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brad12d3 Special user 526 Posts |
I have loved magic since I was a kid but never performed it professionally. I'm just a really enthusiastic hobbyist. I have bought countless tricks and books over the years but rarely get to perform them for a couple of reasons.
One, it's not realistic to load up my pockets with stuff every time I go out just in case an opportunity to perform something comes up. So, unless somebody comes to my house I just don't get much of a chance to show stuff to people. Two, I can carry a deck of cards easily but since I don't do tricks that often, it's hard to remember what I've learned and I never have enough time to practice sleights to a point where I feel comfortable doing them in front of people. So my solution, to start, is to put together a list of 9 impromptu self-working tricks and 1 opening stacked self-working trick that I can focus on, learn, and perform when the opportunity arises. Then add to it later on. I have read through many of the "Best Self-Working" Threads and have skimmed through my Fulves, Scarne, Lorayne, Bannon, etc. books looking for my favorites. The great thing about self-working tricks is that the great ones are really great but the bad thing is that there seems to be a lot of repetition not only in method but even plot/presentation. So finding 10 pretty unique tricks that really resonate with me takes some digging. So I am looking for two more that are a bit different, at least in plot/presentation, to the ones I have come up with. I am specifically looking for two impromptu self-working tricks that don't require a set up to add and would love to hear some recommendations. Here's what I have: Chaos - Absolutely killer trick that I rarely see get mentioned. Something to note about this, there is a sleight mentioned in the literature that has you move three cards from top to bottom. Unless I am missing something, it seems to me that there is no reason why this can't be done beforehand as opposed to during performance. I can't see how making this part of the preparation changes anything in the trick. Out of this Universe - this one isn't impromptu and does require a stack, but it just so happens that chaos makes setting up for this trick very easy, so it sort of becomes impromptu when following chaos. Braude's Mental Trick Dr. Jones Pedal to the metal Degrees of freedom 4,5,6 Gemini Twins |
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Harry Lorayne 1926 - 2023 New York City 8558 Posts |
Hey, if you don't "skim" through my books you may, who knows?, find other things you'd like/use/perform. Who knows?
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brad12d3 Special user 526 Posts |
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On Jan 15, 2019, Harry Lorayne wrote: Hi Harry, You have some terrific content in your books and I absolutely love your "Out of this Universe". I would love to be able to sit down and read every word in all these books/ebooks that I have bought... and perhaps eventually I will. Although it will probably take me years to do so. I work about 50 hours a week doing video production and graphics work, hang out with the family including helping my wife out with marketing her music, which is sort of a second job in itself. So I don't have just a ton of free time. Some of the books I have contain literally hundreds of tricks in them. Even my smaller books will have somewhere in the ballpark of 50-60 different effects. Plus my criteria is pretty strict... impromptu, self-working, with no sleights. So if the plot of a trick is too similar to another I already decided on or doesn't interest me (I don't really like gambling routines for instance), or if it requires a sleight then I just move on. I just got to a point where I thought it might be good new to hear some fresh thoughts from the community. Who knows, maybe something new and amazing has come out since I bought all these books and the threads I've been reading through were posted. Doesn't hurt to check in every once in a while in case there something I've missed. ;-) |
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Wravyn Inner circle 3482 Posts |
Not sure if you have PRISIM by Max Maven, if you do, look up Destiny.
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Harry Lorayne 1926 - 2023 New York City 8558 Posts |
You mention Out Of This Universe - from Close-Up Card Magic - only. That sorta' tells me that - Yeah, you're missing out on quite a few of my books that came after that.
[email]harrylorayne@earthlink.net[/email]
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magicfish Inner circle 7004 Posts |
This is Mindreading? - Lorayne (it's different and it's deadly)
Stop! -Lorayne (it's different and it's deadly) Stabbed in the Pack- Lorayne (it's diff... ah heck, just lock the door and start reading!) 😉😉😉😉 There is one sleight involved in Stabbed. ...seriously though, check these out. I could go on... |
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magicfish Inner circle 7004 Posts |
I also recommend the Card Magic of Nick Trost, anything by Rufus Steele, Roberto Giobbi's Light series, John Bannon's Destination Zero and Mentalissimo, The Jinx by Annemann, The essential Stewart James, and of course, everything ever written by Harry Lorayne. And Phil Goldstein.
I'm also a fan of Jon Carey's work. And some of my favourite self workers come from Simon Aronson. Try the Impossible and Art Decko are goldmine. |
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Inert Special user Babbled incessantly for 683 Posts |
Any Deck, Any Time by Fulves fits the bill. Worth new consideration.
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brad12d3 Special user 526 Posts |
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On Jan 15, 2019, Wravyn wrote: Looked it up, Destiny sounds awesome and so does the whole book. I am interested in mentalism as well and have bought some literature from Sean Waters, Bryn Reynolds, Atlas Brookings, etc.. I do have a Maven DVD that is great. So I went ahead and ordered Prism! |
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brad12d3 Special user 526 Posts |
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On Jan 15, 2019, magicfish wrote: Thanks! I'll have to find Stabbed in the Pack and see what that's about. My 4,5,6 is an easier version of Stop! You don't have to have as great of an eye to nail it. ;-) |
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brad12d3 Special user 526 Posts |
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On Jan 15, 2019, magicfish wrote: Yeah, the Nick Trost stuff is great and Destination Zero is awesome. I love the Undue Influence stuff in Try the Impossible and even developed my own version of it a while back that I need to refresh myself on. Definitely will check out some of your other recommendations. Thanks again! |
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brad12d3 Special user 526 Posts |
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On Jan 15, 2019, Inert wrote: Just looked at that in my book. Missed that one before. Very clever and different. I can think of some way I could have some fun with that! Thanks! |
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Wravyn Inner circle 3482 Posts |
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On Jan 15, 2019, brad12d3 wrote: It is a very good book. I have been doing Destiny for years. What I really like is it can use any deck of cards, they don’t need to be brand new, and it is pretty much all done in the spectators hands. It can have two outcomes, 1) a mind blowing trick or 2) a miracle. |
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magicfish Inner circle 7004 Posts |
Pseud-O-Mem by Terry Lagerould from Lorayne's Best of Friends is a real gem.
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brad12d3 Special user 526 Posts |
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On Jan 15, 2019, magicfish wrote: I'll check it out! Thanks again magicfish! |
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magicfish Inner circle 7004 Posts |
Forgot to mention Eugrne Burger's handling of Rosini's Double Reverse. Very simple. Very magical.
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mindhunter Inner circle Upstate NY 2280 Posts |
[quote]On Jan 15, 2019, brad12d3 wrote:
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On Jan 15, 2019, Wravyn wrote: Thanks Brad...Prism by Max will be a good buy for you. Bryn
Bryn D. Reynolds, Author of:
"The Safwan Papers" & "The LOGAR Scrolls" Mentalism ebooks - PM any interest. My artwork: https://darkmountainarts.com |
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brad12d3 Special user 526 Posts |
[quote]On Jan 16, 2019, mindhunter wrote:
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On Jan 15, 2019, brad12d3 wrote: You bet! I loved The Safwan Papers. That was one of the first mentalism books I bought years ago. Look forward to prism! |
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brad12d3 Special user 526 Posts |
So I sort of stumbled upon another self worker that I really like that is also very different from the others on my list.
Well actually it's a mathematical routine that uses coins called "Hive Mind" that uses workings from a previous card trick but applied to coins. It's funny because just a few days ago I read through a card trick that used the same principle but that I wasn't really that fond of it. However, the additions made in Hive Mind bring the spectators into the routine in a big way which I really liked. At first I went to go find a pile of quarters, dimes, nickels, and Pennies to use but then it hit me to just convert it back to a card trick and use the four suits in place of the four different coins. Hive Mind is really clever and would be very hard for most anyone to work out. |
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Inert Special user Babbled incessantly for 683 Posts |
Some excellent recommendations on this thread.
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