Today I wanted to talk about the magic  delay. What is this? If you are experienced in magic you know about this concept, if you are new magic you may not have encountered it before unless you have used specific effects that use it.  Again in this explanation I will not use any specific magic examples to explain  the theory but explain the basic theory the best I can. The idea behind this is that there is a delay between when some effect is started and the the revelation of the effect.  The time delay hides the method, so that an audience can not backtrack to find the method, because too much time along with other events in the performance have happened that people’s short term memory can’t remember the point where the method occurred. Make sense?  Now the thing is to use the time delay technique effectively for certain effects a well structured routine or show is required. You need to really think and write and test the routine to find the proper time delay that fits in with the routine. This idea is VERY powerful and some of the best performers in the world use this theory. However to use it effectively you really need to think about your show and routines as I mentioned. This is a very short explanation but if you have any thing to add to the idea please post it in the comments on this website or send me an email! Until next time!

Aaron