These routines good?

[freedom92]

Hey guys. I am preparing to perform during my friend's Birthday party this coming Sunday.
I'm thinking of perform a set of routine consisting of 6 tricks.
Here it is:

1. Witness by Lee Asher
2. Believe by Joel Paschall
3. Banachek's Casual Mentalism
- Add a Number
- Number Reversal
- Loco Logo Prediction
4. Flow by Paul Harris

Is these tricks good for performing?
All the items need already prepared.
I may do ACR if the response is good.

 

[DLeerium]

The routine is pretty good. Nice mix of everything from card magic, to mentalism to magic using props. A small problem may be the preparation required prior to each of these tricks. When creating a routine, I would say it is important to ensure that each trick sets up on another and have the strongest effect at the end.

 

[Addy]

If I were you, I might not want to have two tricks that requires a selected card consecutively (Witness and Believe). I would say either space it out or just drop one.

 

[Guardian18]

You could use the card from witness to go straight into believe. It would take a little bit of thinking though with the setup.

 

[Ben Long]

I would keep everything the same, but I would use Witness as a closer rather than an opener. That's just me, though.

 

[freedom92]

@ Addy: Well, i put Believe after Witness is because i can straight
away do the first move of Believe after the audience react
(they will woowah and asking around "How did you do that?").
Joel teaches those flourishes moves are too knacky and difficult.
So i make use of the chaotic situation and get the first card overturn
on the bottom.

@Guardian: I thought of it already. After the revealation of the card,
which is the audience overturn the bag and everyone react.
I make use of this time to get rid of the contrast card and the duplicate card(drop in into my pocket). Let them check the
bag, take back the card inside the bag and put back into the deck
and i immediately overturn the card at the bottom and
get ready to do Believe. If the audience wants to check
the deck, let them do it. After they do it, take back the deck, do some distraction, and do the bottom card reversal.

@Ben Long: Believe is also a closer trick.
I use Witness as opener is because the ending
is a smooth transition to the next trick.

 

[shinichikudo992000]

your routine is good but if I'm you, I'll put one more trick in there.

the UFO floating card trick. You can't go wrong w/ levitation trick at a party.

 

[freedom92]

Well as for levitation trick, i thought of King Rising Levitation, but too bad,
my friends knows the trick already. So i thought of Flow which is levitation object
trick. Floating card trick wise, i don't have the necessary items now so i will pass on it.
I will add 1 more to it. I'm thinking of Indecent. But i always have this problem.
[Post edited by Moderator]
Making the whole trick to fail. Any ways to solve this?

 

[Shadow782]

pretty good routine. In my opinion, the only time where you use indecent and witnes in the same routine is witness right before indecent, then shaking their hand and leaving. They're too similar to get the same reaction twice in my opinion. I would throw in Sinful if I were you, Coin hrough can and you have cans all around you (assuming). Flow is a nice finisher also, it really gets reactions.

 

[adjones]

There's too many closers in there. Things that should be at the end of a routine, instead of the middle, because they're so powerful. Like Witness and Believe. You need to start off with a powerful effect to reel the spectators in, then get slightly less amazing, but still keep them interested, and slowly build up to the big finale.

 

[adjones]

Double post, my bad.

 

[Ahmed Fouad]

I dont think starting with witness is a good idea, try to do something simpler but strong in the beginning to get more people interested and therefore see witness,
you could start with five speed if u have it, i think it's a great opener
Thats my opinion , choose what suits you

 

[Shadow782]

maybe believe would make a good opener. You first patter about beleving in magic and go from there, and in the 2nd to last trick in the routine you ask them if they reall do believe in magic. You will obviously get a few nay-sayers so "borrow" a water bottle and perform flow. That should smooth over real nice

 

[CaesarMagic]

as an opener you should do FOUR by Aaron Fisher then your follow it with Panic

 

[freedom92]

Well, i can't perform Sinful because my friends knew the trick already.
I don't know five speed neither FOUR by Aaron Fisher.
Maybe i perform Mentalism first then follow up with Witness then
Believe and for finale, Flow.
How's that?

 

[M_dalgashon]

There are too many "big" effects.
You should mayeb drop some, and space them with some small effects in between. Doing an ACR is good, and the Invisible plam is also one of my favorites.
Also, if you're up to it, you can set up a whole story about that dangerous trick you are going to do at the end, and then do Control, a la Wayne Houchin in Control DVD... But only do it as a final closer, and only if you can do it well, including all the drama.

 

[freedom92]

Ok. I will do Witness first then Mentalism follow by Believe and finally Flow.
I don't really know how to set it up for Control.
The last time i did Control, the audience doesn't have a big reaction.
They just say, "wow, you can control pulse", in a normal tone.

 

[Fropez87]

That routine sucks. It's not really a routine when you compile a bunch of hard hitting effects one after the other. It takes away from the spectator's experience.

Plus, most of those tricks have barely been released for a sufficient amount of time for you to be performing them properly and effectively.

 

[freedom92]

Isn't ACR a hard hitting effect? whereby the card keeps coming to top?
Isnt' tat a routine?
FYI, most effects although are too long from the release,
but with sufficient practice, you still can perform.
Are you trying to say that all new release tricks should not be perform?
Also Brad Christian said, "the more you hit them, the more they want."
One more thing, you seems to be wierd.
Everyone posted here somehow or rather agree that these tricks that
i will be doing are quite good. Only you are the one who disagree.
I don't know what's wrong with you, or maybe, you don't have much experience?

 

[ElisG]

Isn't ACR a hard hitting effect? whereby the card keeps coming to top?
Isnt' tat a routine?
FYI, most effects although are too long from the release,
but with sufficient practice, you still can perform.
Are you trying to say that all new release tricks should not be perform?
Also Brad Christian said, "the more you hit them, the more they want."
One more thing, you seems to be wierd.
Everyone posted here somehow or rather agree that these tricks that
i will be doing are quite good. Only you are the one who disagree.
I don't know what's wrong with you, or maybe, you don't have much experience?

With all due respect, everyones been saying your routine sucks, just in a more subtle way than fropez, you need to look further than just mainstream effects sold on E and T11, they're good but there's a lot more out there.