thanks, but i've actually been doing magic for 10 years, lol, but that is true, you really have to know the fundamentals in and out before you can do anything
I completely agree, I don't think I will ever do this trick with a baseball in public, but i was just trying out a ton of different objects to see what worked and what didn't, but the baseball happened to look decent on video.
this is my ambitious card routine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWu7f5CSN-U
i usually end with myself "accidentally" ripping their card and then it appears folded up in my shoe, but its hard to do that on camera.
what do you think?
my favorite walk around effect would be my acr, i actually got all the material for mine from ellusionist's crash course 2, probably the best $40 i've ever used on magic. i learned literally 15 different ways to control a card to the top of the deck, great for card control
i like going up to a pretty girl and asking to see her watch, i proceed to stop the watch, and say, " well looks like when me and you are together, time stops ;)" and there ya go.... (don't try that on your mom... or sister)
As a magician who is also a baseball player, I like to take my effects, and turn them into something that i can do while i play baseball. Here's what i mean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQrqVXhIUCw&feature=channel_video_title
What's almost as bad as piracy, is when someone gets a new magic dvd, watches it once, practices it once, and then posts a video on youtube of themselves "performing" it. It's not illegal, but it might as well be, when it's a giveaway of the trick
I don't know how many of you have made up a magic trick or a move of some sort, or if you've even tried. But those of you who have, do you have any thing you do to come up with ideas? Do you come up with the trick first or work backwards with the explanation first? I've recently been trying to...