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New Notes "all done by coindness..." Now Available

Postby Tom Dobrowolski » May 28th, 2016, 10:15 pm

I started a new thread for the new notes/manuscript.Now available on my website.

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TOM DOBROWOLSKI 2016 LECTURE NOTES


All Done by Coindness Lecture
A Lecture from Tom Dobrowolski and Friends

This is the 4th in the recent series of lecture notes and my 5th set of notes overall. A lot of good things have come about as a result of releasing this series not the least of which is seeing and hearing about magicians worldwide using the material! I am truly pleased. That was always the goal.

Much mahalo to Curtis Kam for suggesting the theme for the current notes: semi- automatic coin magic; as well as for the title. When I asked for suggestions for a title for these new notes, Curtis quickly replied with “I'll share my current tag line--put that David Devant poster you like so much on the cover, with the saying, "all done by coindness".” Curtis is the man!

Contents:

Inverted Matrix the Easy Way - Curtis Kam
This take on the matrix kickback was published in Curtis Kam's first book, All the World is a Stage. This routine fooled a number of the contributors to this volume the first time they saw it. And it is the easiest reverse matrix in the world.

Matrix 21 - Curtis Kam
Having left all of his fancy expensive silver coins, the magician elects to do some magic with his spare pocket change. Out of his purse he removes some small change. He proceeds to perform a matrix with these coins and four cards. In the end three of the coins vanish and reappear inside the purse.

Whole-Hearted Hopping - Tom Dobrowolski
I have been playing with this routine for some time now. It is an outgrowth of hop- ping halves, but plays up the "not working out for the magician gag" by incorporating some other effects. It has evolved from Carl Andrew's Short Hop.

Chocolate Coins - Jeff Prace
3 chocolate coins are dumped from an M&M's bag. One by one the coins vanish and reappear back inside the candy bag. In the end a real purse with three half dollars inside is dumped from the candy bag.

Soft Coins Redux - Tomas Bloomberg
This is the coolest presentation for the Tenyo trick, Soft Coins ever.

George is on my Mind - Eric Rose
One of the easiest ways to lower the sleight of hand requirements for money magic is to turn to the realm of mentalism. In this effect the serial number of a dollar bill from the audience is mentally discovered. This routine was developed a decade ago when Eric was performing at tradeshows.

Impromptu Hornswoggled - Bill Wheeler
The magician claims to have invented a way to scam people by making them think you have more money than you do with a trick count. He demonstrates by showing four dollars and attempting to count them as eight. The count doesn't prove to be that deceptive until the magician proves it and gets a generous tip!

Make Believe - John Carey
John says-The beautiful coin effect, The Fading Coin by Tomoyuki Takahashi, first published in Genii magazine is one of those little gems that only pop up ever so often. Imagination games combined with magic always seem to register strongly with the public. The great Eugene Burger has featured his presentation of this piece in his work for many years. I loved it but wanted a stand up version and only needing one coin. The classic copper silver coin and a little swindle happily achieves my objective.

Mutual Exchange - John Carey
Simply put, this is another method for the classical copper silver coin transposition. But the good news is it's almost self working. If you can hold two coins at your fingertips, you can do this effect!

The Big Penny - Oliver Corpuz
One of my good friends has a two year old daughter named Ketzi. Whenever I see her she immediately asks to see my pocket change, at which point she will hand me a coin and ask me to "make it big!" A jumbo coin is a common ending for good reason. But you don't need to be a sleight of hand master to produce one. You could do something as simple as what I do for Ketzi every time I see her.

Breakout - Ryan Bliss
3 coins are cleanly and clearly placed in an Okito Box and the lid is placed covering the box. Ly Instantly the box is flipped over with one hand and the 3 coins are shown to have vanished out of the box. A split second later, a clink is heard in the other hand and when it is opened the 3 coins are now inside the other hand.

Wave Vanish - Ryan Bliss
Three coins are held at the fingertips. With a wave, one coin vanishes followed by the second and third coin leaving nothing in the hands. The coins can then be reproduced from another location such as a purse or an Okito box. I think what Ryan does here is as close as we will ever come to the appearance of sleight-less coin vanishes. The sequence is pretty, open, and practically a special effect in appearance.

3x3 Transposition - Jeremiah Zuo
Three coins (a half dollar, English penny, and Chinese coin) are laid in a line on the table and proceed to transpose with each other in a rapid series of transformations. If you care to know, the silver and Chinese switch places, then the copper and Chinese switch places, then the Chinese and silver, then the silver and the copper . . . you follow? Best of all it’s virtually self working!

Ultimate Progressive Coin Assembly - Jeremiah Zuo
A tiny bit of cow (a leather coin purse) is introduced. Three coins are dumped from it, which along with three ordinary playing cards will be used for a bit of magic. After a bit of magical pingpong (3x3 Transposition above) each of the coins is placed underneath a different card in a line on the table. The copper coin vanishes from underneath the first card and joins the silver. Both coins vanish from underneath the second card and join the Chinese coin. All three coins vanish from underneath the final card and reappear inside the coin purse.

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Re: New Notes "all done by coindness..." Now Available

Postby Joe Mckay » May 29th, 2016, 1:12 pm

I picked up a copy of these.

Going to study the download later in the week (busy at the moment). And I will drop back with my impressions.

I am interested in coin magic but very much a beginner. As such - the idea of ingenious/semi-automatic coin tricks really appeals to me. Indeed - I don't really want to be an expert in coin magic. So restricting myself to the easier stuff that is also sneaky is my plan for now.

Really looking forward to diving into your latest book!

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Re: New Notes "all done by coindness..." Now Available

Postby Tom Dobrowolski » May 29th, 2016, 4:04 pm

Thanks Joe!

I'm not a "coin guy" myself so when Curtis Kam suggested this theme for the new notes I thought it would be fun and educational. I've added a bunch of these to my active repertiore. Hope you enjoy them!

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Re: New Notes "all done by coindness..." Now Available

Postby Tom Dobrowolski » May 30th, 2016, 6:41 pm

DO NOT overlook the trick “The Big Penny” from the new lecture notes.

Introduction for “The Big Penny” by Oliver Corpuz from the new lecture notes. “One of my good friends has a two year old daughter named Ketzi. Whenever I see her she immediately asks to see my pocket change, at which point she will hand me a coin and ask me to "make it big!””

Yesterday May 29: I saw Ketzi at Church this morning The very first thing she said to me after “Hi Tom!” was “Do you have any coins?” I gave her a couple and she immediately handed me a penny and with a big smile and much excitement she said “make it big!!”

Thanks to all who have ordered so far!

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Re: New Notes "all done by coindness..." Now Available

Postby Joe Mckay » June 2nd, 2016, 2:04 pm

Just had a chance to look over these notes. The notes are devoted to semi-automatic coin tricks.

The production is very good and the illustrations are superb.

When I saw that Curtis Kam had contributed a couple of tricks - I was reminded of his Inferential C/S Transposition which appeared in Apocalyspe magazine a couple of decades ago. That coin trick is a classic of semi-automatic coin magic. Word to the wise...

As for the notes - I am not very knowledgeable about coin magic but my favourite trick was the opening effect by Curtis Kam. That name again. It is a sneaky reverse matrix which is also a magician fooler.

The rest of the notes look good as well but I just wanted to give my initial thoughts since I may be one of the first to buy them.

Like I say - I cannot add too much since coin magic is really not my area. lol

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Re: New Notes "all done by coindness..." Now Available

Postby Joe Mckay » June 2nd, 2016, 2:33 pm

Just want to add that I enjoyed the notes and would recommend them.

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Re: New Notes "all done by coindness..." Now Available

Postby Curtis Kam » June 2nd, 2016, 3:47 pm

Thank you for your faith in my material, Joe, and for your kind review. I should mention that Kainoa Harbottle's column in Genii--I believe it was the most recent one--features a routine by Miguel Angel Gea that will please fans of Inferential Copper/Silver.

Also, from my perspective, one of the inspirations for the Semi-Automatic Coin project was a wonderful routine that doesn't appear in the notes. Tomoyuki Takahashi's Fading Coin, from the pages of Genii, was a constant reminder that good, solid coin magic need not have any moves at all. Thank you for that, Richard.

P.S. I have a slight tweak on Fading Coin that makes it better, for me, but it was too small a thing to include in the notes. Also, there's a way to start the trick with all four of the common U.S. coins (invisible, of course) on the table. You still only have two coins to palm, and no forcing. Come see me at any lecture, and I'll be happy to fill you in.

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Re: New Notes "all done by coindness..." Now Available

Postby Tom Dobrowolski » June 5th, 2016, 9:55 pm

The Miguel Angel Gea routine is brilliant! Would have been great for the notes. Curtis' tweak to Fading Coins is great. If you run into him ask him to show it to you.

Thanks Joe for the support and review. You were the first purchase after the lecture! Glad you enjoyed them, hope you try and use some of the material and we appreciate the recommendation.

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Re: New Notes "all done by coindness..." Now Available

Postby Tom Dobrowolski » June 16th, 2016, 7:58 pm

A very thorough, honest and fair review of these new notes by John Guastaferro in the current July 2016 Genii Magazine. Any questions let me know. Available here: http://chicagomagicbash.com/tom-dobrowo ... ions3.html

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Re: New Notes "all done by coindness..." Now Available

Postby Tom Dobrowolski » July 4th, 2016, 9:50 pm

Why not end your holiday weekend with a real bang and order a PDF or hard copy of the new notes?! Thanks to all who have already purchased a copy for your support! Check out the review by John Guastaferro in the current July issue of Genii Magazine. We are thisclose to these becoming our best selling notes so far. Please help us reach that goal! Currently it is only available through my website and H&R Books.Thanks!!

Complete information is here: http://chicagomagicbash.com/tom-dobrowo ... ions3.html


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