wow. well, i feel that this thread is going off in all directions, and I'm hoping to pull it back together with this post.
well...moving away form magic. in the "clothing and music" scene at the moment (and I'm sure many young-guns like my self will agree, and maybe some of you grandads out there may know it to) is heaily dominated by "emo" music, and clothing. a sick disgusting disease in my opinion. but that is what it is. a trend...which I'm sure in a couple of years...three maximum will surely DIE out. it is the same with magic.
i think that if you approached somebody in the tv business who interested in hiring a magician... and you came along and did a nice sponge ball routine and somebody else came up and did a short ID routine. I'm positive that they would ask the ID person to come back. because that what magic is all about at the moment...fast hard hitting and visiual. to many magicians and older people in the scene will probably disagree and say the sponge balls are the ones that tickle my fancy. well, thats not what the people are interested in. and it is the PEOPLE the COMPANIES that make magic what it is, and comapnies have made magic glam fast and visual for sometime now. but again it is a trend and it will surely die out very soon.
moving on, my mum and dad, when they were young magic wasn't big, they hadn't seen a big magic show or anything until the masked magician. and thats when i first got into it, however, i could not perform anything because it was all stage etc. then a while later Blaine came along. and i was amazed. many people are to harsh on him, he isn't as boring as people make him out to be. you may not like him, but he DOES have skill. it is not all just gimmicks as many people make it out to be. sure he does use gimmicks, but MANY magicians do. stage magicians, thats nearly all the use. and much bigger gimmicks as well. anyway...drifting off the point. blaine got me into magic and i bought a book, and then a stripper and then put them noth down for about 3-4 years maybe a bit longer, because i was to young to be bothered learning what needed to be learnt. and then i picked the old cards up again in july last year, and I'm now going very strong.
nearly there. i myself have bought very little gaffs over my short period of time, i only just invested in a svengali deck, in which my routine under Tsunami can be found in file sharing. the reason i am one for buying gimmicks or effects off the net or in shops is because nothing grabs my b**ls. i find a lot of effects very similar and bland. nothing with a wow factor. that is probably why i continue to practice my sleights and make up my own routines, change routines, etc etc. i am now branching out in to coin magic, and Markdini is giving me lots of advice " because he is a wise old man
" in areas such as these. my point here is i got caught up in magic because of blaine, and many many effects that he performed that i once loved, i find now boring.
coming to and end. this ellusionist type magic is a trend and will soon most DEFINATELY die out. I'm sure verybody can see that these hard hitting quick effects are starting to lose their buzz, and the quality of the trick is slowly starting to deteriorate. and this is where the "pure skill" as i like to call it will come in to play, old effects will be refreshed and brought to a new level. i dont know who will do it...but this is what i think is going to happen. so yeh..hope you enjoyed that!
