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I saw this and it intrigued me, might get this in the near future. Thanks for the review Rick!

Lots of great advice here guys, I'm taking it all in like a sponge. Reality: I appreciate you giving me a perspective from the potential audience, that helps clears things up for me. I'll probably PM you later on about some ideas I have. Craig: I see what you mean, it's all about the...

Yeah I watched the video and was speechless. When you say you're set up for as long as you have the deck, do you mean it's a one time set up and you're good to go again and again and again?

Understood, thanks!

Haha my bad, sorry. Yeah I need to get me a little notebook and put people's names in it who are interested in hiring me, that way I can call or email them to confirm and such.

OOOO very nice idea, that way they are anticipating what you are going to do with that so it sets you up nicely.

Wow only 3 years and you're booking gigs on a regular basis? I WANT THAAAAAAT Ok enough whining haha. That's some great advice Rick, thanks. I'm definitely taking all this to heart. I'm looking back through the DVDs I got in the Penguin deal and finding the ones I can add fairly soon to my...

Yeah it does help a lot, thanks. I don't try and "wait" for the adults, but once I'm done with the bunnies and I'm putting them away, they hand me the tip during that, so I don't really get a chance to perform for them. But I'll try your strategy. I use Benji's advice of saying "have you seen me...

Friend request sent Geraint, thanks! Pete: Understood, I don't think they're a huge fan of the flashy stuff, but rather things that have more content, meaning, and substance.

Geraint: Ok, I see now what you mean. I'll definitely see what I can come up with with the material I have, thanks! Visual: I'll think on that one. Thanks for the advice guys, really appreciate it!

Great reply Geraint, thanks! I guess I need to look at what material I have and how I play it to what type of audiences. I feel like with older people you need to do something to absolutely blow them away (Like Note by Matt Sconce or something) to show you aren't "just another punk kid" and...

I'm 19, and have been really into doing magic for about 3 1/2 to 4 years now. I perform two times weekly at a local pizza parlor, doing magic and balloon animals for the guests. At first, I had no problem going up to people and performing since I didn't have the balloons in my arsenal yet. After...

Daaang, you were packing a lot for the adults, huh? Haha. All those effects seem great Rick, I was wondering if you could comment on my concern in the previous post I made, about not isolating a certain group. I do balloon animals at the restaurant I where I perform, and I usually follow up...

Look around on the forums, there are PLENTY of threads discussing this. The main advice is to practice so you know you have the sleights down, then practice the patter so you don't stammer or hesitate. Them more you perform, the faster they go away. Good luck! Jacob

Great post Rick, thanks! I'm trying to distinguish myself as not just a kid's magician (since I really only have sponge bunnies for my table hopping set) because I do have stuff for teens and adults. It's difficult though to do the adult magic for the adults when there are a few 5 and 6 year...

That's a great idea Reality One, I'll definitely start making my own list of stuff now.

Haha great video! That effect looks absolutely amazing, definitely something I'll keep my eye on for the future. Thanks for sharing and I'm glad your mom is getting better!

Ask for it for Christmas, buy it, or don't buy it. Those really are your main options here. We can say whatever we want but it's going to come down to what you really want. Do you really want to shell out 150 for a deck of cards? Or you can spend it on some killer magic (that's half of the TA...

I heard Losander has a DVD out with the TT also, but I checked out Darwin's DVD set and it looks insane!

I like Craig's point of having justification for the misdirection. Card to mouth is one of my absolute favorite effects, especially when it's placed into an ACR since I tell them to look for anything fishy. I have like a day and a half to load the card, it's just too perfect. I think another...