As i browsed around the forums since my return ive been disgusted at the "advice" ive seen on performing.
One guy straight up said "just do angle zero, wounded, stigmata and distortion." The names of the tricks might be different but the outline is the same. name a luandry list of mainstream tricks and thats it. you're a magician.
Instead of buying the cool and the new and thinking that new deck of cards that is "the finest quality..." will help you be a better performer consider dusting off your old tricks and getting actually creative.
For example, Angle zero is for me the best card trick for close up magic. The possibilities are endless. So why do so many people drone a robotic copy of daniel madison's performance on the DVD?
ONE of the ways I perform this effect is I rip up the corner. Hold it in plain view and ask the spectator to cup his hands together and someone else pours water into their hands. I place the piece into their hands. They squeeze and it is shown to be encased in ice. (excluding my patter and act for the effect thats what basically happens)
So are you creative with your tricks or do you merely perform it the way the instructions tell you?
Can you think of a way to make the classic card to mouth anymore interesting?
How about a torn and restored card? there are millions of DVD's for it but do you merely tear it up and restore it?
I won't even talk about flourishing and cardistry. That genre has lost its luster with show off youtube videos done only for magicians and other cardists or in the privacy of their own room. But man don't tell the cardists that, they are supposedly advancing cardistry as a performance art.
One guy straight up said "just do angle zero, wounded, stigmata and distortion." The names of the tricks might be different but the outline is the same. name a luandry list of mainstream tricks and thats it. you're a magician.
Instead of buying the cool and the new and thinking that new deck of cards that is "the finest quality..." will help you be a better performer consider dusting off your old tricks and getting actually creative.
For example, Angle zero is for me the best card trick for close up magic. The possibilities are endless. So why do so many people drone a robotic copy of daniel madison's performance on the DVD?
ONE of the ways I perform this effect is I rip up the corner. Hold it in plain view and ask the spectator to cup his hands together and someone else pours water into their hands. I place the piece into their hands. They squeeze and it is shown to be encased in ice. (excluding my patter and act for the effect thats what basically happens)
So are you creative with your tricks or do you merely perform it the way the instructions tell you?
Can you think of a way to make the classic card to mouth anymore interesting?
How about a torn and restored card? there are millions of DVD's for it but do you merely tear it up and restore it?
I won't even talk about flourishing and cardistry. That genre has lost its luster with show off youtube videos done only for magicians and other cardists or in the privacy of their own room. But man don't tell the cardists that, they are supposedly advancing cardistry as a performance art.
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