Maximum Entertainment 

Director's Notes for Magicians and Mentalists

Original Version

Learn how to deliver maximum entertainment!

1. How to BE YOUR OWN DIRECTOR. 

2. Puzzle, trick, or EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT; Be sure you know the difference! 

3.  How to precisely target the "BIG THREE" REACTIONS. 

4. Discover the SIX PILLARS OF ENTERTAINMENT SUCCESS. You will never reach your full potential until you master all six. 

5. Learn essential tips for SCRIPTING AND REHEARSING, and CHOOSING THE MOST POWERFUL MATERIAL. 

6. Discover invaluable VOICE tricks and LANGUAGE SKILLS. 

7. Do you know the smart way for magicians to be FUNNY? This book will show you. 

8. Immensely practical tips on MUSIC, SOUND, and LIGHTING. 

9. Find out what the most successful performers do BEFORE, DURING, and even AFTER every show 

10. Plus bonus chapters zeroing in on the special problems faced by CLOSE-UP MAGICIANS, "SILENT" ACTS, and MENTALISTS.

Hear what everyone is saying: 

“Finally! A well-written book by someone who has been there and knows what he's talking about. If you are seriously interested in making an impact with mystery entertainment, your money would be so much better spent here than on the latest trick or video. Read it, digest it…let the material inspire you, provoke you and ultimately make you a better performer.” 

 

Craig Karges,

Six-Time "Entertainer of the Year"
National Association of Campus Activities.

"The ultimate guide for the entertainer of the 21st century. Deceptively simple, practical, and fun. Highly constructive advice for any performer. With deep insight and gentle guidance, Ken Weber breaks a critical silence about the flaws within our art form. A stroke of genius in concept, and a joy to read!"
- Marc Salem (Star of the international smash hit, Marc Salem's Mind Games) 

"Little hints and big ideas combine until literally every page is sprinkled with priceless information!... The chapters on 'Lights' and 'Sound' should be required reading for anyone who performs on stage." 
- Eric Mead (Genii magazine) 

"I often recommend your book in my seminars, private teachings and in general conversations. You really did an amazing job. It is required reading for all my students." 
- Shawn Farquhar(FISM Grand Prix World Champion of Magic)

"The best book I've read in many years about the practical side of stage performance. Every serious magician should own this book." 
- Jeff McBride

 

"Read Maximum Entertainment by Ken Weber. Seriously. It’s the only product in existence that I would unreservedly recommend to absolutely everyone who wants to perform magic."
 

Simon Coronel, MAGIC Magazine

 

“MAXIMUM Entertainment is the best book on how to perform magic or mentalism I have ever read! … Filled with gems and wisdom.” 

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MUM review

 

“It’s the craziest thing — I’ve read hundreds of magic books, and now I’ve just read what may be the best of them all, and there’s not a single trick in it! … Ken Weber, a hugely successful performer in his own right, is well known among a select group of top performers for his ability to watch, and then improve, virtually anyone’s act. Now he has put down on paper many of the hundreds of tips he has offered over the years. This is a true guidebook to success, and it’s a page-turner … a major addition to magical literature!”

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The Linking Ring review

There are no tricks in this book, but it's loaded with secrets! 
The most important secrets - techniques for mastering your audience! 

Ken Weber is one of the most successful mentalist/magicians in America. Newsweek magazine named him "one of the most frequently requested" performers on the college circuit. Ken Weber has performed for over 500 colleges and universities, and for major corporations, associations, and resorts.

Details: Maximum Entertainment 

252 pages, hardbound with dust jacket, size 6 1/4" by 9 1/4"