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Good questions. I don't know the answer, but I always liked the humor and oddity of it. I think that's what could make it work. I haven't ever picked it up because in most venues, I don't know if everyone would be able to read it very well from across a huge room. But for a smaller space it...

I perform in an area that is not packed with magicians, so every event, people are genuinely interested and excited to see me perform. For the first few tables, it's sufficient to start with a simple line. Personally I approach as if I was a manager checking in on how things are going. I say...

Ya, it's best to pick up someone's design (maybe a couple). I know with Ammar's, there was quite a lot of consideration that went into it. A friend gave me his pin-in topit, and it was pretty much useless. I picked up Ammar's pattern and it added a lot of clarity. You still need to DIY, and can...

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Interesting. I wonder if you wrote out some super easy muggle magic tricks on a small sheet with your website and name on it, that it could be added to the deck of cards - it would be a neat take away and put your contact info in the hands of each person there. I wonder if there would be a way...

That's an interesting concept I hadn't thought about. I know one guy who cuts 20 cards for a trick, and he's done it so much he can do it nearly without fail. I suppose this would be the same idea.

To be honest, I think that's the goal. To create space for them to say or do something funny - but make it look like you didn't expect it. When you watch David Williamson perform it all looks so off the cuff - until you see him perform 3-4 times. Then you realize that he generates those...

Great stuff here David. I am still learning how to manage my volunteers - how to thank them well, how to move around them, etc. For my current show, its a value that the audience be highly engaged (lots of audience participation). So in order to facilitate new volunteers for nearly every effect...

If it was me in your shoes, I'd buy a cheap brick of bikes to practice with and burn through (Here in Canada, bricks go on sale for $9 often.). But I enjoy the custom decks so I would buy a small variety rather than a brick of the same with the extra money you have.

Not to mention there are tons of free and inexpensive tutorials on the marketplace here! Use that as a resource!

I would play with Tenkai palm and treat it like a card production like Josh suggested.

Thanks for sharing! Glad it went well.

I personally always do two things: Stigmata or an Oz Pearlman idea (from one of his lectures) where you have a bunch of letters all over your business card and you have the spectator hold the card and think of the name of a favorite pet. Then you wave a lighter under the card and all the letters...

And there is an email that gets sent out with the synopsis.

I had an unofficial mentor when I started. Our areas of interest were somewhat different, but he was so valuable to me. As for Sankey, I had a few things of his, and he was very valuable to my early learning (before his Youtube channel) because he really opened my eyes to be able to use everyday...

In high school, I felt a similar way in Drama class. Our teacher shared this poem with me and it has always stuck with me when I set out to do hard things. "To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach for another is to risk involvement. To expose...

It's in some of his books.

Haha the fact that this trick could work in the first place is probably a big security problem. I would imagine they have fixed it by now. Cool effect though!

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I hadn't seen that! Looks good!