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So this question comes up from time to time "What kind of legal protection do we have in magic?" A few years ago I wrote a paper for a college class. It was a pre-law class. I decided not to pursue law as a career but I did receive my minor in legal studies. As part of a class I looked into...

In conversation with Paul Draper (One of the worlds leading mentalists) he often asks me about my power as a magician. He means to say that we as magicians as we select material should perform with a cohesive super power. It would be weird if Batman could suddenly breath under water or if...

http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/7557 The single card prediction is a holy grail to be sought after. Rick Lax gives his solution in his creation, Master Piece. One card is in play, they name a card initially your prediction doesn’t match. The magician then tears up the card and hands the...

I need a good laugh. Post the cheesiest magic music you can to this thread. I'll start: (All of these are good songs but I'd throw up if I heard them all in one show!)

Rick Lax has created a self working trick that does what other self working effects do not. It is interesting, commercial and doesn’t require any preparation. I have tried it out in the real world and it gets great reactions. Tearing the cards makes the difference. That action takes it from an...

So, there are a handful of methods out there that are very popular but I could never get to work. I have a hard time believing that they would ever really fool anyone in a live performance. My least favorite method of all time is the PATEO force. Every time I perform it the spectator...

Hey y'all, I just checked out out "The Other Brother's" (Darryl Davis and Daryl Williams) newest release Bandit. It is an incredible teleporting rubber band. It visually and cleanly vanishes and apears in a spectators hand. They call it sponge balls with rubber bands but the moments are...

Theory11's involvment with Now You See Me is very well known. I really liked the first movie and am excited to see the sequel. There are some places where Hollywood takes liberties with the way the magic community works but over all I feel like they are trying to portray magic in its best light...

I am a student of Erdnase and am always trying to increase my proficiency of the techniques he teaches. I own several pieces of supplemental instructions but I wonder if someone more proficient in Erdnase could offer what they think are the best pieces of supplemental instruction on Erdnase's...

Hey y'all, I added a hidden revelation to my new buisiness cards and decided I'd share. My presentation is pretty shaky so forgive me for that.

Dani Daortiz is one of my favorite magicians. I would like to purchase his newish download Chaos and Order but I'd like to know what is taught. I own a few of Dani's eBooks and I don't want to wasting my money if it's just a repeat. http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/6125#reviews

My dog, his name is Indiana Jones, has decided that my cards are his new favorite toy

I feel like creativity is one of the most hard to come by aspects of magic. I feel like there are many magicians and creators that think they are creative when in reality they are using the same methods and presentations of the past. I have got into some serious arguments with people over what...

Fake tutorials are a powerful tool used in fogging up internet exposure. It makes it more difficult to find actual exposure videos. A problem has arisen, many people who would support fake exposure videos are finding them and thinking they are legit. I would like to brainstorm ways to further...

David Copperfield often claims to have multiple methods for his various magic effects. His reasoning is that he does this so he can switch up the method if the audience gets savvy of any certain effect. I also know that Joshua Jay performs various versions of the haunted deck depending on the...

This is by no means a complete list but people need to know that it is not right to use or perform magic without the permission of the creator in some regard. Permission can be obtained by purchasing an effect or contacting the creator, it is not obtained by figuring out a trick or learning it...

I'm not new to magic, I've been I did my first birthday party gig about 20 years ago and my first walk around gig almost 10 years ago. For the most part I have felt like a performing veteran, I thought that I had seen everything and knew about it all. About a year ago I started to put together...

Jay Sankey has between one of my favorite magicians since I began in magic. Needless to say I am very familiar with Sankey's magic. So when he pulled out Card Board Contortionist on Fool Us I knew what was coming. Penn and Teller didn't. When Penn was explaining that he understood how the...

I love performing magic, but one of the most frustrating issues I have is when I have a spectator who insists on making my job as hard as possible. They challenge you and try to mess you up and when you do manage to fool you they try to tell their friends how they think what you did was done...

I used to think it would be totally sweet if I could fly. I still think it would be sweet. The want to be able to fly, be super strong or psychic are all aspects of what made me want to become a magician. Now as a magician I can pretend like I really have super powers like Super Man, Captain...