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^^^^^^ I cosign that then when you are done there get and/or expert at the card table and expert card technique. That will give you more than enough too get you started and you can get it all at penguin for around 20 - 30 dollars. Also Bobo's modern coin magic is nice as well.
It depends on what kind of magic you want to do...
The two posts above already covered card magic, so I'll do coin.
Bobo's Modern Coin Magic
David Roth's Expert Coin Magic Made easy
go to www.coinvanish.com for reviews on David Stone's, Roth's, and Ammar's DVDs.
There are many starting tools for cards, so I would look around and find what you like best.
The two posts above already covered card magic, so I'll do coin.
Bobo's Modern Coin Magic
David Roth's Expert Coin Magic Made easy
go to www.coinvanish.com for reviews on David Stone's, Roth's, and Ammar's DVDs.
There are many starting tools for cards, so I would look around and find what you like best.
For cards, Oz pearlman's born to preform card magic, as well as The Royal Road to Card magic.
Im not much of a coin person but i hear Bobo's modern coin magic is very good.
Im not much of a coin person but i hear Bobo's modern coin magic is very good.
Well, nice to see a new face among us.
DVD's:
But, to your question, I would highly recomend how to do street magic over at www.ellusionist.com. Also, Xtreme begginers at E is good if you want to start flourishing.
Books:
There are a few really awsome books out their and I'll tell you what they are. My personal favorite is : Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic.
It is a must have for beginers and experts alike. It teaches all that you'll need.
It sells for about: 15-30 dollars. The price is steep but you should get it because it has step by step illustrations, easy to follow directions, teaches famous effects, and has a huge variety of over 300 tricks.
Another is : The Practical Encyclopedia of Magic by: Nicholas einhorn. This one is really for begginers but it reveals over 120 secrets. And even though I am much more advanced than I was then I still get some cool ideas from this book. It also gives backgrounds of different kinds of magic and biography's of magicians. This one sells for 15- 25 dollars. It's worth it when you start out because it also has pictures that help you along.
Dylan P.
DVD's:
But, to your question, I would highly recomend how to do street magic over at www.ellusionist.com. Also, Xtreme begginers at E is good if you want to start flourishing.
Books:
There are a few really awsome books out their and I'll tell you what they are. My personal favorite is : Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic.
It is a must have for beginers and experts alike. It teaches all that you'll need.
It sells for about: 15-30 dollars. The price is steep but you should get it because it has step by step illustrations, easy to follow directions, teaches famous effects, and has a huge variety of over 300 tricks.
Another is : The Practical Encyclopedia of Magic by: Nicholas einhorn. This one is really for begginers but it reveals over 120 secrets. And even though I am much more advanced than I was then I still get some cool ideas from this book. It also gives backgrounds of different kinds of magic and biography's of magicians. This one sells for 15- 25 dollars. It's worth it when you start out because it also has pictures that help you along.
Dylan P.
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Your welcome. And those books can probably be found at www.borders.com or www.barnesandnoble.com.
If not you can always try Amoazon.com or ebay.
Dylan P.
If not you can always try Amoazon.com or ebay.
Dylan P.
Well, we've got a lot of products here, and I'll try and summarize what people have said, as well as add tips.
BOOKS:
The Royal Road to Card Magic
Bobo's Coin Magic
Expert at the Card Table
DVDs:
How to do Street Magic (Ellusionist)
Ninja 1 & 2 (Ellusionist)
Born to Perform Card Magic (Penguin Magic)> My recommendation
TIPS:
Decide on which magic type you want to specialize in. Card Magic? Coin Magic? Rope Magic?
I suggest you get a solid foundation in the basic sleights once you choose, i.e. Learn the basic grip for cards, double lift, breaks, etc. Palms and steals aren't really unnecessary for now.
Learn a few good tricks (Born to Perform DVD has 4 STRONG effects), and practice them until you're tired of doing it. Then, go out and perform them. During your performance, LISTEN to your spectators. Interpret what they say about you, and make the necessary changes. Then, practice more. Repeat this cycle, and before you know it you'll be years into magic.
BOOKS:
The Royal Road to Card Magic
Bobo's Coin Magic
Expert at the Card Table
DVDs:
How to do Street Magic (Ellusionist)
Ninja 1 & 2 (Ellusionist)
Born to Perform Card Magic (Penguin Magic)> My recommendation
TIPS:
Decide on which magic type you want to specialize in. Card Magic? Coin Magic? Rope Magic?
I suggest you get a solid foundation in the basic sleights once you choose, i.e. Learn the basic grip for cards, double lift, breaks, etc. Palms and steals aren't really unnecessary for now.
Learn a few good tricks (Born to Perform DVD has 4 STRONG effects), and practice them until you're tired of doing it. Then, go out and perform them. During your performance, LISTEN to your spectators. Interpret what they say about you, and make the necessary changes. Then, practice more. Repeat this cycle, and before you know it you'll be years into magic.
DO NOT GET NINJA 1 OR 2 IF YOU ARE A BEGINNER. Not a good idea at all. They are too advanced, especially Ninja 1, which teaches the pass...there is no reason for you to learn that if you are a beginner. Get the other stuff, those are good suggestions.
Welcome to the Theory11 forums and to magic in general.
I personally started out doing card magic and found Ellusionist's Crash Course 1 to be a great help to me as a beginner. But as stated above, it all depends on what and how you want to learn. Whether it be from a book or DVD, and whether you want to learn coin, card or rope magic to begin with. Although i have had no experience with them personally, i have heard very good things about the Card College series, and would perhaps suggest volume 1 if you would prefer learning from a book.
Hope that helped.
- C S
I personally started out doing card magic and found Ellusionist's Crash Course 1 to be a great help to me as a beginner. But as stated above, it all depends on what and how you want to learn. Whether it be from a book or DVD, and whether you want to learn coin, card or rope magic to begin with. Although i have had no experience with them personally, i have heard very good things about the Card College series, and would perhaps suggest volume 1 if you would prefer learning from a book.
Hope that helped.
- C S
and dont forget to check out the beginners vid here at t11
http://www.theory11.com/beginners.php
helped me a lot
http://www.theory11.com/beginners.php
helped me a lot
I don't personally recommend "How to do Street Magic (Ellusionist)" for beginners. The tricks are easy enough that a beginner would be able to do them, however it does not give you a good base in card magic like Royal Road to Card Magic does and won't give you much to build upon. It's more of a 'what you see is what you get' DVD, whereas Royal Road gives you tricks that can be adapted into countless more tricks.