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Eric Richardson Regular user 110 Posts |
I thought it might be fun to discuss jazzing with the mem deck by sharing "victories" and "defeats". Perhaps this will help those who enjoy this type of effect perform it better and more creatively. I would love to hear about your experiences.
Here is one of my better moments: A Victory: A three phase routine. 1) Sara named the QH. She cut right to it! <false shuffle> 2) Ed named the KC (#2 in Aronson). A wave over the deck and a double lift! I did an ambitious sequence that retained the stack order. 3) Cory named the JS (#1 in Aronson)! He waved his hand over the deck and turned over the top card himself. Huge reaction. Here I stopped! My experiments in jazzing haven't all gone this smoothly. Like the time I pulled out the deck to do some jazz and accidently pulled out a one way forcing deck. I didn't realize it until the card had been named! If only they had named the AH I would of had a miracle! Oh well... What are your stories? |
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Ken Abbott New user 100 Posts |
I keep a corner short on the queen of hearts. Someone named it so I dribbled to the short card and turned over the queen. I asked do you have another card you would like. He named the 7 of hearts which happened to be the bottom card of the half still in my right hand. I turned the deck face up and took my applause
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Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts |
My favorite time of performing of this was when the first person named the 2nd card in my Tamariz stack (2H), and the 2nd person named the 1st (4C)!
Right now, somewhere, there are 3 people out there who think I'm the best card magician in the world. |
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Dennis Loomis 1943 - 2013 2113 Posts |
I presume that this thread has not gone too far because there just aren't that many people out there that jazz with a mem-deck.
Scott, Ken, and Eric, you guys seem pretty lucky. I've also had some fortuitous situations and I'll share one: As you may know I have a routine called Prediction a la Kruskal with the Aronson stack. It's on my web site and on Simon's. A few months ago I worked out a new presentation for it which I like a lot. (Not yet in print.) It requires that you carry an envelope with you and I vowed to have that envelope handy when I was working with a mem-deck. The very first time this happened, I was planning to show this new routine to some magician buddies and I had the envelope in my pocket. Now, my routine is based on the prediction of the Queen of Hearts, although other cards can be used. I had not yet gotten to this effect and decided to jazz a bit and I asked someone to name any card. Yup... you guessed it, they named the Queen of Hearts! Naturally I went right into Prediction a la Kruskal. Dennis Loomis
Itinerant Montebank
<BR>http://www.loomismagic.com |
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The Amazing Noobini Inner circle Oslo, Norway 1658 Posts |
Victory (sort of): Victim (magician with no memdeck background) mentions card no.52. I get nervous that he is making fun of me and already know what is about to happen. Did he see my deck switch? I thought it was good myself.
I stick with it and kind of play with his mind a bit, do a few odd body movements while the deck is untouched on the table in front of him. That sort of thing which hopefully will make him uncertain later when he is asked to turn the deck over, if I really picked it up and did things without him noticing it. He then mentions card no.1. By now I am myself quite insecure because I'm starting to get really certain that he is playing with me and I feel like an idiot for staying with the act. I have never performed anything for a real magician face to face before in my life. My nervousness probably plays like I am behaving weirdly. He is asked to turn over the top card. We both feel really uncomfortable now. There is an odd atmosphere in the room, like a seance. I really feel like the room is closing in on me. He mentions card no.50. I pick the deck up, "accidentally" leaving two cards behind. I scoop them onto the deck as I handle it only at my fingertips. I am lucky and get exactly two cards left behind with a casual natural motion. He never sees it although he is burning my hands. Again he looks at the bottom card, his card. He then asks if it is a memdeck, as this is probably the only area he isn't an expert in (yet). I say "yes" as I figure it is obvious to him while he is in fact just clutching at something he hasn't explored himself yet. I wish it was skill but sadly it was just luck. And at the time I was probably more confused and freaked out than he was. But it was a memorable first for me. Failure: Virtually every time I have done memdeck work for non magician friends. They always ask after the first effect if I have memorized the entire deck order. Or if the deck is set up in some sort of system. Often it is asked jokingly. But logically, to really intelligent analytical people, that is the most obvious answer. The first and so far only time I have did a memdeck effect for someone I didn't know (Two Beginnings), she asked "is it possible to memorize the order of all of the cards?" "Yes, it is", I said. "I saw a guy on Larry King do that. I couldn't believe it but apparently some people can do that". To my surprise, my memdeck effects that I have worked so hard to be able to do, play a lot weaker to my friends than other (classic) impromptu effects. People are smart. I did my first lapping today and it went great. They were amazed. But already they were turning their attention to my sleeves. Empty. Then the floor. So they didn't find it but the conclusion was still right. "It has to have gone somewhere", they said. "Or are you going to try to make us believe that you can do real magic?" Laughter.
"Talk about melodrama... and being born in the wrong part of the world." (Raf Robert)
"You, my friend, have a lot to learn." (S. Youell) "Nonsensical Raving of a lunatic mind..." (Larry) |
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mgcpwrs New user San Jose, CA 53 Posts |
I can't jazz - but the stories are great - if anyone has more - keep them coming.
I use the Osterlind BCS, but that seems limited for jazzing. Maybe I have to think bigger. |
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Furniture Elite user London 415 Posts |
I believe that 'jamming' is a tool that is part of every great magician arsenal, and is not just specific for the memorized deck magic. things can go wrong and normally go wrong, the ability to improvise and have outs to every situation is a must.
mnemonicosis or the trick that cannot be explained are great effects that can help you to improve your 'jamming' technique ps. I recommend everybody to always have a QH and a 7H in your wallet. |
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JanForster Inner circle Germany ... when not traveling... 4190 Posts |
Jazzing is a lot of fun! Using ideas of Juan Tamariz I often pretend to shuffle and to cut the deck while my spectator is thinking of a card. Put the deck down, ask the spectator which card he is thinking of. Say, "great, I did the right thing..." Then let him cut the deck (not completing the cut) while guiding his cut (in relation to the position of his card, e. g. saying "cut about a third"), let him turn over the top pile and see what you can do when you see the bottom card of the top pile: counting, spelling, so many possibilities. The most important thing is that you are believable when you pronounce having done the right thing. Conviction you get if you believe yourself in what you say. Try it. Jan
Jan Forster
www.janforster.de |
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Waterloophai Inner circle Belgium 1368 Posts |
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On 2010-01-12 18:36, mgcpwrs wrote: Indeed you have to think bigger. Mr.Osterlind himself did so. The titles of his publications (about his BCS) say it all. First he published the "BCS". Then he published the "memorized BCS". Comments superfluous. |
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scody Loyal user 232 Posts |
I was playing with ACAAN tonight at my bar/restaurant.
Seems that most people pick ace of spades if you let them... Tamariz so thoughtfully put this at number 7... also a number chosen quite often (when given a choice from one to ten).... Twice tonight... no shuffle, no pass... just put the deck down and have them count it off. Others are as easy... Queen of hearts is 11 (pass four while asking them for a number between one and ten)... I can still pull off ACAAN with some math and a pass, but if they hit one that you can psych force a number on easily... makes for a fairly impressive quick acaan. ---- My favorite right now is simply doing a spectator peek... and telling them that you don't know the card, but you do know at what number it is... and (as proved tonight)... 2, 3, and 4 selections naming where each person's card is going to fall in the deck is REALLY cool... and just as easy. Spectator peek with a glimpse is my favorite sleight, and with Tamariz... you can do some cool effects.
-manamana
Denver Corporate and Party Magician |
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The Futurist Veteran user 331 Posts |
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On 2010-01-10 09:55, Dennis Loomis wrote: But I really hope to be good enough one day to jazz with a mem-deck! Guys, your contributions to this thread are very much appreciated. I have taken a few notes down on potential spelling effects (Aronson stack), counting effects and what have you. Quote:
On 2010-01-14 19:47, JanForster wrote: I also marked up a couple of decks in a fashion as discussed in this thread - http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......um=205&6 - which I'm hoping will inspire some improvisational moments like this. So I don't have to necessarily peek the bottom card of the cut portion. Quote:
On 2010-01-19 23:24, scody wrote: And taking advantage of numbers (birthdays, etc.?) and spelling situations in the environment, I guess, maybe with the odd DL to cheat if it's you dealing off the cards. |
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Dennis Loomis 1943 - 2013 2113 Posts |
To The Futurist,
For spelling and counting effects you can turn either card which falls on the final letter, or the one after it. This gives you a double whammy. If you count or spell all of the cards to the table, including the final letter or number, then on top of the deck you have the x+1 card and under it is the x+2 card. As you suggest, you can double lift to show the x+2 card. There are two alternatives to the double lift. You can thumb off the top card into your other hand, show it, and it's wrong. Now do a Top Change and show the correct card. Or, you can flip over the top card as a single. It's wrong. Flip it back face down and do an Erdnase Color Change. Nothing appears to have happened, but when you flip over the top single card again, it is changed into the correct card. Any of these procedures allows you to count or spell to any of three cards which increases your odds of finding a good Jazzin technique for the named card. Dennis Loomis P.S. Go to Google and type in "Magic DVDS" without the quotations marks and see what comes up first.
Itinerant Montebank
<BR>http://www.loomismagic.com |
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The Futurist Veteran user 331 Posts |
Thank you Dennis, some great food for thought here. I read the article "Preconceived Jazzin with the Aronson Stack" on your site. I do a pretty nice top change actually, that I just came up with one day by accident. Though I shall study my Erdnase and Hugard for other versions of same.
Also, I just thought, I could try lapping a few cards off the top if seated at a table. My misdirectional abilities are coming on apace: I make a silly joke and my interlocutor either laughs or groans. Either way, I get my move in. Well, I just found out how to not get redirected to the UK version of Google: Google.com leads me to Penguin Magic whose hot DVD seems to be Luke Jermay's Emotional Intelligence. Edit: I checked the other thread. Have you got an AdWords campaign running? I don't have an ad for loomismagic.com showing up here in the UK. Indeed, I'm still being served ads from UK retailers even on non-local Google.com, which suggests that they're geotargeted in some way. |
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atucci Veteran user Middleburg, Florida 381 Posts |
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On 2009-10-08 21:30, Eric Richardson wrote: Not sure if you're aware but Eric Mead covers this topic in his book, Tangled Web.
Tony Tuccillo
Middleburg, Florida |
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Waterloophai Inner circle Belgium 1368 Posts |
[quote]On 2010-01-31 13:55, atucci wrote:
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Not sure if you're aware but Eric Mead covers this topic in his book, Tangled Web. What exactly writes Eric Mead about . Memdeck? Jazz? or the combination of both? |
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Mago Gregorio Elite user Paris, France 473 Posts |
This afternoon, a friend ask for the Ace of Spades and another one for Number 8. Just one card to secretly add and a pure miracle (Tamariz stack) "without touching" the cards !
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atucci Veteran user Middleburg, Florida 381 Posts |
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On 2010-01-31 14:07, Waterloophai wrote: Waterloophai - both actually. The chapter is titled, "Jazz Chart & Favorite Licks - The Trick That Cannot Be Explained". He writes about his advanced approach to TTTCBE using two borrowed decks, several standard practices he employs, cheating and the use of a borrowed deck & memdeck. He credits Vernon, Tamariz, Micheal Weber & Eugene Burger as significant influences on his current handling. Recently I've read a bit about TTTCBE, whether the use of sleights dilutes the impact of the finale and outright disagreement with Mead on his 'whatever means necessary' approach. Mead writes early in the chapter this effect should be less about a method and more of an attitude or way of thinking about magic. I would imagine if you're just beginning to perform TTTCBE using some type of linear approach or standard operating procedure may be necessary until you have enough experience to recognize where you are and what path to take at any given moment. I hope this helps.
Tony Tuccillo
Middleburg, Florida |
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Waterloophai Inner circle Belgium 1368 Posts |
Thanks !
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
I use the Joyal stack. Literally the first time I was ready to bust it out, I asked someone to name a card; he named the 9 of spades. I asked him to name a number from 1 to 52; he said 27. The 9S is 27th in the Joyal stack, and as luck would have it, the deck of cards was on the counter (this was in my friend's magic shop) and was actually closer to him (a foot) than to me (5 feet). After a suitable moment of intense concentration... "ok, you know what, I don't even want to touch the deck....go ahead and deal face down to the 27th card..." etc. etc.
There was, of course, only one way to follow that one up. I left.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Waterloophai Inner circle Belgium 1368 Posts |
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On 2010-02-04 21:15, LobowolfXXX wrote: Hallo Mr. Berglas, What you described was probable not pure "jazz" because you intended probably to do something well planned. However, if such a feat occurs you did the only right thing: make use of it and stop with whatever you had planned to do. I sometimes call it a "present of the Gods" in return for our effort to learn a MD. It are those things (and there are many) that makes a MD so rewarding. |
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