Show - Ballroom
10:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Stuart McDonald Lecture/Workshop

Time Stamps for this podcast

00:00:13 - Marshall Peterson, owner of H&R Magic Books, talks about the many conventions he has attended as a magic dealer plus what it's like to pack and travel with all the books across the country. He brings us up to date with some of the newest book titles out this year. Marshall also offers a special deal for The Magic Word Podcast listeners: Use the code word "The Magic Word Podcast" and receive a 15% discount on any H&R Magic Books titles (search the website for all of these titles) now through Sunday September 11, 2016.

00:08:01 - 2016 T.A.O.M. President, Judy Donaldson, tells us what is in store for registrants at this year's convention. It is not too late to hurry down to Corpus Christi and register for the rest of this convention.

00:14:20 - John Dahlinger will compete in the senior division of close-up this year. He talks about his road to the competition with advice for others to learn who want to compete in magic convention contests.

00:19:27 - David Hira lectured for us this afternoon and will be a featured lecturer in November for Penguin Magic. He talks about the new Penguin Lecture format. David was listed as one of the top magic lecturers as voted by readers of MAGIC Magazine.

00:31:00 - Jamie Salinas recaps the evening stage contest show "bookended" by Trigg Watson and Stuart McDonald plus the game show. And as we were ending the chat, C.J. Johnson walked by who produced "Survey Says" game show.

Come to Corpus Christi, Texas TODAY and register at the convention to enjoy all the rest of the activities.

294: Jamie Salinas - Half Halloween

Well, we appear to have been off by about a month because we thought May 31st was the halfway point between last Halloween and the next one. But nevertheless, now is the time to work on and start promoting your Halloween services. And what services might those be? Well, it's a perfect time to talk with the things that go "bump in the night". You may not be a mystery entertainer, a bizarrist, or a psychic, but I'll bet that even if you don't utilize any of our suggestions, at least you will be better equipped to know what is "out there".

Jamie Salinas is an award winning Houston, Texas, area magician who has been a business partner of mine for many years. As "Top Talent Productions" and following the closure of The Magic Island, we used to produce magic shows in a five star hotel in downtown Houston featuring magicians from across the country. But during the month of October for the past eight years, we have produced seances in an old downtown bar (established in 1847) that is said to be haunted. During our chat, we often refer to a mini lecture we gave a couple years ago and posted in a September 2014 podcast which you can find here. We also talk about our set of PDF Lecture Notes (Creating the Paranormal Experience) which you can order for ten bucks here on The Magic Word by clicking here.under Scott Wells Lecture Items. Or you could win one of two sets that will be given away in the contest. Just fill in the form at the bottom of this blog to register to win.

We also refer to a couple of resources we have used and recommend: Lebanon Circle is here. and Outlaw Effects is here. The podcast referred to in the podcast with the ghost hunting video video at the Ott Hotel in Liberty, Texas is Here. The podcast recorded from there is Here. To learn more about our seance in Houston, please visit: HoustonSeance.com

Attendees provide comments for Houston Seance.

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Time stamps for the product reviews this week:

00:46:49 - "Safe Bet" by Pablo Amira

00:49:15 - "Re5" by Kelvin Trinh

00:52:01 "TiTanic" by Zolo

Congratulations to Magister Freud and Daniel Norat who each won a copy of the e-Book, "Creating the Paranormal Experience", by Jamie Salinas and Scott Wells. If you would like to purchase a copy of the PDF file for just $10, then click on the graphi… — Congratulations to Magister Freud and Daniel Norat who each won a copy of the e-Book, "Creating the Paranormal Experience", by Jamie Salinas and Scott Wells. If you would like to purchase a copy of the PDF file for just $10, then click on the graphic above for more information.