jimothefreatest wrote
[url]i have read corinda's "amazing memory test" trick, and it doesn't seem to be a trick that would particularly amaze my friends...[/url]
Have you tried it?
There are main two ways of remembering a list of items, the first is to remember them in a string, as a story in order. The second is to us a method like in corrinders 13 steps, this allows you to remember instantly any object at any number in the list. In the 13 steps corrinder shows how to do it for a list of thirty objects but it is very easy to extend yourself.
This is my strongest ever stand alone / no props / do anyware routine, it always stuns people, and when asked how I do it I say a magician must train his mind. They know there is no other way the trick could be done.
My system taken straight from the 13 steps allows 65 objects to be remembered. This allows me to do the knights tour from any square they chose whilst blindfolded with no trickery at all.
Add these two feats to memorising a deck in sixty seconds, the magic square etc and these last two effects are never questioned.
one pen one peice of paper and you have a twenty minute routine.
To sum up if you just want to learn one memory feat because you are not into mnumonics but would just like a quick dabble then learn the corrinder way as this will give you a vast amount of material from just one mnumonic learnt. Plus this takes up just one chapter in an amazing book so you get the rest for free.
ps to present on stage produce a bag of cards all different for people to choose. You try getting a group of people to name 50 different things quickly with no duplication.
if you have 500 cards in the bag then the trick is no less diluted but the speed of presentation is kept up.
If anyone else has presentation tips please please let me know.
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