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Hi All,

I am putting together a memory themed routine. So far I have Kioku, a 3 billet routine whereby I ask 3 different spectators to think of a person from their past that no-one present could possibly know, this is fun when you have people related, married etc

I think I just need one more, I'll have the thinking cap on over the next few days and I'm sure I'll come up with something.

Note: I am looking for effects with the theme memories as oppossed to memory effects.

thanks,

Sea.

I use Mistress memory by Paul Brook, but that is only available in his Book Of Lies which is £65.00

Something to do with toys or games (memories of childhood). This might help to liven up the routine with something a little more visual. Maybe ask someone to think of their favourite toy, or perhaps a Christmas present that they really wanted, but didn't get. Then you have a "letter from Santa" explaining why the bicycle (or whatever) fell out of the sleigh. You could work this into a full Confabulation routine and have the letter addressed to the spectator by name and say what year it was.

Marc Spelmann had a routine involving the memory of flavours of sweets in his Chapters DVDs. He picks out the person who is thinking of the more sour flavour (because they chose a green wine gum and everyone else had a red one). It's not expressly presented as a memory of flavour, but that is what it is.

Have an audience pick out a memory of yours (see chapter 1 of Thirteen Steps as one method).

Ok I'm confused. . .

You say "Memory Act". . . are you talking about a demonstration of your ability to recall things or an act focused on other people's memories? (I'm assuming the latter, given the effects listed . . . and BTW, the 3 envelop routine is known as 4th Dimensional Telepathy; I'd strongly encourage you to study Bob Cassidy's notes on that routine as well as his video "webinare" download -- find out more via Jheff @ http://marketplaceofthemind.net/forum/index.php.)

If you are invoking other people's memories I'd suggest looking into Sensory Projection from Underground Collective. There's no need to create your own trees, just use the movie themed example they have in the book; this is one of the most mind-boggling bits in my shows.

Confabulation can be effective with this sort of program but it's something you will want to do some studying on in that there are several methods by which to make it happen (Paul Stockman's being one of the most deceptive I've seen in years and it can be done without any additional help).

When it comes to actual "Super Memory" type routines that are easy to do, check out Lee Earle's "Deep Sea Digits" (Syzygy magazine compilation).

sorry about the confusion Craig.

I was stringing together a few effects based on other peoples memories as opposed to demonstrating my super amazing memory.

thanks for the tips,

Sea.

This isn't even my area of interest, but I'm liking part timers suggestions on the santas letter bit

How about a Q&A-style routine but instead of questions, the audience are asked to think of a vivid memory? Use your favourite method/combination of methods to reveal. Perhaps present a (Sneak Thief-style) mixture between matching memories that you have openly read to the person whose memory it is and "reading" memories that are still hidden.

Why not just put in a simple book test?
When I was little I did the book test trick from Peter Eldin's Book Of Magic and because people used to think I was a bit autistic they thought I must've memorised every line on every page of every book on the shelf. So I guess you could work on that principal and perform a book test that makes it look like you've memorised all the books.