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This blog details the "backstage business" of professional illusionist, illusion designer, author & show producer, J C Sum.
It also explores how creative & artistic individuals can position themselves to be commercially successful in their respective fields.
Whether you are an entertainer, film-maker, designer, musician, artist, actor or animator, this blog strives to offer insights based on the art, science and business of one of Asia’s most commercially successful practitioners of the magic arts.
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Tag Archives: Singapore illusionists
Choosing Your First Grand Illusion for the Modern Illusionist
In Nov 2012, Ning & I completed a 5-week 21-city “3 Sides of Magic” lecture tour in France, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany. We also had the pleasure of being invited to tape a second appearance at the world-famous television … Continue reading
Posted in Show Production
Tagged 'Magic Babe' Ning, Asia Illusionists, Asia Magicians, Broom Suspension, Female Magician, International Illusionists, JC Sum, Learn Magic, Levitation, Sawing in Half, Singapore illusionists, Singapore Magician, stage illusionist, stage illusions, Substitution Trunk
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Ultimate Illusion Collection: The Vault Edition Ships Out Tomorrow!
The Ultimate Illusion Collection: The Vault Edition is printed and orders will be shipped out tomorrow. I know there are a few magicians who ordered this months ago but waited for this updated, expanded and improved edition. Trust me, the … Continue reading
Posted in Illusions, Books, Products
Tagged 'Magic Babe' Ning, Asia Illusionist, Asia Illusionists, Asia Magic, Asia Magicians, Illusion Designer, illusion designs, Illusion Plans, illusion store, Illusionist, Illusionists, Illusions for magicians, JC Sum, Magic Boutique, Original Illusions, Singapore Illusionist, Singapore illusionists, Singapore Magic, Singapore Magic Shop, Ultimate Illusion Collection
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Ultimate Illusion Collection The Vault Edition
Introducing the ultimate collection of professional illusions for the modern performer! I’m really proud of this collection of work that has been 100% reformatted and updated into a two-volume set. It is a definitive tome of my contributions to illusion literature … Continue reading
Posted in Illusions, Books, Products
Tagged 'Magic Babe' Ning, Asia Illusionist, Asia Illusionists, Asia Magic, Asia Magicians, Illusion Designer, illusion designs, Illusion Plans, illusion store, Illusionist, Illusionists, Illusions for magicians, JC Sum, Magic Boutique, Original Illusions, Singapore Illusionist, Singapore illusionists, Singapore Magic, Singapore Magic Shop, Ultimate Illusion Collection
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Filming in Tokyo, Japan for ItteQ!
If you read my previous entry here, you knew that we filmed for a couple of days for a Japanese variety TV show in Singapore. The show entitled “Itte-Q!” is one of the most popular variety shows in Japan and our episode … Continue reading
Posted in Behind The Scenes, Television
Tagged 'Magic Babe' Ning, Asia Illusionist, Asia Illusionists, Asia Magic, Asia Magicians, Degawa Tetsurō, Dewi Sukarno, Itte-Q, ItteQ, J C Sum, Japanese magic, JC Sum, Magic on Japanese television, Magic TV, Sexy Female Magician, Singapore Illusion Show, Singapore Illusionist, Singapore illusionists, Singapore Magic Duo, Singapore magicians, Sub Trunk, Variety TV show
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Yahoo! Singapore Interview – Tech geek turns into Singapore’s sexiest magician
Ning was featured in Yahoo! Singapore news site and I got to tag along as I was interviewed too. We also shot two different videos that are at the end of the article. We performed a “mind heist” demonstration and … Continue reading
Posted in Media
Tagged 'Magic Babe' Ning, Asia Illusionist, Asia Illusionists, Asia Magic, Asia magician, Asia Magicians, J C Sum, JC Sum, Sexy Female Magician, Sexy Magic, Singapore Celebrity Magic Duo, Singapore Female Magician, Singapore Illusionist, Singapore illusionists, Singapore Magic, Singapore magicians, Yahoo Singapore
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Superstars of Magic, Genting Malaysia
I know. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. But, we have been traveling and busy with multiple projects on hand. We will be traveling even more into 2013 for shows so maybe blog entries may not be as regular … Continue reading
Posted in Behind The Scenes
Tagged 'Magic Babe' Ning, Andrew Lee, Asia Illusionist, Asia Illusionists, Cary Tardi, Charlie Frye, Chipper Lowell, Christian Lindemann, David Lai, Dean Gunnerson, Genting Resorts World, J C Sum, JC Sum, Nestor Hato, Sexy Female Magician, Singapore Celebrity Magic Duo, Singapore Female Magician, Singapore Illusionist, Singapore illusionists, Singapore Magic, Singapore magic show, Sos & Victoria, Sos Jr & Tigran Petrosyan, Superstars of Magic 2
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Filming for Japan TV Show
We just returned from Genting, Malaysia for “Superstars of Magic” after 3 weeks. Look out for my entry on that as well as footage from our performance. We had a great run with the excellent cast & crew and received … Continue reading
Posted in Upcoming Projects
Tagged 'Magic Babe' Ning, Asia Illusionist, Asia Illusionists, Asia Magic, Asia Magicians, Degawa Tetsurō, Dewi Sukarno, ItteQ, J C Sum, JC Sum, Magic on Japanese television, Magic TV, Sexy Female Magician, Singapore Illusion Show, Singapore Illusionist, Singapore illusionists, Singapore Magic Duo, Singapore magicians, Sub Trunk
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Final Preparations for Superstars of Magic 2 in Genting.
Today, we shipped out the five cases of illusions that contain the illusions that we will be presenting as a seamless set for “Superstars of Magic 2″ in Genting Resorts World. Produced by Malaysia’s own hotshot magic producer & mentalist, David … Continue reading
Posted in Behind The Scenes, Upcoming Projects
Tagged 'Magic Babe' Ning, ATA cases, cases for illusions, Charlie Frye. Dean Gunnerson, Chipper Lowell, Christian Lindemann, David Lai, Genting magic show, Illusion Design, JC Sum, Magician, Nestor Hato, packing an illusion show, Resorts World Genting, shipping an illusion show, Singapore illusionists, Singapore Magic, Sos & Victoria, Sos Jr & Tigran Petrosyan, Superstars of Magic
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