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BondJames628 Regular user Alabama 110 Posts |
What music would you guys recommend for the illusion similar to Windshear, only it's Andrew Mayne's design called Turbo, where the magician crawls through the moving blades of an industrial fan? I need something with a nice beat, maybe of rock and roll genre. Thanks guys!!!!
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Carrie Sue Veteran user Auburn, MI 332 Posts |
So much of this depends on your own performance of the illusion--timing, etc.
There's so much music out there, just start performing to a few different pieces and discover what works best. CSR |
damien666 Special user canada 513 Posts |
Circus Calliope Music is always a treat!
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Bob Sanders Grammar Supervisor Magic Valley Ranch, Clanton, Alabama 20504 Posts |
Tyler,
There is music all around you. You live within four hours of three-quarters of all the commercial music in the world! It should be an easy thing to find more good stuff than you can use. If nothing else, video what you plan to do without sound. Then show it twice to friends. Listen to and watch what they do the second time through. It's more than a hint. Come visit us at the Magic City Magic Club Ring 35 meeting in Birmingham some first Tuesday of the month. You're invited! I think I am at the Huntsville Ring meeting in May or June. Hope to see you there. Bob Magic By Sander |
LR2 Regular user Humble, Texas 116 Posts |
I would recomend a mission impossible song.
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muzicman Special user LaCenter, Wa 989 Posts |
I have Direct TV and they have music stations. It's really nice to sit and sample various music based on genre. I keep a paper/pencil nearby to write down the name of the song and artist. Walmart is now selling custom made CD's online, there are other sites that you can download that specific song, and if you can talk like a pirate, there's file sharing programs. I am not going to lecture bout copyrights and RIAA royalties, blah blah blah. I'll stick to the subject. You really need to visualize your style. Make it your own. Don't make it Copperfieldish (is that a word?). Make the illusion your own, and find a song or a beat or a "feel" by first visulaizing, then searching for that perfect fit. I feel I have an advantage. I write and record my own music, and mix it down with sound effects (if needed). My cresendo's are right where I need them! Seek and ye shall find. Just don't settle for someone elses personality. Good luck!
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Marshall Thornside Inner circle chicago 2016 Posts |
Sometimes its better to have someone write
music if you want a certain timing for a specific trick. that way you license it direct from the composer and you and them would be in charge of it. plus its made for your sequence.
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muzicman Special user LaCenter, Wa 989 Posts |
You are right Marshall Thornside, That is the best way. As a musician I have that luxury. I use an Ensoniq keyboard for most of my backing tracks. drums, bass, strings, horns. It has a built in sequencer and digital effects. I use ACID LOOPS software to record digitally all the tracks needed, which also allows me to PAN and control volume on each track as well as within each track. I also have a guitar with all the effects so I can bring in some sweet sounds from either an accoustic or screaming electric guitar. Each track is carefully choreographed to my routine. Others that have heard my music want me to do the same for their act. I'm not cheap as my time is worth money and I use over $30k worth of equipment to record from and to. I am so busy with my magic and being a husband, father and friend, that I pass on all offers. But if you know a musician, and you know what you want, that is the VERY BEST sound you can get for your act and it's YOURS!
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Majiloon Regular user 135 Posts |
Music is such an important element- that unless you have a handle on it you will mislead the audience without knowing it.
Music should be handled by an expert somewhere along your career. If you never receive guidance about the use of music from someone who works with it full time- then you are missing out on shaping the most important aspect of live performing. And you will always be an amateur. If you want to succeed and eventually become effective you need to wok with a composer if for no other reason- it is not your genius. Every successful person I have ever met or read about discovers somewhere along the way that no man is an island, and by reaching out you will eventually discover team members that will help you reach your goals. Handling music on your own, stealing other peoples music, violating the rules of use, looking for the cheap-out suggestions, and doing it yourself will always lead you to sub-par results and less than mediocre hobbyist. Get help- Every thread in this forum seems to cultivate this fundamental misunderstanding in the paragraph above – when using music in a live performance. Instead of spending $200 on a new business card, or $300 on a cheap chair suspension- or other expenses, invest it instead on what you are already doing. I sound like a broken record- doesn’t anyone in this forum want to become professional? There are at least 3 composers that post in this web site that I know of- 1 of them in this thread. If you don’t engage them they will leave this field and the industry will never improve. They need us – but not as much as we need them. Once they begin to work with us- they will learn many things that will lift this industry out of the back yard, and you onto regular stages. Cheers, Kelly Duro
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magicman414 Regular user Oklahoma 157 Posts |
Maybe "A Little Less Conversation" And act like you don't want to do but then your assitant puts her hand on your mouth (hince the name) then you do it.Of course this is to the music.
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muzicman Special user LaCenter, Wa 989 Posts |
Is "A Little Less Conversation" a name of a song? Because I'm confused.
Majiloon has it right. If you want to be professional, you need to look and "sound" professional and beside your appearance, the song and sound selection will make or break you. Tim Wright in his Zombie video does a routine that was written just for his Zombie routine. There are countless others. Typically a copyrighted song is either too long or it has the music cues in the wrong places to make it look like it fits. You could always "reverse engineer" your routine to fit the song, I have done that and had success with it. Mixing your sound track is equally as important. I have seen performers use prerecorded music tracks and quickly cut from one to the next. Instead of a gradual volume change up or down, it's very abrupt and doesn't sound professional at all. Invest in some good music editing software. I use Sound Forge Acid Loops and it works great for me. I can use wavs or MP3's or both. It's like having a multi-track digital recorder which used to cost 1000;s of $$$'s not long ago. |
Lyndel Inner circle wrote the theme to the TV show COPS! 1623 Posts |
"A Little Less Conversation" is an Elvis song and is currently being used as the theme song for the television show, "Vegas."
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mvmagic Inner circle Has written 1322 Posts |
Just a suggestion: in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" there is a scene in which Indy and another guy are in a boat and a huge propeller of a ship is rotating in the background. That scene has very little sound effects and mainly the sound for the immense propeller is music, a great pounding bit. That one bit could possibly work? Would require some editing though, all you'll sound like certain Mr Jones...
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