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I also used to have the same problem. They would get caught on the hairs on my arm and I couldn't pick it back up, or I'd end up breaking it. I actually stopped using them because of this, as I wasn't comfortable knowing I was gonna break the loop if it got stuck. I haven't practiced with...

Thanks for sharing Matt! Can I ask how you recovered from the Do as I Do flub? P.S. the David Blaine 2 Card Monte is called "Be honest, What is it?" by Eddie Fetcher :)

@_Gambit_ This is perfect^ The best part of Scam School is to make up your own presentation. That's the only way to make it look decent. I highly suggest taking these guys' advice and creating a story. There isn't much more I can add besides what these guys have said. Don't worry too much...

Here's the problem: That presentation was pretty bland. I mean, for a one time card trick, I guess it's ok, but the presentation really is something you would see a layman doing, or a kid. You need to develop a patter and a story to the effect, or else it's not really a performance, but rather...

But what is your presentation like? Walk us through what you would say for a trick or a routine. Also, I'm liking the X-Men pic :)

If you absolutely can't find it, you can also look for e-books if you prefer those. Check your local library's website (they might even have a printed copy), amazon, or lybrary.com

Card college is great. I didn't get it because of it's price, and instead went with the Royal Road. I will second the Royal Road for cards. It'll walk you through the beginner techniques and give you great tricks. After that, I recommend picking up Expert Card Technique, which has more...

RealityOne did post this link in his post which shows you what books to find them in. http://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/category/2177 Conjuring Archive is a great place to go when you want to find anything specific and all of it's sources. A couple of these are available on the public...

All of this is my personal opinion: If I were a layman in a "street setting", I would prefer seeing a guy set up a show on the street and go over and see it rather than a random person walking up and trying to show me something. Guerilla magic is still good in a scenario like a party, a...

Congrats Michael, Andrew, and David!

I've never met anyone who said straight up "I can't reveal this, unless you pay me". Most of us have, or will reveal things. Have you never taught a trick to someone for free?

That's a myth :) You're fine cracking your knuckles For the finger thing, most of that is normal. You can strengthen the finger by practicing it, and it'll make the curl or the movement less mandatory, but it's perfectly normal the way it is. I'm not sure if you ever did it back in school, but...

Sounds good! I'll keep a look out for that book! And I totally agree, Madison was (probably) not a big time card cheat, I'm just saying he probably had some experience as one. I remember in an interview with DMC (which I think I linked above), he said something about how he made some money off...

I'm fairly certain he wasn't a big card cheat, just did a backroom games and stuff And he was part of cheater's cheat (or whatever it was called) prior to the magic field. But yeah, is grip is definitely weird. Some people do prefer it though. I know a guy right here on the forums who uses the...

MODS NEEDED Dude has 44 posts! All Spam! And feel free to take this down too once you're done lol. Sorry for bringing this thread back up, but seriously. This guy, @dssadc01 did the exact same thing last week.

Probably a bit of both. It is definitely a good marketing tool & has kind of become his calling card. As far as I know, it stems from his former card-cheat life and from his use of the skills for "the art of deception", as he calls it. He may have talked about it in one of his Q&As and stuff...

Same dude as last time too. He did the exact same thing.

No problem! I hope there are more of these :)

Tyler, if you do an interview in the future, maybe use Twitch? And I'm not sure how broadcasting works, but maybe the audio was messed up because it wasn't recording the audio from the screen, but rather the audio coming out of your computer's speakers and being picked up by your mic (assuming...

Yeah, I understood some parts, but not really much during the stream. Hope it can be fixed!