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funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9982 Posts |
Happy to explore TopHat -- both for personal stuff and as related to the Godfather Series.
"the more one pretends at magic, the more awe and wonder will be found in real life." Arnold Furst
eBooks at https://www.lybrary.com/ken-muller-m-579928.html questions at ken@eversway.com |
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Mb217 Inner circle 9520 Posts |
Michael Jay (MJ), welcome to the Café…
I read through a bit of your work and greatly respect your efforts…It is very well done. This is the sort of effort I truly applaud, perhaps not found in the greatest libraries but just well done stuff. It's nice to see the extremely polished works from the big boys but to me, works like yours also show a great love for the art, along with good scholarship and creativity. I used to always put out a manuscript with my magical downloads, just to add to overall value as it seems that no one does that much anymore. Hmmmmm. I think the hardcopy is important to have and to hold. It allows you the added opportunity to go deeper on the matter in the writer's own words. It was an enjoyable thing for me to do and include, time-consuming but enjoyable. And y'know, I've done several things like that in my life, just up and did it on my own, though it seemed like it couldn't be (perhaps even shouldn't be) done quite that way…But I did it, and mostly succeeded at it. Some looked down on it, as I perhaps didn't do it the way they thought things should be done, but many applauded my singular efforts and a new light was shown where there had been darkness. I think ebooks do the same for loads of people that happen to know a thing-or-two about this & that but aren't connected or have publishers, etc. I can see your "Top Hat" is a real labor of love as well, and I think it would be a good place for our funsway here to deposit some of his magical knowledge and writing expertise. I thank you for providing this effort and opportunity here and to so many interested others. I like that it isn't all about you but that you have involved other thinking from a variety of individuals, big, small, and all. Good show! There's loads of good magic out there and it's not always found in the finest shops or exclusively amongst the magical inteligensia, no more than Robin Hood was to be found amongst the king's best bowmen, but he was, he just happened to be better than all of them but from the other side of the moat, as it were. Sometimes things are found right within our own hands to do and offer forward in the many creative ways that we can for ourselves and others to more roundly participate. Your "Top Hat" is to be applauded. Again, welcome.
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"Believe in YOU, and you will see the greatest magic that ever was." -Mb |
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HarryB Regular user South Texas 127 Posts |
Nick,
Just curious. Are you using the Salinas DVDs as well or just the book? My current recipe is the book, DVDs, and the study guide. The 4 DVD set is cheap on Amazon. I watched your YouTube videos and really enjoyed them. Very inspiring and thanks for sharing. As Mike said, please keep us apprised of any new material that you add. harry |
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Michael Jay Regular user Toledo, Ohio 180 Posts |
Thanks for the link, Jim - a lot of information there. I can see why he called it quits...Just covering the first chapter of Bobo forced Curtis Kam to write nearly a book on that alone. Could you imagine if he actually did the entire 'Modern Coin Magic'?
Funsway, I'll be in touch! Mb127 - no need to welcome me (I've actually been a member of these forums since 2002), but thank you nonetheless! I want to also thank you for your very kind words. The Top Hat series dates back to 2002. It ran for 4 years and culminated in 52 editions with an extra 8 supplements (60 publications altogether). Jon Snoops, the original editor, didn't want the production going forward without him and after the 52 publications he'd had enough (2006). That set became volume 1. In 2011 we approached Jon with the idea of starting a volume 2 of Top Hat and after so many years had passed, he gave us his blessing. We put a team together to begin producing the series, but time and tides put a stop to it after 6 editions were published (and even those were taking forever to complete and publish). It took nearly 2 and a half years to publish 5 issues, so the idea was dropped (that would be 2013). Joel Dickinson approached me February of this year and asked if I was going to resurrect the Top Hat series, because he had a trick that he wanted to publish free to the magic community. I agreed to publish a special edition for that. That was issue #7 of Top Hat (if you get a moment, you might want to have a look at Joel's offering in issue #7 - it's really good stuff!). Once it was published, I decided to try to put together another special edition, just for the bizarre community. (Being forced into the position of editor/publisher/producer, I decided to go with a different look and feel to our publications.) Issue #8 was published in April, marking exactly 13 years since the first issue from volume 1 was published. I found myself on a roll. From there I opened the FaceBook group and further managed to get us on Chris Wasshuber's Lybrary.com ( http://www.lybrary.com/magazines-comics-......375.html ). Which brings us, of course, to now. We've recently produced a trailer that we'll be using as the New Year begins ( https://youtu.be/QRbLFHyOhf0 ) in order to continue to push the Top Hat magazine amongst the magic community (Top Hat will continue as a free resource for magicians, sans advertising, indefinitely). Word of mouth is all that we have because, as a free resource, we don't have an advertising budget. Please feel free to share these downloads with your family and friends in magic. I'd like to address your point, "I think the hardcopy is important to have and to hold. It allows you the added opportunity to go deeper on the matter in the writer's own words." I'm inclined to agree with you. I much prefer a book to a computer screen. If I was a rich man (I'm talking Donald Trump rich), I would publish these as hard copy magazines and give them away for free. Unfortunately, electronic media is all that we have in order to continue to keep the magazines completely free to the magic community. On the bright side, these magazines are completely printable. (So, if you've got the ink and paper, you can have a hard copy!) But, back on topic, I'd like to thank everyone for their interest in the Bobo Study Guide. I'd particularly like to thank Harry for bringing this topic up and putting a spot light on that guide. Over the years I've received a great deal of positive feedback and it is my pleasure to continue offering this guide to anyone who may find a use for it. Thank you, everyone! Mike. |
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Mb217 Inner circle 9520 Posts |
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On Nov 10, 2015, Michael Jay wrote: I was just going by your amount of posts "156." Oh, and you're welcome, I meant every word. And thanks for the rundown on everything. Often enough, it's the up & down of the journey that's the meat & potatoes of the good story of it all. -Mb
*Check out my latest: Gifts From The Old Country: A Mini-Magic Book, MBs Mini-Lecture on Coin Magic, The MB Tanspo PLUS, MB's Morgan, Copper Silver INC, Double Trouble, FlySki, Crimp Change - REDUX!, and other fine magic at gumroad.com/mb217magic
"Believe in YOU, and you will see the greatest magic that ever was." -Mb |
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bignickolson New user 87 Posts |
If you'd like to share the videos around, feel free. All new videos will be posted to that playlist, but again, no promises on them being there forever.
Also, no I am not using the Salinas tapes, I did buy them but a lot of what's on their diverges quite a bit from the descriptions written in the book or the stuff that's just plain difficult wasn't put on there. For instance, looking at just the last quick tricks section. The Impromptu Mint isn't on the tapes, One to Four does not use the much more difficult method as explained in the book, only the easy method mentioned at the end of the description, and One to Six does not follow up the production with the vanish and reappearance of the 5 coins. Not saying harder is better, but when I decided to this I decided the only shortcuts I would take were the effects that absolutely needed a spectator. For now if I can't make small alterations to make it work solo for purposes of the video I'm skipping it for the time being. Also, working through difficult tricks like the Impromptu Mint actually helped spur what I think would be a much easier handling I'm working on now. |
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Michael Jay Regular user Toledo, Ohio 180 Posts |
I see that you stop at episode 8 (February, 2016)...Any plans to revive the series?
Mike. |
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Hare Veteran user 323 Posts |
On a side note, I've found Curtis Kam's "The Pocketbook" to be essential to clearing up basic opaque bits that Bobo and Kaufman's coin books tend to ignore. Too often, I think, we want masses of "routines" and forget about those important critical elements of wisdom that everyone needs to know and understand in order to be a better coin magician. One of the reasons I love Henry Hay and his coin writing is that he was all about intimate points of knowledge. Kam is one of the very few modern writers who takes the time to actually THINK about these finer vital things that advanced magi take for granted, and he shares them in this tiny, but quite wonderful little work from 2008 for all to benefit from.
"Better described in The Amateur Magician's Handbook"
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J-Mac Inner circle Ridley Park, PA 5338 Posts |
Curtis Kam's The Pocketbook was one of the first books on coin magic I purchased when I decided to concentrate on this category of magic. It was both bad and good: bad only because much of the covered material was explained only by referring to other books - many of which were expensive, hard to find, or both. Good because it laid out a fantastic path of source material for me to obtain over time at a rate slow enough for me to be able to absorb them thoroughly. I have gone through The Pocketbook so many times I've had to purchase more copies.
Jim |
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Signet Loyal user 257 Posts |
Nick,
I watched some of your videos and enjoyed them. Thanks for putting out this resource. It's both entertaining and informative. It's great to see the words on the page come to life. I like the fact that you don't include the explanations. This forces the viewer to keep going back to the book. There are things on there that had read and thought that's ok, but I'LL never do it. There's also thanks I had forgotten about, but when you see it performed, it changes your mind. |
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