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Magic Roadshow Journal of Magic____ Oct.16, 2004____ Issue# 009 Rick Carruth.... editor/publisher____Copyright (C)2004 ========================== ~ Hello Folks.. ~
First things first... I want to welcome each and every new subscriber to Magic Roadshow. I hope you find a home here, and choose to contribute your thoughts and ideas to our journal. You are WELCOME to submit any suggestions, questions, rants, raves, or opinions to: the EDITOR If you have any friends or family you feel would enjoy our Journal of Magic, please have them visit http://www.StreetMagic.info and sign up for this newsletter AND receive the bonus ebooks for subscribing. Both an unsubscribe link and a physical address are provided at the bottom of this newsletter. This journal is protected under international copyright laws (C), and may not be reproduced in any fashion except with the permission of the editor/owner. * The contents of this journal are intended for the sole use of the subscribers to eMagic Deluxe. By subscribing, you are indicating that you have a legitimate interest in magic and learning the secrets of magic, and, are willing to protect and keep private the contents of this journal. ========================== ~ Magic at the Beach ~ My wife and I just returned from a trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina where I had the priviledge of visiting with a number of outstanding magicians and shops. If you are that way sometime, be sure to stop at Ron Conleys House of Magic at Barefoot Landing, Broadway Magic at Broadway at the Beach, Michael Bairefoot's new Thee Magic Shop at the Costal Grand Myrtle Beach mall, and my buddy Jim Lee's shop at Center South Shopping Center. And, on our way home, I HAD to take the time to visit the HUGE Madhatter Magic at Quail Valley Plaza in Columbia, South Carolina... (near I-26 and I-20 .) At the moment, we are planning a trip to Las Vegas in the not-to-distance future. That should provide me with a wealth of information ! ============================= ~ The Toothless Wonder's Solid thru Solid ... ~ One of my favorite coin tricks.. All you need is a bit of two-sided tape, available at most department stores like Wal-mart. ( Two-sided tape is an essential item in your collection of material necessary to carry out a variety of magic tricks... If you don't have a roll, get one ! ) Put a coin in your hand and keep it out of sight from 'Bob' . Ask Bob to hold his hand out.. palm side down. With the coin in the palm of your hand, and with a swift move, put your hand palm down on top of Bob's, trapping the coin between your palm and the back of Bob's hand. If you do this in a nice, smooth, quick move... Bob won't feel the coin you placed on the back of his hand..... I promise. Take a coin out of your pocket and lay it on top of the back side of your hand ( the hand on top of Bob's hand ). Announce that you are going to force the coin through the back of your hand and onto Bob's hand with one swift smack. What Bob doesn't know is that you secretly put a one inch strip of two-sided tape into the palm of your free hand, the one NOT on top of Bob's, before the magic began. With a 'smack', slap your hand onto the top of the coin resting on your other hand. Leave your hands in this position for a moment of two as you ask Bob if he felt the magic happen. S-l-o-w-l-y lift your top hand, with the coin now unknowingly stuck, out of site, to the tape in your palm. Leave you fingers open, but keep your hand palm down to keep the coin out-of-site. Move your free hand, along with the coin, to the side as you direct your focus to your other hand. Again... slowly lift your other hand from atop Bob's hand to expose the coin laying on top of HIS hand. Turn your hand over to show your palm. Now.. point toward the coin and make a comment about "look, solid thru solid " as you continue to direct the hand with the coin toward your back or pants pocket... ( Note... Extreme Version... IF 'Bob' is a REAL friend, and considering that Halloween is around the corner, you can put a small drop of ketchup on the underside of the coin ( between the coin and your palm ) before you place it on Bob's hand ... After you expose the coin, tell Bob that you're trying to figure a way to perform the magic without the mess. I would NEVER perform this on a stranger unless you are prepared to start performing as 'The Toothless Wonder'... ) =========================== ~ Perfect Practice ~ .... Rick Carruth In response to a recent discussion about ' what's the best way to go about learning tricks from books and videos'... I had the following reply: -------------- I discovered years ago that my mind was a funny creature. I wanted to be a world class pool (billiards) player and, made good progress in that direction. I watched as other top players spent hour upon hour setting up shots and practicing these shots over and over. Too boring for me... I wanted to play for hour upon hour, and convinced myself that by performing a variety of shots I would 'develop' faster than these guys who were spending inordinate time on one shot that they may not even see during the course of a typical game... For a while I could 'clean their clocks'. I had to offer these guys some sort of 'spot' (advantage) to even get them to the table. I could beat em'... they knew it... I knew it... game over. Then, suddenly, I reached the top of my game. I shot for endless hours every day, struggling to top the plateau I was stuck on.. And while I struggled... one of my partners won the world nine-ball bar table championships in Las Vegas, and the other picked up ten thousand dollars plus for beating one of the greatest players in history in the finals of a major tournament... I was stuck, and couldn't get over that last 'hump' UNTIL I broke my game down, went BACK to basics, and practiced the simple drills I detested until I ,literally, couldn't see straight... Do you know what I'm saying? DON'T rush to be a player. Be a STUDENT first, then blow 'em away with your play (magic)... Bottom line... a basic foundation is EVERYTHING ! By being able to perform the simple moves without so much as a second thought, you free your subconscious mind to perform the real moves and patter that's necessary to make a trick work. Figure out several moves that are critical to the type of magic you are performing. By mastering the moves (sleights) first, you can open most coin, or card, books and begin to perform the magic almost from the first reading. A good example would be Daryl's Card Revelation videos one and two. If you take the time to master the pinkie break of a chosen card, cut it to the bottom, then bring it to the top with two of three simple methods... then you can perform virtually every trick on these videos without a second thought. This makes watching the video, or reading the book, much more enjoyable... to me anyway.. Work on one sleight at a time.. Work on one sleight until you begin to get a little sloppy, then quit or work on another sleight. One of my favorite sayings is; Practice doesn't make perfect... PERFECT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Work on a move as long as you can give it your all... then put it down. Now, go back and read the last two sentences again.... I would work on small groups of two or three sleights at a time, as I said above, working with each one until you get sloppy. This concentration of effort will instill a sense of confidence that will let you perform the trick itself with the speed necessary to make it look really casual and informal. ========================= ~ Magic Video's ~ What are other magicians performing? To see an ever-increasing number of amazing video clips, visit Pubtricks at: Pubtrick.com All the secrets are downloadable for a small price. But I enjoy just browsing around and seeing what other performers have up their sleeves.... ========================= ~ Free Magic ~ Need some FREE magic? Here's a bunch of great free tricks for you. Free Tricks for Roadshow Readers ========================= Well... That does it for this issue! I am sincerely honored to have you as a reader, and encourage you to email me If you write articles about magic and magic-related subjects, and would like to see your article published, email me at the above email address and let me have a look at it ! Please don't send it as an attachment as my Outlook Express will automatically delete it. May my next issue find you well.... Rick Carruth |
