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hello, i am kyle
i have been doing street magic since 9 yrs old in USA. i am currently searching for new street magic tricks. Books, dvds, pdfs. Thanks for any suggestions. i am looking preferably tricks with slieght of hand. feel free to ask questions
my current routine consists of:
the superman quarter bend
the rare reverse
quarter bite
extreme burn
dissolving cards
vanishing ipod
King levitation
some of the M5 tricks
and underground 11 vanish

I would imagine most people here are going to direct you towards books, and away from what you seem to be buying, which is a lot of gimmicks...

So to start that up, anyone would advise you to get:

The Royal Road to Card Magic
JB Bobo's Modern Coin Magic
Mark Wilson's Complete Course In Magic

And I myself, would definitely recommend:

Paul Harris's Art of Astonishment
And just because it really is so valuable, Strong Magic by Darwin Ortiz

If necessary, you could try some DVDs, which I'll let someone else recommend, but I'd go with books.

Hope I didn't give you the opposite of the response you wanted.

The only ones that have a gimmic is quarter bite,extreme burn and superman

thanks

But could you go out and take my iPod and make it disappear?

No, you need some sort of apparatus for it. What I mean is you should learn some impromptu things, and that's what those books will teach you.

Who do you perform to? How often do you perform? Amateur or for money? And what reactions do you normally get?

That will help people give you the advice you're looking for.

to make the ipod dissapear all that is needed is to keep in mind line of sight and a sleight
i don't perform for money but if someone gives me a tip (which is rare) i don't refuse, i guess i just like their reaction. I perform about two or three times a week at the mall and for friends at random times. i change my routines every once in a while. Easy or hard the trick has to give a good reaction and not bore the audience during the process.

I still think you should get the books...

Ive just ordered a couple thanks

Great. Which ones?

the first two
Ill order the next two after I read the others so I don't feel bogged down with stuff to do.

Great those are the ones everyone recommends