James Brown - Close-up Magician of the Year
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- čas přidán 9. 04. 2007
- professional-opportunist.com
In 2006 James Brown was awarded the title of Magic Circle Close-up Magician of the Year. The decision was unanimous.
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7 years later and this is still my favourite magic clip
Now it's my favorite after 13yrs
Awesome routine and not surprising to hear this guy was unanimously voted Magician of the Year. It's very easy to watch a performance like this on CZcams and look for moves and subtleties with the benefit of replay, but you have to keep it in context. As a spectator at the live performance, you'd never notice any of it and you'd still be wondering how he did one thing whilst he was revealing anther. This is true showmanship. Very well done sir.
I am from Pakistan and I also like to perform street magic.
This the best original work I have seen. This video is PURE skill. Keep doing the good work Mr.Brown
Holy smokes, I could not tell at all where that was going. Lots of suprises and great interactions with the audience. I loved it
Great seeing this routine again, it popped up in my recommendations. James took my watch and materialised a pot of jam, years ago. He is so bloody quick with his moves and words. Brilliant.....
I do a bit of card magic but none of this spotless behind the shoulder/watch stuff. Watching this has given me so many ideas it's really inspirational. It's cool to see what can be achieved with hard work and talent. I think seeing a 'normal' looking guy around my age doing it is the biggest attraction- Thank you for posting it!
cant say say word... every single time I watch this video again its give same fresh strong joy.. :)
Broo...once upon a time I started practicing by watching this ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
this guys sleight of hand is just so perfect!!!
This guy is a master of misdirection. He has a winning personality too which really helps as it allows the spectator to enjoy being misdirected in a non-challenging manner. They know that it's not real magic but he plays with their expectations and constantly thwarts them in an entertaining way so it's fun for them. Anyone who watches this who says they know how it's done is completely missing the point. If they were there in person, they'd be just a fooled by James and would probably also enjoy it as much as his spectators do here. Fantastic stuff!
After many years stll my fwt magic video ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Very good presentation, and some funny moments too , i like when magic mix a little comedy in it , real good , congratulations.
This is a great video. James Brown is really showing that magic is indeed a Brain Game. This far more entertaining than the usual magic tricks that we get to see form most other magicians, Brilliant indeed.
This is my kind of magic! I'm not really into fancy bullshit like making elephants appear and all that other crap. Close up magic shows the most talent.
All these people saying "I know how he does it" or "I saw him do this or that", so what? We all KNOW it's not real. Just because I know how something is done doesn't mean that I have the skills necessary to do it. I know how singers sing, but I'm still shit at it.
This guy's speed and misdirection skills are amazing.
If most of the spectators can see how he did it, it's not a good magic show, that's so what.
mychannel
With close-up magic, it's not about the other spectators. It's all about fooling the people right in front of you in a way that's entertaining to the rest of the crowd. One way to entertain the crowd is to make fools of the people near you, and if it's obvious how you did it then the rest of the crowd gets to feel like they know something the fools near you don't. It's part of the show.
***** That's awful. Sounds even worse than regular magic shows.
mychannel It's not all that awful. It's in line with typical comedy and stage shows.
+mychannel Some famous tricks from Penn and Teller relies on that.
James is a friend of mine and my family and we all think that he is fantastic, if anyone gets the chance to see him perform in person you should do it, i could watch him over and over and always be amazed !
Magic doesn't have to be a hidden secret trick only known to the intitiates.
I remember Jimmy Page, during a concert in the '70s, slapping his Les Paul with a bow : "Bang!" Then, in an upward fashion, slamming the bow in mid-air to a beam of light : "Bang!" again... :O))
We were just amazed. Then, he changed his rythm slightly so we all can see that this was just a slap-back echo effect. The whole room was pleased at this amusing trickery on his part.
Surprise...
This was magic too.
this is one of the most amazing routines i have ever seen. i would be happy to have a fraction of James Brown's skill.
your slight of hand and misdirection was fantastic
you are the best james, a great inspiration for hypnotist and magicians
Incredible speed, two thumbs up!
Fantastic close up routine!
That was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.
he's got some very good slight of hand placements very good
Some of them alittle obvious to anyone amongst us who do slight of hand routines
but very slick and very well done
I really enjoyed that. The opener was snappy and fun. Great use of the vanishing deck and the middle was interesting and involved... Taking it beyond the obvious straight up application. The closer echoed the opening creating a very nice 'bookends' style framing to the routine.
Very cool, I can see why you won.
There's something really nice about watching this. It really gives each and every one of us magic folk something to aspire to... 5 stars mr brown.
Just amazing.
Unique and skillful. This is my favorite magic video of the evening. No wonder he was named Magic Circle Close-up Magician of the Year. Tasty.
I love his use of the card box utility. Just beautifully improvised in the routine. James Brown, you're the man!
fantastic magic i loved it.
James appeared at my wife's birthday. He was the best value since sliced bread. My whole family had the most exciting time with him.
I know how he did most of them but I couldn't do it myself. It takes lots of practice to get as good as him. I did go back many times to see how he did it and sometimes I didn't even catch it the 2nd or 3rd time. Good job!
@eddiedaskull
I think the fact that he does not wear a long sleeved coat etc just adds to his performance, and shows he has nothing hiding up his sleeves, inside jacket pockets etc
Makes it more impressive, in my opinion at least
omggg he is soo smooth with his moves. but that guy in the blackk was part of the act.
Wow, he is quick! Brilliant!
James always does high calibre magic, Quality!
That was a lot of fun to watch.
I love how when you said "currently" during the card under watch, he said "of course at the exact same time.
You are incredible well done on achieving such mastery - and so young. Imagine, 1000s of hours off hard work went into it
Very good stuff !! Love the close up magic!
That is truly amazing! What a talented guy!!
From a fellow magi, a joy to watch.
:)
Amazing !
this guys is really good at misdirection. what he does is simple and obvious to a viewer who can rewind and watch everything but i can bet if i was there id be fooled just as easily. too many things to pay attention to
you're great James!
i have personally met this magician, and he is absolutely amazing, i actually saw him turn two normal playing cards signed by two people at a wedding into one playing card with the signatures on both side of one card with two faces, by far the bbest magician i have ever seen, from video i can see how he does his things as he is incredibly fast with his slight of hand, but there are some tricks ive seen up close in real life that still keep me puzzled... 5/5
Fantastic.
yes
Seriously people, it's amazing sleight of hand but of course if you can stop, rewind and pause the video it's going to be "obvious" what he did. The fact that you HAVE to stop, rewind and pause is what makes the magic so damn impressive. Oh, and I'm totalling stealing the move at around 4:00
That was awesome!
Great stuff!
Love it. Well done Mr Brown
Great stuff, I really loved how he handled the watch in particular. He was really lucky that they guy didn´t move his shoulder so the watch and even more the coin fell to the floor. I do think they noticed that he had the deck in his lap he was a bit sloppy when he did that.
👏👏👏great job sir
He is amazing!
So glad I found this video, absolutely brilliant and for me a new name (how the hell did you pass under the radar?).
Whoa!!!Awesome!!!!!
I thought the spectator was the magician looking at the thumbnail.
An excellent performance.
Absolutely brilliant ! Never mind the odd negative comment James as every performer no matter how good they are get those don't they ?
@Konstantin1234 - i have seen him perform many times and can assure you that James deserves his 'Close Up Magician of the Year' award !!
Just Beautiful ! :)
Well I'm in love with watch stealing and I could tell from the very beginning that he was scouting for someone with an "easy" watch. Lovely performance pure sleight of hand and misdirection! Liked it a lot
Excellent 👍
@Konstantin1234 you have to remember that it's a lot harder to do magic in front of a camera, because a camera doesnt react, it doesnt blink! ;)
6 stars..very enterteining...
BEAUTIFUL muscle pass
what a talanted man
very well done.
awesome!
whoa!
Superb
great tricks, great magician. your material is very similar to the stuff that's on the devil's picturebook. lol a little guy hollingworth impression too ( at 4:48 )
I can figure out a lot of this, but he is good at it, example: at 2:38, he place the watch on zach's shoulder while creating a distraction asking for him to raise his arm higher, which of course if u pay close attention, he steals the watch just moments before
the more you know about thise trick(s) , the more impressiv it is
that is amazing, really a great routine..
That was awsome! I wish that my sleight of hand was that good. Excelent patter as well.
One word - awesome !!!
5 stars from me :o)
that eye thing was brillant strait up good shit.
This is insanely brilliant.
its kind of seeable after rewatching it once or twice, but still very impressive.
awesome
your magic is so strong and misdirection so nice !! i applause !!
Dude. Awesome.
:D
i love your card routine.. it took me a while to figure it out.. but it is misdirection genius..i am going to use the routine with my friends. The only thing i'm missing is the black case
very very good
Dear Mr. Brown. Your "sleight of hand" is marvellous. But please do me a favour, STOP saying "do me a favour" with such monotonous regularity. Thank you.
An award well deserved! I loved the disappearance of the deck :)
great routine
Damn that guy is quick, also really good at misdirection
When he changes his watch to his shoulder rewatch it. You can see what he does but he does mess with people lol.
Excellent slieghts and misdirections. Very well done sir! :D
oh great, another close-up video with 240p.
cool stuff.
His audience control is great! he's also very strong about his movements lol
Great routine
wow...Awesome skills.great speed and misdirection
He is just the worlds best pickpocket. He moves your hands around so quickly that you dont notice that he just took your watch and put it behind his back.
Magics not about making people look like fools. Not at all, it's entertainment, presentation, mystery, laughter, and technique. Making someone look like a fool is never s good idea in a performance. The audience has the ability to make it way harder on you then you on them. NO ONE likes to be made a fool of. So why not have everyone on your side :-)
I agree completely, the main reason behind hecklers is because they don't want to be made a fool of by the stereotypical magician. Because of this famous idea of the typical magician, it is hard to win the hecklers over with the entertainment part of the trick.
like the flow of constant surprises, it seems to have a special kind of momentum, that you normally only see with heavily staged and planned acts. can I ask who are your inspirations?
Nice stuff...I thought the patter on the last effect was "too over the top"...I felt and heard some let down from the crowd...I think that's because you had an ACAAN plot that was almost too good to be true...To be honest I think you should have ended with the deck vanish...That was fantastic...Congrats on the award and hoping to see more. RJ
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