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I use a tilt or bluff pass often enough. I'll usually count as I spread to have a card selected

I have an original routine with a poker chip that gets the strongest reaction of anything I do. I have a series of mental feats I can do, that I get asked to do at parties. A few anagrams and math things.

I always like to look over these.

I have performed for a handful of senators groom around the USA. One texted a picture of me to David Copperfield, that was cool. I have performed for past contestants on American Idol and a few others. I've met a few famous people but I only perform if I'm asked to, I rarely initiate it.

If you want a quick description of a bunch of tricks check out the Encyclopedia of Card Magic by Hugard and Braue. This is very much like a Readers Digest.

Yep, I do coin to shoulder twice. I do it once and wait for them to ask to see it again, and I do it works great. Some of my rubber band work gets a do it again, but for most of it I can do it again and continue with the routine or do it again and it's just as powerful.

My all time favorite is Hands off by Patrick Redford. It's fairly easy to do and really gets close to the Berglas effect in my opinion.

I ran into the trap of trying to do very difficult stuff to start out with and came to pay for it when I actually performed for people. The list of moves you shared are tough, doable but tough. Keep working on them but if they aren't flying in performance maybe try a simpler set of controls. 2...

I kinda disagree, but I get what you are saying. You can get to a point where any deck will work for what you need but I am always careful about what deck I use for what. For 3 card monte, I always use borderless. For false deals I prefer borderless. If I'm doing a double lift or reversing a...

Rick Lax gave me 2 tips for good magic videos. Make sure you can be seen and make sure you can be heard. That will help immensely. The contra-posative also helps. Make sure you are not seeing too much or hearing too much. Basically if you can accomplish those two things the magic will speak for...

I feel guilty when performing the Haunted Key. My presentation kinda stinks, and I like the trick okay I just don't love it. It gets a great reaction though. I also kind of wish I had a better key for the effect. I also do the invisible deck often, which feels like a cop out to me. I still...

RealityOne and Christopher echo my thoughts. When you are learning an effect imagine what the ideal version of that effect is. Practice it until you can get close to that ideal version of the effect. Then perform it until everyone watching experiences that version of the effect. Almost any...

Meh, Vernon and Marlo got the book at a young age and they revolutionized card magic. It was one of the first books I ever bought and I can't say I'm worse off for having it. If you want beginner magic look at the Encylcopedia of Card Magic, or the Royal Road, the Expert at the Card Table is...

I agree with the Mark Wilson book. To provide variety though Joshua Jay's Magic: The Complete Course is also really good. It's shorter but comes with a DVD.

There's a lot of magic I wish everyone else would stop doing so that I can keep it for myself. I love all the cliche tricks of the week and the classics but I don't do them. Things like: French Kiss, Double Cross, Sponge Balls, Professor's Nightmare, Spoon Bending, Cups and Balls, Bowlarama...

I'm not sure what trick you are talking about. Does it have another name?

Maybe the mods can let me know if this link still works or if it's even appropriate for this situation. http://theory11.wufoo.com/forms/theory11-copyright-report/

So, I've been thinking about this trick. I may have 2 alternative methods that can work with a freely named card. No dual reality, no forces. PM me if you want details. These are fairly involved compared to the method Asi teaches.

So, I used to create magic for Rick Lax. We tried a lot of psychological forces on his Facebook videos. If it was really great we'd get 20% hits out of a million views. It's my opinion that for the most part they are unreliable. There are exceptions out there but there are a few magicians out...

I think you could learn a lot from Greg Wilson's Off the Cuff and on the Spot dvds. These videos give you loads of material that you can do with just about anything in a casual environment. Rocco is the king of sleeving in my opinion, it's a very versatile technique. I prefer to diversify...