Sorry for the lack of updates. Just finished shooting a magic DVD of a great mentalist trick by Patrick Redford. So here is a quick video of what I am working on. The damn cascade control was something I really hated and for some reason I spent 3 months on this damn thing and its getting somewhere respectable. Now I am loving it. Go figure. After that is a trick that I do as a opener, I will re-shoot it and give my whole patter that I use which I feel is important but I just want to show you how i end the trick…that’s the other thing I am working on.
Oh, and sorry for my friend filming, he makes loud mouth noises for no fucking reason. Also forgive me, had a long night of drinking before hand so I have that “sexy” voice going on.
password is, What is the name of the trick that Bill Malone is known for. “___ the bellhop” all lower case letters.
remember to click on the link below to view in HD.
Cascade Control and a Trick from Tony Chang on Vimeo.
Patrick
Dammn, hell of a nice control you've got mastered there, man!
Loving the trick at the end as well, very simple plot, yet magical as well! That change near the end was one beast of an effect, awesome work man!
Haha what happened to the whole 'Visual Noise' thing =P I thought the riffling and stuff was very….forced? maybe to make a point? haha, I don't know, but you've got damn nice control over the cards. Keep it up!
liquidsn
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.
Jared Stone
wow that trick was great so simple yet never seen before plus the change was great is that your own or a published change if so where is it published
thanks
Matzes
the riffling and dribbling was distracting and annoying..
but I forgive you since the sleights were amazing
I also like that trick in the end..is it your creation?
I ve seen it on youtube a while ago…I really like that routine.
sato
Hehe, I think there is a tendency to rifle the cards a bit when you are doing a cascade, since the cascade itself puts a bend in the cards, we sub-concsiously wanna fix that bend.
And, lawl at your friend's loud mouth noises on camera.
Matt Richman
Harry Levine just got pwn3d… BADLY.
-Matt
liquidsn
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.
awhan
so smooth… this is what aspire for but my genes say "No you can't have the cake"
Jonathan Hidalgo
In my defense it was 4 am in the morning when we shot this and my throat itched….Btw the Control is even better in person. I have seen him perform it to laymen,Monkeys and Imaginary people and maybe once to a fake chicken It went by everyone( except the chicken With that said learn dis shit.
Eugene
Awesome. Btw, is this the one from card finesse 2?
Tobelli
This is my first post here so first of all I would like to thank you for creating such a beautiful and helpful "platform".
I do really enjoy your writings and videos and they help improve my magic really much.
To this specific video I'd like to add a few things.
For the cascade control: I don't like the idea of having to drop a card after the selection is peeked. Firstly because it looks unnecessary and akward and secondly because sometimes it happens that a spectator rmembers the second card since it was the last one he saw.
In your demonstration a break could be spotted (it was filmed very very close up
). This is because you get the break at the same side where the card is peeked.
About this problem Carney suggested to let the spectator peek at upper right side (I am a lefty!) and insert the index push down and get the break at the down left side. This allows you to obtain an unseen break.
To solve the issue (its a problem just from my point of view) of the card dropped after the one which is peeked I simply dont drop the card obtoin the break below the peeked card. In my variation of the cascade control I dont use a step I simply push out the selected card and clip it with my pinky and palm.
These are just my thoughts and be aware that I would never criticize your magic, since your one of the best card mechanic I have seen.
The last question is regarded to the trick. I have seen it before? Can you help my memory and tell me whos version or on which version this trick is based upon.?
Fresh regards
Tobelli
Matt Richman
I'll answer that.
This is his hadling of what is in Card Finesse II.
-Matt
liquidsn
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. http://www.dananddave.com
liquidsn
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.
Mano
Tony,
you rock! anything you do with a deck of card looks magical to me.
keep up the great work you are doing with the magic.
MT.
Meth Addict
What you know about Harry Levine
Kevin
What do you know about being addicted to Meth
liquidsn
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.
Gary Au
You should probably see if Marlo had something with that replacement. I know for sure he definitely had the opposite version (you unload as you pull the sleeve up, not on the way back). You can't escape him! Heh heh.
Gary Au
HAHAHA
Anthony
I dont know maybe it goes with the name of the blog
MichaelFeldman
Tony —
I'm curious. Why did you decide to make it an all-facers routine instead of an all-backs routine (besides the one methodological advantage)?
Maybe you'll address that in the full-on patter version if/when you post that, but it certainly seems like the kind of detail that you tend to think through in the routines I've seen of yours. So I'm just curious if there was a particular philosophy behind it.
sato
ohh. Justin Hanes. I remember him! That guy was pretty cool. I wonder what he is up to now =(
Eddie
If you don't mind… would you care to share a tip on removing the gap from the break/step during the waterfall?
liquidsn
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.
Fraky
Would you care to share any tips on keeping the seletion tight from the deck?
When I cascade the selection always visible from the front.
Wilson.
Whoa Tony,
I'd really like to see some tips from you on the Cascade Control
smoooth
i'm digging the trick too