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This routine is already out there. I just saw it performed by Gary Morton two weekends ago at my magic banquet but he had a ton of patter and funny bits that went with it. He revealed 3 different cards by using different senses. Listening to the cards as they were riffled by his ear, etc.

No problem. Even if it helps out one or two of you guys I'm fine with that.

Ha Ha. It does play well for kids when you produce it among a platter of Oreos on a Dove Pan and then pair that up with Vanishing Milk Pitcher.

Draven...just saw the email sent to me as well on the new Smoke gimmick VAPR. It was mighty tempting to pre-order. Ha Ha. Oh...and one of my favorite gimmicks for non-walk around sets is the "Coin Deck". I pair that up with Scotch and Soda and it plays well.

If you perform the Bite Out Oreo effect which as you know works like the bite out quarter that David Blaine made ever so popular, I have found the perfect band that matches the white "cream" better than the yellowish / gold that come on it when you purchase it. I stumbled upon these while my...

I do keep a notebook of "ideas" of potential effects or my spin on an older effect. Sometimes these will just come to me spur of the moment and so I like to have the notebook with me or if I don't have my notebook I'll just type it into my Notes app of my iPhone and then add it to the journal...

If you are working a restaurant I highly recommend this book. It is one of my favorites. Close Up, The Real Secrets of Magic- David Stone. With my experience thus far after 14 years of magic, getting into restaurants usually / sometimes takes you "filling" in for another magician who has...

In your opinion is it better to be very skilled in one area of magic such as close up, and really work to get gigs in which you can perform that material better than anyone else in your area or is it better to be the "jack of all trades" and be able to perform stage, close up, birthday parties...

I don't work in that department but let me see if I can find someone to jump on this. Thanks.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/107710892@N04/ These are just a few pics from Friday Night's Harry Potter Wizard Gathering performance in which I was hired and then the others are from Saturday night's Magicians Banquet that I worked in town. I'll have to save the question / answer session...

I'm wondering if you contacted someone at Penguin if they would tell you why it was discontinued. Perhaps he had duplicated an effect that was all ready out there. Maybe it wasn't selling very well and he pulled it off the shelves. Maybe the reviews were bad on it. I wish I had an answer for...

You need to scrap the entire of idea of getting caught because that is exactly "how" you are going to get good at it. Over numerous (and I mean about a hundred or more) performances of the same routine / effect you will get it down. I watched Eric Jones up at Abbott's close up convention do a...

Thanks for sharing this. I would have loved to have heard more of the audio / dialogue between the two of you but I also understand this was more of a visual simple effect. It reminds me of the old David Blaine video which is perhaps where your inspiration for this came from.

First of all I guess I am confused. This isn't "your" effect, but yet a poor performance of someone else's creation. There is no entertainment value at all nor is there any scripting. Why are you asking people to figure out the effect? That's not what magic is about. Show me yourself going up...

I have seen even seasoned veterans make a mistake in their "finale" or closer of a set and they just calmly shake it off, take the applause and walk off. It happens to everyone at some point if you are performing enough. The question that now remains is.... How can you learn and prevent it from...

Here's your advice. What you do with it is up to you. Stop performing for your friends and perform for strangers. Your friends are always going to keep asking for more where as a stranger will allow you to entertain them and be thankful for the two or three effects you are going to share with...

Gang of Four and Bannon's Twisted Sisters Packet Trick.

Toby is EXACTLY correct. Magic allows you to show case your personality, confidence (don't confuse with arrogance) and other strong traits that women "may" find attractive They could just as easily see a deck of cards come out of your pocket and laugh and walk away though too. Luckily I have...

I watched Jay Scott Berry use his cloaking device / sonata gimmick last night at a lecture to perform miracles. Don't think you are just limited to a thumb tip. Also as others have said, timing of the ditch is vital and have a reason to go to the pocket. You can go in for a sharpie, a deck of...

Any deck that has the bow and makes the click sound / feel can be corrected by farrow shuffling the cards, every other one facing the opposite direction over and over again until it straightens them back out. Hope that helps you some. If it is a prepared deck, stack, or "special" deck...