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Nick23 Special user England 580 Posts 
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The biggest issue I see is that it's being marketed as making the "shy kid cool" and being the "life of a party" if you are normally quiet.
The effects rely on such precise scripting and confidence that any of those kids that try this will probably fail or get busted. While the effects will work for experienced performers with good audience management skills, the newbie kid trying this at school will just get embarrassed when it falls flat. This is not the right material for someone just starting out in this area of magic.
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252life Inner circle Ninth Circle, Hades 3253 Posts
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On Aug 26, 2021, Peter_turner wrote: Amen! I've performed Midas as a closer with rave reactions EVERY time. I've incorporated the Try Principle into a bunch of my work as well and the list goes on. I wasn't always a fan of Pete's. I always loved what he was striving towards though. Eventually I did a complete 180 and stand behind that choice as his material over the past years has been stunning and workable in the real world for paid events. If anyone doesn't like that, to bad. I don't know Pete personally, and have nothing to gain by singing praise for his work but fair is fair. If you are not capable of performing the material then don't. But don't disparage the man, or the people that appreciate his contributions. It's trolls that make this place unpalatable at times. Thank goodness for the trusted voices here that I rely on for honest conversation. Wow, I'm just on page one of this thread, can't wait to see what follows...back to it. Good mind controling to all 
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kissdadookie Inner circle 4275 Posts
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On Aug 26, 2021, Nick23 wrote: On the flip side, those shy kids sometimes when they adopt magic and mentalism into their lives, are also the ones that perform amazingly well and often lack fear in working what many would consider risky material (in the sense that it might not be like a move based piece where as long as it’s executed properly, you can’t really fail) and making it work incredibly well. Think about the material Luke Jermay came up with early on. He was a kid back then and the community claimed his material was unworkable. From Building Blocks I built my coin bend routine using his suggestion principles. Ben Earl later on released Skin and everybody in the community at that point all loved it. Well, Skin was essentially what I was doing for my coin bend routine which again, I just created by using what I learned in Building Blocks and applied it. So, I think it’s a little unfair to make the assumption that the quiet shy noob kid at school would fail miserably with this material. In a lot of ways, they may actually turn out to be the most successful with this type material. Why? Because they are new, they don’t know what the established “rules” are yet so anything and everything is possible.
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252life Inner circle Ninth Circle, Hades 3253 Posts
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Agreed
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Nick23 Special user England 580 Posts
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While someone new to magic may not be put off by how risky these methods are because they don't have a point of reference, to do these effects well I believe they still require some good showmanship and performing experience.
The ad copy even says this is a "copy and paste talent". I couldn't disagree more. The average shy introvert will not be able to do these justice if at all. There is more to being a good magician than knowing how a trick works. Like I said, the material may be workable to someone experienced but the way this is being advertised is not sitting well with me.
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252life Inner circle Ninth Circle, Hades 3253 Posts
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On Aug 27, 2021, Nick23 wrote: I agree with you on all of this
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Peter_turner V.I.P. Bradford, West Yorkshire 1355 Posts
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On Aug 27, 2021, Nick23 wrote: No one knows what is on the set yet and the safeguards that I have put in place. The way I have constructed most the effects makes them all fail-safe and easy to perform so there is no risk. The only effect I can see someone having to take the time to learn is Midas Touch - The rest can be learnt and performed practically instantly. Each of them relies on the same technique with the outside of that technique changing. Without watching the set and the jam session on the set it's impossible to know how easy this stuff is going to be. As you can see in the trailer, I literally taught someone how to do the Jedi push in under 2 minutes - AND if you watch the explanation of that effect where the guy is learning, I added pseudo fluff into the learning so he still got an effect when it had happened - even though I taught him the method! He left believing it was chi and syncopated breathing - It was strong to watch as I didn't want to expose the idea to him. Midas touch is broken down into 3 routines, it is taught as 3 separate routines so that you learn each phase independently and get a smaller effect from each of the phases and then you string them together as one. I agree that good performance and good mentalism takes time to master, I speak at lengths about that on the set. I teach the importance of practice, I also talk about which effects to go out and try straight away as it's beneficial to the practice of those routines and which to privately rehearse and how to rehearse them. I spent a long time finding the best ways to teach this material to make it digestible. In my opinion, it is better to learn that practice is extremely important, those that learn that lesson, learn the right way from the start. Those that don't want to put the time in, won't anyway and will only take from the set what they believe they can do instantly - which there are a number of things on the set that they can do straight away - If they don't do it well, they will either then take the time to learn properly or drop it. I am a massive believer that getting people out actually performing for people (good or bad) before they realise that it actually takes confidence to perform for people is one of the best lessons people can learn. I have quite a number of friends that keep saying, "I am going to study a bit more before I go and perform for people", "I just don't have the confidence to go and do it" they have said things like this for years and never do. The reason this is the case is that they have psyched themselves out with the worry of failure. They think it is important for them not to fail, not to get busted, not to be seen making mistakes or performing badly - When the exact opposite is true. You only learn from making mistakes, being caught and not doing your job well, it helps you learn and learn fast - It also allows you to understand that it's not the end of the world if that does happen. The friends I know who have psyched themselves out will now likely never perform because they have made it into such a big thing that is no longer fun for them its past that point. Think back to when you first got the bug, you were performing things for fun and you didn't care about anything else. Remember, beginners aren't performing to paid crowds, in professional contexts, they are performing to friendly audiences, close friends or family. My son is 13, I always attempt to teach him anything that I think is going to be difficult to learn or execute and then ask him what he understood and what he struggled with and then I change my approach to teaching it. I taught my son most of the material on this set, including Midas Touch and I can tell you, he can perform it and performs it well. I have drilled into him the importance of practice, just the other day I was driving 12 hours through the entire of France and he sat practising a billet move for most of the journey - He did it over and over, it was lovely to see, to be honest. I can only do so much, as I said above, the marketing and trailer is less than 1% of the actual product, I have been doing magic since the age of 4/5 that's coming up to 30 years soon - Was I a natural definitely not, I had to put in the hours and I talk about that very openly on the set. I am confident that anyone who gets this set, beginner or professional will walk away with something. For those who are more well versed, even if you have seen some of this material before the new uses and updates will be worth the price of entry. The jam session could be a project all on its own and I am confident in the material. Can some of the effects be copied and pasted into your act? Yes definitely. Should they be? definitely not. Pete x |
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The Unmasked Magician Inner circle If only I didn't have a wife and a kid I would have MUCH more than 2710 Posts
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Very interesting discussion here. Thanks, gents.
Please check regularly if you are becoming the type of magician Jerry Seinfeld jokes about. (This applies to mentalists as well.)
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mantel Special user 923 Posts
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pro magician [Sylar, Peter Turner’s friend], refuses to perform, after seeing THIS... Peter Turner please let Sylar perform! Save Sylar |
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Robert P. Special user Kansas 632 Posts
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Thanks Peter, for taking the time to reply.
Though tempted, I did not purchase the How to Read Minds kit when it was first offered through Kickstarter. I figured that since I was already familiar with most of the methods, and had many of the props, I would pass on the kit. After reading the reviews and how much effort was put into the explanations, I decided not to make that mistake with How to Control Minds. I also like the add-ons included. (I'd like to eventually pick up the How to Read Minds kit for the insight provided by Pete, but I better wait a bit after what I spent on this latest KS project) I did have a question on what exactly is the Legacy Book collection. To me it seems like physical versions of the Mentalism Masterclass E-book series? I'm already in for this add-on but it would be great if there were more details on what these are. Now only if Bigger Fish Files became available again, I missed out on getting this offering. |
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Mark_Chandaue Inner circle Essex UK 4191 Posts
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As far as people talking after the Midas touch, in my experience people do not break it down to the timeline it comes down to two themes, audience members are interested in whether the person genuinely felt the touches, not one by one, the question tends to be did you really feel him touch you, to which the answer is yes. The participant is interested in whether the performer was anywhere near him when the touches occurred to which the answer is no. The audience and the participant assume that their perceptions of the timeline are the same. I have yet to hear conversation of when the touch happened, only if and where.
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RonCalhoun Special user Independence, KY USA 599 Posts
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My opinion of Peter Turner, ellusionist, the kits being offered.
I only own the How to read minds kit. My opinion is Peter Turner is a (g)od. Not the god but a god. The props in HTRMkit covered abroad range of information. Peeks, PW, marked cards, double sided principles. Switch devices, writing devices and more. But Peter teaching the principles in class and explaining the Basic theories. I have never meant Peter but would love too. So final verdicts ... my one encounter was so successful I’m going to order mind control. 👊🏼
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Michael Zarek Special user Sweden 923 Posts
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I think Peter is underestimating his own talent if he thinks high school kids could replicate his effects with little to no effort.
Like the effects are great and all (from what I know from his other projects) and yet I feel many kids will be disappointed because of the marketing. Especially if they have no knowledge of DR before watching this
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Fatgumbo Veteran user Melbourne, Australia 342 Posts
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I got into magic thanks to Ellusionist, 15 years ago. Without E, I don't think my interest in magic would've taken me to this point in time. You can disagree with their marketing ploy if you want- it is effective as a business model. I can see owners of past PT manuscripts such as midas touch being irked- but it seems re-releasing past works is a commonplace practice in magic and mentalism nowadays. Whilst I own some of PTs material I'm interested in this project to see him breakdown some of this material in complete layperson's terms, and I for one welcome this new project.
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RCarruth Veteran user Spartanburg, S.C. 341 Posts
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On Sep 8, 2021, Magic__Ian wrote: I'm assuming you both bought this product and are acquainted with him?? If so.. review it. If not.. a little restraint would be more appropriate.
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Markymark Inner circle 1691 Posts
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I thought having ads pop up on reddit for that silly flame thrower thing they put out was quite desperate and different from other magic companies.
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Markymark Inner circle 1691 Posts
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Well that is very true Saturn.I'm not sure what the word is for seeing a bad performance of the beautiful P.K touchs but it is not pretty!
I'm sure a lot of us have seen that moment where the spectator contradicts the mentalist in exactly where they were touched..
''In memory of a once fluid man,crammed and distorted by the classical mess'' -Bruce Lee
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The Unmasked Magician Inner circle If only I didn't have a wife and a kid I would have MUCH more than 2710 Posts
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On Sep 9, 2021, saturnkk wrote: Seriously?! You think COVID and climate change are worse than this?! Are you one of those people that cares about things outside of magic and mentalism?! Do you talk to other people?! Do you have "social skills"?! If yes, then WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!
Please check regularly if you are becoming the type of magician Jerry Seinfeld jokes about. (This applies to mentalists as well.)
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saturnkk Veteran user Commerce Township, MI / Naples, FL 318 Posts
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Fromentum Loyal user 281 Posts
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Really interesting thread.
First I want to agree that I absolutely hate the marketing and the focused buyer group. Things like "copy and paste talent" or "no showmanship required" are really the wrong mindset to advertise something that goes that deep into mentalism. And I think most people agree on that. I personally think that this knowledge that appears to be thought there is something for experienced performers who digged their way trough to those ssecrets and that those secrets should be kept secrete and not thrown out there to beginners. On the other hand I'm also a bit envious because I had to buy a lot of bad stuff until I finally discovered good mentalism (and magic). Such a beginner set when I started would have been very helpfull. And also don't we all start somehow with some mentalism effects and don't we all suck at first. When I remember back to the first mentalism stuff I did I also butchered it and could not remotely perform it in the inteded manner. We all have to learn a lot until we can perform it in a good belivable and entertaining way. But the personal attacks against Peter Turner here are somehow pretty rediculous. If greed would play that big of a role those items would be marketed as single download probably. What I saw when I watch all of Peter Turners past material is a guy that just wants to teach ... a lot. Greed I can not really find there. Maybe sometimes he targets the wrong audience but the material for itself is good. Just this short Youtube Video which is free could have simply be a 10 $ Download. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TSQn9KVkGg |
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