#21 Alone

I'm all alone. I don't have a camera operator. Oh, well, actually... I do. But I haven't had time to work with her. I'm actually doing shows pretty much every day at the moment to prepare for Europe's FISM Competition in Blackpool next month. The act has been well received by the general public, but I have no idea if magicians are going to like it. Exciting times. That they are.

Anyway, here's my hand.

#20 Guessing Game

Here is an intresting idea I came up with few days ago. The trick is based on an Al Baker idea (I think) and when I started playing around with it I quickly came up with three different handlings for this effect. This handling is the cleanest one.

The performance is maybe a little bit too long and each revelation could be presented more dramatically, but this is what you get when you have a tight schedule to keep up with. Guessing Game.

#19 Precision

As you may have noticed, I had a holiday break and I didn't post a video last week. No worries, since we are back again and new videos are coming. I had a routine already filmed a couple of days ago but I wasn't happy with the performance, so I decided to come up with something else. I will probably try to shoot the other routine in the near future.

This one is a simple routine that is based on a well known principle. I'm sure others have done similar things in the past. I added a few touches and the end result is somewhat satisfactory. I'm not exactly sure who to credit, so I'm gonna play it safe and go with Marlo.

This is Precision.



Music by: Lumituinen

PS. Somebody suggested that the cards are all the same. They're not. This is a little bit more sophisticated.

#18 What's The Deal With The Aces?

I tried this once on a layperson a couple nights ago and she seemed to find this rather amazing. I changed a few things here and there and performed it to my magic-buddies and they seemed to find it rather funny. Personally, I think this is quite a clever combination of physical and psychological methods that make a very solid routine. But then again, I'm biased.

So, what's the deal with the aces?

#17 Ace Assembly

Here's an Ace Assembly. The handling is quite choppy and basic and the whole thing was filmed in one take. However the handling of the last ace should be something that card-people appreciate.

#16 Clip

This is just a quick funny thing. It's silly, I know. The production gag is based on "Steranko's Opener" and the Clip Vanish is an idea I came up with about six months ago.

#15 Wash Away

First I was going to make a short one-card-manipulation routine, but then I ended up doing a silly sequence of all kinds of fishy moves. The card is constantly going from one palming position to another. I think the video would actually be more impressive if it showed the exposed view...

Wash away (my sins):