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Technically nice. Presentation a bit lame. All in all nice.

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Cool routine!! neat character. Makes me want to work out something similar with maybe a small bowl or coffee cup to do impromptu at a dinner table.

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Nice one Aramis!

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Very cool. I would speed it up some. But the whole thing was very good. Have a good one. Don

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The routine seems artificially streched. Longer than aimed for. The slieght were nice. And magicians have to love the Slydini thing in between. But it made me think about my Bowl routine. I will start working on it. Yeah, you motivate me. Don't let it turn into a habit.

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Ok, great routine overall, nice progression, lots of magic. It's obvious that there's a ton of thought put into this, right down to the smaller subtleties and the feints-that-aren't-feints.

The FT's... I'm only going to point this out because I've seen you handle spongeballs live and there appears to be some differences. The camera's not picking up the retention, so that's a bit of a pity because your timing close-up is really good (as you've heard me say). The problem is that at the point of the FT (and I think one or two other sleights) you're drawing our attention to the hands. Often you're either looking at the hands during the FT, or the FT is happening when the hands are rising. That moment has to be as forgettable as possible. Do you have the Carney on Ramsay DVD? If you don't, let me know and I'll lend it to you, because in my opinion his thoughts on vanishes are directly applicable here. You've got the wand there, I'd use that as the primary motivation for each and every vanish that you can possibly use it for. That's where the heat has to be, instead of on the moment of the FT. (I also think the right hand could come back a little bit looser from the point of the FT.)

The bowl handling -- other than the initial L**d where you glanced right down at it at the time -- is overall really nice. From my vantage point you're using the subtleties correctly and it should really mess with people's heads. Wasn't prepared for the climax at all. Really good.

The opening sequence was pretty good... in my opinion I'd do the flash first and then produce two balls immediately. The spellbound change is a good idea at the beginning as well, and you get into it and get out of it well.

Really like this routine. I'm curious... is all of it Benson's? Because it's obvious you've thrown a lot of yourself in there presentationally, and I was wondering what else you might have added. It's hard to argue with 5 minutes of good magic.

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nice, I'd love to to see it live.

jmac

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Top notch stuff you got there lil buddy, I agree with Play about the pace other then that I loved it !!!!!!

Its a keeper for sure

Tim

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I enjoyed it, Aramis! Especially the Slydini impression.
A few points;
- I think a faster pace would be good to the routine. It would make it more 'energetic', vivid, and I think that would fit well with the fun and humorous aspects of the routine.
- Somehow I would introduce the bowl after producing the 3 balls. Not sure why. It may just add clarity to separate the sections. You want to spoon feed the audience, as Tommy Wonder explains, give information step by step. You made a nice separation between phase 2 and 3, telling them you will now try it without ever lifting the bowl.
- I think your use of your eyes need work. You don't seem consistent with it. Especially in false transfers, use of the eyes can make a big difference. Briefly look at the magic wand when you are grabbing it, then move your eyes back to the hand, and in between give a glance to the audience. As Tyler Erickson says, you want to look at the magic, not at the moves. While you are doing that at some points, in the climax for instance, you are looking at the audience upon revelation of the big ball. I think it would make more sense to look at the ball at this moment, so that all the focus is there. But I must admit I am not an expert in this at all. Does anyone else have thoughts on this?

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I enjoyed the slydini part of the effect, well done. Best Wishes :)

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