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I have not been called anything as such... But if it counts, my peers and seniors have asked me a million times if I can read the minds of teachers and find out the questions that will be set on a question paper. And the fact that I can't makes me question my existence as a magician! :D

I like how Christopher said that the creation is separate fromthe creator. That seems to resolve half the problem! But the thing is... Can we really ignore a person's real-life characteristics when evaluating them as a performer? Going back to the theory that a bad person can never be a bad...

Something I have been thinking about for a long time... How do you measure an artist? Just by his/her expertise in the art or the kind of person he/she is in general matters too? The answer is not as simple as it appears. Atleast, not for me. The hype Jibrizy caused for example...am sure he is a...

Happens every freaking time. And I swear it is irritating. But rather than taking it as a set-back, I sort of view it as an improvement, because after practising the tricks for a while, I understand them better and know how they would look in my hands and how I should perform them to seem more...

So I did a book test this September on the stage and had a blast. It was a very simple one, both in method and effect. Nothing too complicated. And on the final day, after I had performed and had gone back stage, everyone was like 'How did you do that?' one person was completely awed but said...

So do I understand correctly that I should go ahead and learn and perfect it AND REST ASSURED THAT I WON'T NEED TO BANK ON A CAMERA LENS TO MAKE THIS COLOUR CHANGE LOOK GOOD?

Most sleights need to be done in an off-beat moment sure. But don't colour changes defy that law? Because if you do it in an off-beat moment, people may not get the magic or think you are just 'fast with hands' (that's what the things is actually, but still, bear with me!). So then?

For everyone... The above things I have quoted from my original post. Why? Is that what you asked? Because those are the words somehow everyone's eyes magically skip over and ignore when reading my posts! :D:D:D

Lol mate... Hamman Count, fine, I accept. The classic palm? :-) Learned it from Modern Coin Magic by J.B. Bobo!:p Anyways, in both cases I feel it is wrong to criticise YT because of MY bad habits in case of some sleights! And I did not even practice the Hamman too much to go into details...

Being 99.9% self taught myself (only because am too gracious to ignore the help I have got from books and YT and say 100% instead) I think I qualify to give some valid tips to you (even tho I feel most magicians today are self-taught...but wth, let me enjoy feeling like an expert a little bit...

If you are saying that one or two audience members are burning you, maybe you are completely fine yourself. But if every audience or most of them, burn you, most probably you:- 1) have made yourself look like a sleight-of-hand artist rather than a performer and magician. For good or for bad...

Well, I haven't learnt the Cardini colour change yet, but I would love to do so if itnis really great and lends itself to a practical close-up magic situation. Mark the previous 5 words. Because I don't really wanna learn something to amaze a camera. So my question is, is the cardini change as...

Thanx for the suggestion :-) But what if I ask the name of an effect here OR on a DM to, say, one of u guys? Is it unethical then? For the name only obviously...UNLESS it is in public domain because then as I said, I think I have full right to learn it for free! And I am not going to copy the...

And a small question which is kinda small, but I needed to clear this out...so putting it in the same thread:- Is it okay (okay as in ethical) to, say, reference a performance of an effect and ask people the name of the trick so that I can BUY it, or BUY BOOKS to learn it, or LEARN it from the...

Learning it from You Tube, more precisely Jay Sankey. BUT BEFORE ANYONE GETS MAD AT ME... That's purely because of the lack of a better resource. I have sucked up internet to find some better resources, something more in depth, because details are not something Sankey delves into. Obviously, no...

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Figured out the count I needed. :-) The card I wanna hide is the third one. And the hamman count achieves it more tan perfectly. My only problem is that when, after counting off the first card I do the 'thing'...It can be seen that the first card is actually being transferred back. The only...

There's a cool bit of magic where say you have 4 cards, 2 aces and 2 kings...you give the spectator the 2 kings and you have the 2 aces. A snap, and suddenly YOU have the 2 kings and THEY have the 2 aces! It is taught on scamschool I believe. There are many versions, but Brian's is the best...

It's actually sad to see a perfectly great magician to be spoiled just because of a single incident. But he did deserve it. Because:- 1) No matter how good or bad you are, faking reactions doesn't cut it. 2) Because of this incident, it will take another few years to convince laymen that what...

Lol...Sometimes I find it surprising how I manage to do the EXACT THINGS I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO DO!!! Of course I do every single thing coinvanish.com warned against! Lol. Obviously will take some time to relearn the stuff, but it definitely looks as if (and also feels as if) it will be worth it...