gdp's Comments

double facers : Vanishing Inc Magic

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 19:12:30 +0000

thanks for the kind words. I'll try to keep the site updated. :)

double facers : We do things no one can see?

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:45:04 +0000

I would understand that... but are you really convincing the spectator that you are doing that? If i was a laymen and i put the card back in the MIDDLE and without anything being said, he just cuts the deck. Obviously i am thinking you are trying to control the card. Hate to break the illusion... people know you can stick your little finger into the deck and keep place of the card. It isn't about the sleight itself. Magicians are so caught up about the revelation of the card that they forgot to make the trick seem impossible by loosing their card. The whole debate of if a Fan or cascade looks "natural" is a stupid one. The way you spread the cards, the way you perform a double lift is way different than any laymen. Do they suspect that you are doing something weird? Hope not. Why? Because it has become you. That's what a SKILLED person with cards does.

double facers : We do things no one can see?

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:33:15 +0000

that video is a good example. I LOVE Spellbound, but I hate all the routines out there... All the moves screams out switching coins. But what if you could do one that is more... gritty. Like rubbing the coin. Not so showy.

double facers : We do things no one can see?

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:42:18 +0000

yeah. sorry about that. I meant to use the double undercut doing the video. my bad.

double facers : We do things no one can see?

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:04:49 +0000

I don't ever understand when magicians say that. What is normal for a magician? should we handle cards like a laymen dropping it everywhere? What normal is is what you make of it. I don't think a layman will think... man he does a great thumb-fan... but why did he cascade the cards... seems so out of place. It's only out of place if your body language makes it out of place. Just like anything, you can learn it to make it apart of you. I agree about cascading without reason. When I do it I say "So your card is somewhere in here.... yeah?" and they say "yes". you got them convinced that their card is still lost, and the cascading is to tell them it could be in here.. anywhere. When you do the move like you are trying to be fair... no breaks or anything, and your body language is like that, then they don't suspect a thing. Hell... why the hell would you do a double undercut for no reason. That is more out of place I think, and plus they know you are trying to cut to the card.

double facers : We do things no one can see?

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:30:19 +0000

thanks for that example. I think the main point is that many magicians just don't think like what is stated above. They read a move and learn it and think that's how it is done. In his mind, he is doing a move. What is he integrating it to? Nothing. People can say that he hasn't practiced enough or that the technique he is using is flawed, but then why does he still learn it wrongly? Doesn't looking in the mirror tell him that it just isn't that good? That's the illusion, why do magicians not see how horrible the construction of the move is when its starring them in the face?

double facers : Peru, here I come.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:22:04 +0000

I agree that having a mentor helps out so much, but many don't have one. I didn't. What is missing with many kids doing magic now a days is the force to make them perform for real people. That is the main thing that will make you quit or make your magic better. Youtube makes you feel you are showing everyone how "cool" you are but you still have the wall being behind your computer that no one can really hurt your ego. Go out and show people what that kid showed and they will laugh at you. The point is, does it make you stronger and prove to them you can fool them? Many kids don't have the guts to go through with it.

double facers : Cascade control and a trick

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:19:36 +0000

I pull the card out with my pinky, so the card is acutally side and back jogged quite a ways, that way the break doesn't show up.

double facers : Cascade control and a trick

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:53:52 +0000

i think double facers has a more magical feel than double backers. Honestly never thought about it much, just like the look of showing double face deck.

double facers : Cascade control and a trick

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:30:09 +0000

at times like these, I refer you to this video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2HQnDvImyQ&feature=r...

double facers : Cascade control and a trick

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:47:11 +0000

Thanks for the pointers on the cascade control. The trick isn't based on any trick per-say. Probably has influences of Derek Dingle's all back routine. The main part of the trick, (the flipping the cards over and over) was shown to me by Justin Hanes in Portland. This is just 6 years of evolution. I really think the main thing I put into it is the patter. I'll talk about that more in another post.

double facers : Cascade control and a trick

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:44:51 +0000

Personally I read the description in Card Finesse II and it sucks balls. It's like 1 paragraph. It's how I handle doing Dan and Dave's variation with the move. You can find it on their website. www.dananddave.com

double facers : Cascade control and a trick

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:56:13 +0000

it's my own presentation for the trick based off of all those double backer routines out there. The change is not published, I am figuring out if its original with me.

double facers : Cascade control and a trick

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:17:51 +0000

haha. It's still a nervous habit, but you notice when I start a trick I don't do it. Also I just literally woke up and shot this so I needed to warm up my fingers. :P

double facers : Taking a Chance.

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:45:03 +0000

there is nothing wrong with entertaining yourself.... oh... with magic.

Visual Madness : The Metamorphosis is COMPLETE

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:32:41 +0000

it looks sexy. :D

double facers : Magician Fooler?

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:35:00 +0000

isn't anything less than telling them the real method a "fuck you"?

double facers : Magician Fooler?

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:05:37 +0000

Its a great book. Make sure you read "in between the lines" so to speak. His advice is great after each sleight of hand study.

double facers : Magician Fooler?

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 18:35:50 +0000

excellent point there Greg. Your post sparked me to ask this, What is "Magical"? is it like a sense of wonder? Astonishment so to speak if you go along the Paul Harris route. But I think I get more of that sensation watching someone juggle 9 balls or doing miming. That sense of wonder of achieving some amazing feat using the human body alone is quite wonderful. But magic is so hidden... secrets everywhere. Maybe that is one of the big reasons people treat card tricks as puzzles.

double facers : Is the card really lost?

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 20:52:21 +0000

I feel that works well in context of parlor magic. I think Kostya does more parlor magic than close-up now-a-days for his professional work. Personally I would say that during close-up magic, putting the deck down to the side would really alert some people to what you are doing. I think that because in parlor magic or even stage magic for that matter, you can walk around being natural and say your patter but close up I feel you can't bring the deck out of frame of their view.