For the past four weeks or so, I have been working on a new effect that I am planning on performing at our club show on Sunday, May 6. The effect is coming together; I try to practice it once or twice a night, and a couple of times I record myself with a video camera and then play it back to see how it looks. Overall, it looks pretty good. When performed, it’s either going to be very funny or very stupid. I’m hoping it’s the former. I’m still waiting on a prop that I order a few weeks ago, if I don’t get it soon I’m not sure what I’m going to do.
While learning that effect, I’m also learning several other new ones. Excluding that one, I am currently working on five new effects. I’m quite excited about this because it’s been a long time since I actively tried to add new effects. I think I am going to start cataloguing everything that I know so I don’t forget them, that’s the biggest obstacle to learning new tricks. This summer, when I start performing on the street again, I aim to use between 1/3 and 1/2 new material (ie, never-before performed material). Should be pretty cool.
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