I think I saw this thread here at Theory11, but I did search and found nothing. If theres already a thread like this, then just close this thread. (ohh, I just found the Cerca Trova thread, then theres no point at all.)
Anway I also saw a disussion at Ellusionist so why not bring it here? What do you prefer to learn magic from? DVD's, books, magicfriends, Youtube (damn you) or somewhere else.
I like both DVD's and books. I think that more younger magicians should read books, why? Because I think that they need to realize that magic theory is important. But if you are a talented magician you can learn everything from DVD's and still keep the theory in mind. I like Brad Christian's DVD's because I like when he talk about things that's very important.
I also like to watch DVD's because I find it too hard to understand what the effect should look like. When I for example read the book Art of Astonishment and I tried to learn Reset, I couldn't understand what it was supossed to look like, and therefore I couldn't either understand what was described.
And the only good magic books I can find is taught in English, and that's not my ordinary language. But when I understand the books, I think they are really good (if not even better than DVD's) because then you can easier apply your own ideas on the trick.
What I don't like about DVD's is that they are very expensive compared to books. One single trick on a DVD is about 30$, but when you buy a book for 30$ you get alot more tricks. I want more DVD's like Dangerous here at Theory11. You learn from a great artist and you learn more than just on trick, and it's a good price too.
I saw someone here at the forum also pointed out that he wanted some 1-on-1's with someone talking about stuff. Like how to apply your own patter on that trick and stuff like that.
So tell me what you think about this topic, I find this very intresting. I would aslo be very fun if an artist can point out theirs opinion.
Cheers Marcus
Anway I also saw a disussion at Ellusionist so why not bring it here? What do you prefer to learn magic from? DVD's, books, magicfriends, Youtube (damn you) or somewhere else.
I like both DVD's and books. I think that more younger magicians should read books, why? Because I think that they need to realize that magic theory is important. But if you are a talented magician you can learn everything from DVD's and still keep the theory in mind. I like Brad Christian's DVD's because I like when he talk about things that's very important.
I also like to watch DVD's because I find it too hard to understand what the effect should look like. When I for example read the book Art of Astonishment and I tried to learn Reset, I couldn't understand what it was supossed to look like, and therefore I couldn't either understand what was described.
And the only good magic books I can find is taught in English, and that's not my ordinary language. But when I understand the books, I think they are really good (if not even better than DVD's) because then you can easier apply your own ideas on the trick.
What I don't like about DVD's is that they are very expensive compared to books. One single trick on a DVD is about 30$, but when you buy a book for 30$ you get alot more tricks. I want more DVD's like Dangerous here at Theory11. You learn from a great artist and you learn more than just on trick, and it's a good price too.
I saw someone here at the forum also pointed out that he wanted some 1-on-1's with someone talking about stuff. Like how to apply your own patter on that trick and stuff like that.
So tell me what you think about this topic, I find this very intresting. I would aslo be very fun if an artist can point out theirs opinion.
Cheers Marcus
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