newbie

[Sean Dyer]

Brand new to the site and only been practicing magic about 9 months so yall go easy on me

[Smoothini]

Did you introduce yourself yet?

[Jeremy Hanrahan]

Welcome. As you have said you are fairly new to magic, what are some of the building blocks you have? Books, dvd's or effects? Also, what type of magic are you most interested in?

[JBenitez]

Hi ppl, I am extremely newbie too. I've been practising with some books and videos, but magic doesn't have that much sources to learn, at least for me xD.
I find coin magic very attractive because it can be performed anywhere with just coins.

Cya

Oh, I'm a spanish speaker guy, so if you find some mistakes in grammar or so, dont may much attention please.

[Steve Vaughn]

Newbies ask for any assistance or questions you may have. There are guys here with experience in all aspects of the art and remember one thing, everyone was a newbie at one point. No one entered the art knowing anymore than you did....the question is how much you want to learn. Good luck.

[Jeremy Hanrahan]

Originally Posted by Steve Vaughn

Newbies ask for any assistance or questions you may have. There are guys here with experience in all aspects of the art and remember one thing, everyone was a newbie at one point. No one entered the art knowing anymore than you did....the question is how much you want to learn. Good luck.

Steve is a definate asset to this forum. And a nice guy. It is amazing the amount of talent being asembled into this forum. Use it to your advantage new guys, and take it to the next level. Just ask questions and you will not be disappointed.

[Sean Dyer]

thanks for the great welcome, do to my job I dont have very much time to be on here but to answer your questions I have purchased several books and a few DVD's to get me started. I love the whole street magic sceen and everything that goes with it, mainly the use of everyday objects to perform with. I love magic as an art form and allthough I only started about 8 months ago its has taken over everybit of my free time, like a drug I cant get enough of. Thanks to everyone for letting me be a part of this community.

Sean D.

[RonJaxon]

My first piece of advice would to to learn the basics. I'm sure you'd like to jump right in and do some of the things you've seen those magicians do on TV. If you buy some of those tricks you just might be able to do them. But here's the problem. If you don't know the basics you'll be stuck when something goes wrong.

Let me give you an example. Let's say you learned how to make a finger ring float. This trick uses a gimmick. Imagine you practiced this so much that you can do the perfectly without thinking. I mean you've really got it mastered. you go out and perform it for 10 times and they freaked out. But then on the eleventh time the gimmick broke right after you borrowed a ring from someone. What would you do? I mean you already have the ring in your hand but you can't do the trick you planned to do. The answer is simple. You'll need to do a different trick with their ring. And unless you've mastered the basics you won't know anything else to do with it. It'll be basic sleight of hand that'll give you the most options. In fact with the basics you'll find you'll be able to make tricks up right then any there.

So no matter what style of magic you want to do. Learn the basics first. Since you stated that you're interested in the modern "Street magic" era. I suggest you learn basic coin moves (Passes, palms, etc...). Learn to do them with coins and other small similar sized objects.

If you want to do card magic, even if you use a gimmicked deck you'll still need to learn the basic card moves. Just to give a few you should know how to do a turn over (double lift), various palms, false shuffles and cuts, forces and so forth.

One more thing. "Basic" move does not mean moves only beginners should use. You'll always use them. I still perform a basic French drop in some routines. In card magic I rarely use any advanced moves beyond a jog shuffle, riffle force and top palm.

Above all enjoy it or you'll loose interest before you master any of it and spend your life calling yourself a magician but never learned the basics of the art.

Ron Jaxon

[Sean Dyer]

Thank you for the advice, what you named is pretty much what I am doing so this was good reassurance. Now just lots and lots more practice.....thank you agin