I was hoping to add a bit of surprise to my routines and go deeper into the creepy and darker side of our Art. I was hoping if anyone new of any good DVD's/book's/Downloads to get started into it? Please post links to pages I can find them.Good Intro's to Shock/Geek magic?
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I'm not sure what you already know so I'll list off the ones I know. Some of which are sold here at theory11.
Thread by Wayne Houchin
Saw by Sean Fields
Sick by Sean Fields
Staked by Subterfuge
Twist (Titan's Finger) by Titanas
Thread by Wayne Houchin
Saw by Sean Fields
Sick by Sean Fields
Staked by Subterfuge
Twist (Titan's Finger) by Titanas
Man..I really don't want to bash Sean's product..but good luck actually being able to do this.
I've always loved the darker side of the art. Magic deserves to be something so much more than hokeyness and comedy. Anyways I highly suggest thread by wayne houchin. This effect kills!
Agreed. I love the effect but damn... too much setup. Then again several people such as Dan Sperry have performed this so it is possible lol.
You need an education on the "dark side" before you start learning the tricks first otherwise you're going to look like a bafoon performing bits that are completely out of character for your look and presentation.
The bizarre, geek, and freak require a lot more presentation skills than your standard gorilla pick a card tricks you see Blaine doing on TV. If you don't have anything else in your show to support that kind of theme, and you all of a sudden bust out Saw or Thread while wearing your Jeans and hot topic band shirt after doing stuff like pressure, five speed, and the hole thing you're going to look mental.
I advise you to, before you do anything else, purchase a DVD set called Karnival Magick by Tony Chris. Google the name, and author you'll find the link, I don't have it off hand. Review BOTH disks. Yes you'll learn some new magic toys to play with, but I am more interested in your focus on disk 2 which explains what Bizarre is. Once you have a better understanding of where it is you want to go, then everything else just kind of falls into place from there.
The bizarre, geek, and freak require a lot more presentation skills than your standard gorilla pick a card tricks you see Blaine doing on TV. If you don't have anything else in your show to support that kind of theme, and you all of a sudden bust out Saw or Thread while wearing your Jeans and hot topic band shirt after doing stuff like pressure, five speed, and the hole thing you're going to look mental.
I advise you to, before you do anything else, purchase a DVD set called Karnival Magick by Tony Chris. Google the name, and author you'll find the link, I don't have it off hand. Review BOTH disks. Yes you'll learn some new magic toys to play with, but I am more interested in your focus on disk 2 which explains what Bizarre is. Once you have a better understanding of where it is you want to go, then everything else just kind of falls into place from there.
I'm gonna say listen to this guy, just going by his profile pic, and also how is avatar makes him look like a vampire a bit lol He seems like he has stepped over to the dark side. He can be your master and you can be his apprentice! You shall be called Darth Magika and he will be known as Sith Draven. and...."Go!"