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Fred Darevil Elite user 446 Posts |
Hello,
I open a new thread for the release of Crazy-Cocktail (the other has an inappropriate title : [free preview]). At first I want to thank you for your patience. Crazy-Cocktail complete package is now available here : http://www.mentalmania.org (I'm sure you will have no difficulty to enter Mentalmania...) Orders are sent manually after verification. Thank you for your comprehension. Be sure that you will receive it fast to your e-mail (under 24h) otherwise check your spam box before contacting me, please. >> I added two Mp3 files in the package : bar ambience only + music only. You will have the choice to use the pre-mixed soundtrack (music + bar ambience), make the mix yourself, or use the music or the ambience soundtrack only. I gave the maximum to offer you a complete professionnal presentation for a strong effect. Price is $24.00 until april 15th 2013. After that it will be $34.00. Questions are welcome. ----------- DESCRIPTION ----------- A very visual and entertaining effect with complete presentation, graphics and soundtrack. Predict : 1) The ingredients freely chosen by spectators to make their unique Crazy Cocktail, 2) The price of the cocktail 3) An additional totally free choice made at the last second by the spectator although he already had the predicition envelope in hands since the beginning of the effect. Envelope is normal, not switched and can be examined by the spectator. The e-book includes : - Every details for maximum impact with the presentation (those who own my Tryptik e-book already know how much I give attention to presentation), - Two short videos to better explain the methodolgy and preparation, - The four menus files made by a graphist designer, ready to print, - The ingredients charts, ready to print, - A soundtrack ambiance of a bar with Jazz music. Free of rights to use it in your shows. It's the one I designed and composed for myself. You'll receive 3 files : bar ambience only, music only, ambience & music mixed. You'll have to buy some items for less than $15 to perform Crazy-Cocktail in the best conditions. You might already own what is necessary. Crazy-Cocktail has been thought and designed first for semi-pro and full-time professionnals who work on stage or in parlor conditions. Of course any lover of our art will appreciate to present it too. E-book : PDF Menus / Ingredients charts : JPG/300dpi Soundtracks : MP3 Price : $24.00 (Normal price : $34.00 after april 15th 2013) ----------------------- Special thanks to Bob K. who bought Crazy-Cocktail five minutes after the "official" release ! Best, Fred |
RNK Inner circle 7493 Posts |
I picked a copy up today. I will post back after I have read and watched everything.
RNK
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Fred Darevil Elite user 446 Posts |
Thank you for your orders.
Some of you asked about the VSTI I used to make the music : - Ezdrummers (cocktail set) for the drums - Kontakt Grand Piano by Native Instruments for the piano - Scarbee Jay Bass by Native Instruments for the bass The music has been mixed in Samplitude 17. Best, Fred |
RNK Inner circle 7493 Posts |
Well....I am really liking this. As a matter of fact, after listening to the music as I was cutting out my Ingredients, Syrups etc... I have to admit- that the music is superb! It truly sets the mood and pulls your mind right into the scene like your there. I suddenly couldn't help myself but to start visualizing the scene how everything starts to transpire from choosing the audience members to running through the presentation-- and I started to really wish that it was happening (all while the music played and just made everything flow perfectly). Very strange. Never had music bring an effect together to such clarity and cohesioness as this. I am really excited about this. I feel the audience will never be able to backtrack this. Very well thought out and structured routine. Fred shares little subtleties that make this a strong routine. It does use methods you may be familiar with but with a few added layers that help make things invisible. The final prediction of the drink that was chosen by the spectators is really nice. In the end you reveal what drink and ALL the ingredients that were chosen (in which the spectator is holding the envelope with the prediction contained in it from the beginning of the routine). Then- there is the final prediction which I feel just takes this to the next level- Fred supplies you with how to predict the final price of the drink! And in this part of the prediction- the spectator even has a choice to include a cocktail stirring straw up to the last second before emptying the money that's in the folder that has been in the spectators hand the whole routine! The straw I feel adds that layer that will make the spec say, "well, if we didn't decide to include it, the price would have been this, and if we did decide to include the price would have been different- yet when the money was dumped out and counted OPENLY in front of the audience- it matched EXACTLY what the total of the drink was that we made". This part of the routine is just icing on the cake. Makes this seem impossible! Fred gives you everything you will need to make this happen except for a few items you will need to buy. I am not one for making up a trick- I would rather buy it all put together- but this is not hard to make up and after reading the PDF and listening to the music- I have no problem wanting to put this together. All the graphics are very nicely done. Overall, a little work involved to put it together but the price is definitely right. If all the props were supplied- this could easily have been a fairly expensive routine. Great Job! Something I will use!
RNK
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Steven Conner Inner circle 2720 Posts |
Is this a confabulation type trick.
"The New York Papers," Mark Twain once said,"have long known that no large question is ever really settled until I have been consulted; it is the way they feel about it, and they show it by always sending to me when they get uneasy. "
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Fred Darevil Elite user 446 Posts |
Thank you RNK for your nice review.
I worked hard on every aspect of Crazy Cocktail to offer a high standards effect for professsionnals and every true lover of our art : presentation script, background story, designed props, soundtrack and of course a strong effect crafted on several layers of deception. I kept nothing for myself on this one The impact of Crazy-Coktail is as strong as a confabulation routine in the spectators mind. The inner working of the effect is different. I think RNK will confirm that Crazy Cocktail is more participating and entertaining than many confabulation effects. No billets, no writing (except to make the bill for the cocktail, spectator can do it) no loading wallet, no change or secret loading of prediction envelope which has only one compartment and is kept by the spectator until the very last moment. Until 15th april, price is $24.00 (then it will be offer at normal price $34.00 still including free license for music and graphic design of logo and menus). Best, Fred |
RNK Inner circle 7493 Posts |
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On 2013-03-22 18:07, Steven Conner wrote: If you like the theme, you will love the effect. It is really nicely put together. This is an effect if Larry Becker put together with the props would have easily been over $100.00. Especially with the addition of the music. You can use up to 5 participants. Or you can use one if you wanted. This is definitely going to be a very fun effect to perform!! RNK
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Fred Darevil Elite user 446 Posts |
Here are my answers to questions I received by PM:
- Q :"Can I present Crazy-Coktail two times to the same group ?" A: "I don't think it would be very interesting to do that but if you had to, you could present Crazy Cocktail again to the same group, with the same menus for a totally different result". - Q : "Could you please be so kind and inform me if you plan to release a german or italian version? " A : "Actually, I've presented the US version in my repertoire in France for french public. In the e-book I give a story about prohibition period that legitimate US menus. Spectators love to hear this story and USA is always fascinating for europeans. I think I won't make another version, even for myself due to the success I have with this one. |
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