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"Brilliant."
-Michael Paul, NYC Underground Close-Up Artist
"...concealed profound comedy."
-State Times
“Singularly entertaining... Masterfully poised."
-The Freeman's Journal
"One of Buffalo's fastest rising stars."
-Magician's Alliance of Western New York
Brian Miller is an entertainer who specializes in close-up magic and stage comedy
magic, whose act is a conscious parody of itself. His work has been praised by
some of the biggest names in magic for his innovative ideas and dedication to
the art. He also has obnoxiously large eyebrows, to which he credits his success
as a magician: "I never had to learn misdirection. My eyebrows do that for me."
Miller is an internationally recognized author and creator of original magical
ideas. He recently filmed two DVDs with Mental Playground Productions set for
worldwide release: Approaching Classic Problems with Brian Miller, and The
Oops! Deck Vol 2. He was featured in the February 2010 edition of Genii
magazine in the legendary Magicana section.
In the words of Brian's brother Michael, "Brian is powerful; very powerful indeed.
He can bend the rules of life."
Enough said.
Training
While Brian began experimenting with magic at an early age, it was in his teens
that he began to focus on classic and contemporary sleight of hand. Joe
Malkiewicz, in the April 2007 issue of Hocus Pocus (the newsletter of the
International Brotherhood of Magicians’ Ring 12), wrote, “Giving in to his
voracious appetite and following his love for magic, [Brian] has consumed a
tremendous body of knowledge.”
Under the guidance of esteemed professional magicians Victor Trabucco, Bill
Butski, and Garrett Thomas, Brian has since added a considerable amount to
that body of knowledge.
Brian has been an active member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians
since 2006.
Published Works / Peer Recognition / Upcoming Projects
In addition to the critical praise that has been afforded to Brian’s work, he has
an outstanding reputation within the magic community on an international level.
He gained this reputation first through word of mouth, and later by authoring
and releasing a four part electronic book series titled Cards, Coins, Thoughts &
Theories that is currently sold to magicians all over the world. Each of these e-
books contains three of Brian’s original magical creations with cards and/or coins
as well as a short essay of thoughts and theories regarding some important
issue in magic. Some of the finest and most respected magicians in the world
have enthusiastically contributed to Brian’s work, including: Jay Sankey, David
Acer, Gregory Wilson, and Garrett Thomas, just to name a few.
One particular creation of Brian’s caught the eye of Michael Paul, a well respected
magical creator, NYC underground close-up artist, and founder of the popular
magic download website www.TheInvisibleThread.com. Paul believed that Brian’s
effect had made significant headway in solving the age-old ‘twisting’ problem in
close-up card magic, calling Brian’s contribution to the problem ‘brilliant,’ and
stating that he had not believed that a solution was possible until he was
“inspired by [Brian’s] thinking.” Paul built off of Brian’s considerable progress as
a foundation in order to create a new effect Twist3, which was an immediate hit
and has since gone on to become one of the best selling new effects of 2009.
Twist3 explicitly credits Brian’s work as being integral to its success.
Brian recently filmed two DVD projects in late January with Mental Playground
Productions, both of which are slated for a mid 2010 worldwide release to the
magic community.
"The Choices We Can't See", a close-up mindreading creation of Brian's, was
published in the February edition of Genii magazine in the legendary Magicana
column by world renowned magician David Acer.
Venues
Since 2006, Brian has headlined in nearly every type of venue, including
restaurants, private business functions, theaters, high schools, colleges, and
comedy clubs.
Since 2007, Brian has served as the May-August weekly regular house magician
in multiple Applebees Restaurant locations throughout Western New York.
In April 2008, Brian was invited to be a featured close-up performer at the
Magician’s Alliance of Western New York (MAWNY) annual convention, a
performance that earned the praise, “One of Buffalo’s fastest rising stars.” It
was so well received that Brian was subsequently invited to be a featured close-
up and stage performer at the Central New York Magicfest in September 2008,
and again as a close-up performer in 2009.
During October 2009 Brian organized and hosted a four week comedy
competition at the SAKE Club in Oneonta, NY, Laugh It Up 2009 at the SAKE
Club. It was a considerable success, and Brian has been asked to host more
similar shows in 2010.
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