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I've looked into this. I LOVE this type of effect. For me the answer to your question is no for two reasons: 1. I'm fairly certain that you need a large crew to perform it exactly as Paul did. 2. For the rest...it still fools me! There are alternatives for sure. Steinmeyer's Hospitality is...

They are probably having you perform because they think that all magic is basically carnival themed... so just do what you always do! If you have a tough time performing on stage check this out. Patter and scripting is a very involved discussion...basically, it depends on the effect and how...

Amen. I love and agree with all of this. Aaron Sorkin is a great writer, he doesn't have to be an actor too.

There's definitely a pervasive thought in the magic community that says something along the lines of, "Magic isn't any good unless you can perform it for someone". Michael Weber said this, and I think he's right, "Magic always has too few good performers and too many hunger dealers in the...

What do you like most about magic? I've been listening to a few really great podcasts and interviews lately, and it seems like it's a reoccurring thing...magicians love to perform. Hahaha! That sounds obvious but it's not one of my favorite aspects of magic. It strikes me as odd that many...

I've had bad days like this. I was asked to fill in for another magicians resteraunt good at one point. I got there and spoke to the manager, he wasn't told about me and didn't seem too stoked I was there. The resteraunt was basically empty. I ended up leaving without doing any magic. It just...

I think it's in his first Penguin Live Lecture.

What deck are you getting extra queens with?

No. Justin Flom, Criss Angel, Alan Rorrison and others wear more jewelry than most guys. Sometimes their magic is great and sometimes it's not. The jewelry doesn't seem to have much of an effect on the impact of the magic. Sometimes I perform ring magic, sometimes I don't. I wear rings...

Yeah, I agree with all of this. It's a classification of the sleights not the magicians. And, all of it is subject to debate for sure. Many beginners learn the pass early on. Lots of experts don't do it all all. Seeing guys like Dan Harlan, or Dani Daortiz do the pass is eye opening. They just...

It clicked for me when I learned without a deck as part of Dani Daortiz's version of the invisible deck.

I think it has already started. Shin Lim performed what is basically the opposite of visual magic on Ellen a while back and it was super popular and well received.

From what I know about you this doesn't surprise me. Yeah, the level of immersion in the magic effect is what sets these presentations apart. Much of the time the method is so small and insignificant when compared to the presentation that it almost disappears completely.

I hope! I want to see the four angel version Daniel Garcia and Wayne Houchin made back in print as well.

Yeah, more or less. Here are 2 examples, neither of these are my own creations but they illustrate the point pretty well. They are both ideas by Andy Jerxman. You challenge someone to a game of connect four. You play as normal until you finish. You then go to put the game away and look at the...

I like Ramsay but I do think that his style of magic, while it may seem cutting edge right now, is not. Here are my predictions for the future of magic: 1. Current and Near Future - A surge in formal, look at the table kind of magic. Shin Lim and Eric Chien are at the forefront of this. The...

I prefer the magic in Utopia to Reloaded. If you don't own any of his other stuff then go with Utopia. If you own something else of his it might repeat some material.

My advice is to make friends with the guys in your community and ask what they charge for the same kind of thing. Then talk to them about what they think you might be worth.

Nope. You're going to have to pay for it. For an ungimmicked approach, you want to check out Takamiz Usui's Penguin LIVE Lecture.

I agree. It's always helpful to hear what people outside of magic are thinking about magic. I just finished watching Eric Chien perform on AGT and I think it was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. There were cards all over the place!