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Hi guys I am new to this website altohugh I have visted it from time to time looking up reviews and so on, I have been doing magic for about 2 years now and I have just put up some videos of me doing some magic tricks. I was hopeing that any one could tell me what they think of my tircks. Improvements? Suggestions?
http://www.youtube.com/user/BenTheRad
I have only got 5 videos so far but I will get more soon I hope. Any questions please P.M me!

P.S This is my favorite of all my vidoes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgIM1il7 ... annel_page

Ben the Rad writes, in part: " . . .I was hopeing that any one could tell me what they think of my tircks. . . "

The tricks are fine, but no different from what a million other guys are doing.

Use that pound or two of gray matter between your ears and come up with some new presentations.

Remember: YOU asked! <G>

Ben The Rad wrote:Hi guys I am new to this website altohugh I have visted it from time to time looking up reviews and so on, I have been doing magic for about 2 years now and I have just put up some videos of me doing some magic tricks. I was hopeing that any one could tell me what they think of my tircks. Improvements? Suggestions?
http://www.youtube.com/user/BenTheRad
I have only got 5 videos so far but I will get more soon I hope. Any questions please P.M me!

P.S This is my favorite of all my vidoes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgIM1il7 ... annel_page

You do a camera trick, then a snap change. This could be looked at like another camera trick, although the change is good.

The balloon/phone thing is OK, not a trick I like, but you perform it fine. Apart from your hat totally blocking the view at the end. You could be doing anything!

The macdonald's aces is probably the worse thing on the video. I am not sure where you learnt this from, but the 'counts' you do I've never seen before. They aren't really counts, but a kind of confusing cutting process where you are clearly not smooth. Although you can't SEE what you are doing, you know something funny is going on. There are 'standard' moves for doing the 'vanish' of the ace, I imagine this is on one of the Easy To Master card series. Maybe someone else can come up with a source?

The levitation is odd because it's so shakey. Can you make it more smooth?

Finally, the use of (what I imagine is) copyrighted music is a no no. It also means we get no idea of your personality. I assume you don't perform to music, so it'd be good to hear your patter and presentation.

You looked confident and competent, and asked for criticism, so please take it in the manner in which it is intended.

the use of copyrighted music is a no no.

You need to pay the performer for using their music.

But I wonder if the music selection is really appropriate for the demonstration at hand? Did you choose it simply because you like the music (and you know what it's called) or because it enhances the esthetic of your mise en scene?

Successfully (and legally) combining music and moving images is hard. As has been mentioned previously, some examples of your patter would help understand your persona.

Agreed about the music and the counts; there are some really smooth ways of doing them that are pretty easy. But congrats on having your own style and not just copying whoever happens to be on TV at the moment; as has been mentioned, recording your patter might help us get a better grasp of this.

You got your name TM? Did you really?