Arsenal of Magic

Jan 1, 2009
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Hey guys,

I'm sure that some of you guys out there are who are into serious magic, yet love to keep things simple and work more on presentation, for which I think supersedes the importance of having a complicated tricks with many sleights.

I'm not just starting out in magic but I enjoy and prefer performing magic tricks with little sleights and which are impromptu to just focus on my presentation. Its also just not my kind of a thing to bring gimmicks around to perform magic as I like performing magic on the go.

I'm honestly quite bored with my current set of effects that I perform on a regular basis and I was wondering if you guys have any recommendations of impromptu but strong magic for my arsenal of effects to include variety in what I perform. I'm a huge fan of magic from Theory11 and I do perform effects such as Witness, Dresscode but I kinda would prefer a more less-gimmick reliant trick such as Pressure. I've just looked into Lee Smith's STEP Volumes and I think the material there is very simple yet highly effective and elegant because I've actually took the material to the streets and still I daresay, receive the same reactions from performing highly simple stuff from Lee as compared to the more complicated sleight-of-hand based magic that I do from time to time.

Maybe you guys have some recommendations along that line eg DVDs that suit my style? Please do share =)

Thanks!
 
Nov 3, 2009
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depending on how much you want to learn, in terms of sleights, go with some coin magic. There are a couple hard hitting tricks that dont involve much in the way of sleights (the first one that comes to mind is digital dissolve). There are a lot more you can do with coins if you take some time to learn sleights proper.

good luck.
 
Nov 19, 2010
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if you do cards want pure slight of hand The trilogy magic volume by dananddave is all sleights that will take time to get to look perfect
 
Mar 15, 2011
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Look to the classics, If you want a gambling vibe, watch ricky jay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQaGb_H760
for inspirtation or darwin ortiz If you want stuff much more simple, just force a card on your spectator and pretend to read their mind, it kill when I do it, or find the card, get it wrong and colour change it
As for impromptu stuff, to tell u the truth I make up a ton if not almost all of my own material and almost all of it is impromptu, so just get creative with ur deck, think of a story and see how you would use a deck to tell it.
 
Oct 16, 2010
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Blacksburg, VA
Get some card college books. No sleight of hand required yet I've gotten some of my best reactions from the effects in the light,lighter,lightest series.
 
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