Paul Romhany
FROM THE
EDITOR
Downloads of the first issue
reach over 30,000! The response
has been overwhelming.
“It is a crime that this magazine is free. This is
better laid out and better content than many
of the paid magazines out there. There is no
reason anyone who has an interest in magic
on any level is not reading this. In this day of
age of “everything comes with a price,” this
is unbelievable.” - BANACHEK
“Just wanted to say I just received my free
download and I’m very impressed! Great
Magazine!” - Bill Malone
“I think it’s great! Definitely directed at the
performing magician - which is a niche not
covered by any other publication.” - Bill
Abbott
“I just read a copy of Vanish magazine and
in a word,”WOW ”! It looks great and I am
floored by the number of excellent articles
by a variety of writers with great photos. I
cannot wait to read the next issue, Bravo!”
- Carl Andrews
“After reading vanish for the first time I
committed myself that this will be the only
magazine I need to read. This is a number
one, extremely well produced magazine,
and will be hard to top. I love it and it’s about
5
time we can read a class act magazine by a
class act person. Congratulations, I rank this
a TEN.” - Neal Scryer
The response from the first issue of Vanish
has been overwhelming, with over 30,000
downloads in the first month. The server
hosting the magazine had to let me know
that the amount of downloads exceeded
my limit. This lead to the creation of the
new website dedicated to VANISH. You
can visit www.vanishmagazine.com for
updates, and downloads. Over the next
month our plan is to put up video footage
to go along side the tricks and articles that
we publish.
Everybody has commented on the quality or articles, and how much information
the professionals are sharing. I am glad
people have picked up on these points. It
has always been my goal to put together
a magazine that contains articles that are
relevant for today’s performers. To do this
I knew I would need contributors who are
out there doing it, and at the top of their
game.
info@paulromhany.com
www.vanishmagazine.com
I am very pleased to introduce a new series
by Danny Weiser on keeping fit while on
the road. As a performer who is constantly
on the road, or on cruise ships I know
the importance of staying fit and eating
healthy. As far as I am aware no other
magic magazine has ever had a series on
this topic, which is one of the most important for any working performer.
If you would like to get a price list for
advertising rates then send me an e-mail.
With such a large number of downloads
we know that this form of magazine will be
the way everybody will want to promote
their products. With the development of
the website we plan on listing all contributors as well as advertisers. As one of our
main advertisers recently told me, “the
beauty of this magazine is that if I wanted
to change my ad a day prior to it going out, I
just need to phone you. There is no magazine
that is as current as yours!”
Thank you to Chipper Lowell for taking
time to interview Steve Valentine. Steve
gives up some valuable information on
what he had to do to make it in to the
movie industry, as well as some great
close-up tips. I know both of these guys
are incredibly busy, so thank you to them
both.
The day this issue goes live I will be enroute to China for a one off performance,
whose guests will include The Royal Family
of Monaco. The idea of editing a magic
magazine, and performing full time is
something I only dreamed about as a kid.
It just shows that if you work hard enough,
dreams can come true. (Cue music)
Paul Romhany