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Hey guys, So a couple of weeks ago I made a thread about this talent show in which I had one week to prepare my act. I basically just did my usually routine with dresscode and fraid knot and added the invisible deck and insurance policy as fillers. Instead of doing my usual dresscode code...

Hey guys So I've been practicing airtight by jay sankey for awhile now and I find that when I blow up the balloon sometimes when the deck is inside, it will pop. I was wondering if I were in a performance situation and that were to happen, how would I recover?

Hey guys below is a link of this effect called Traveling Bicycle and I wanted to put this on the wire but I want to be for sure that it's good. So I'm just running it by you guys. Note: The other effect with the tab is by Kevin Schaller. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6JK4WcSls8

Hey guys, So I've submitted some effects to the Wire that have been decline, but the feedback I get is always unspecific. Like on the reviewer's note it will say "appreciate your submission and excited to see more of your work!" but it won't exactly say why it was rejected. I would at least...

Hey guys, So if you didn't know from my previous thread, I'm doing a talent show in a few days. I'm trying to do a different thing with dress code and I'm going to change my shirt into a superhero shirt like superman. This is going to go with this story about what I am for Halloween. The...

Hey guys, Recently I just signed up for a talent show at my school and of course I'm doing magic obviously. Anyway I have a week to make a routine due to only being a small talent show. It's more of a parlour magic setting so the audience will be close by and the routine will last about 8...

Hey guys, Recently my friend and I were discussing how long a children show should be and how much to charge. My friend told me that he does hour long shows which I think would be way too long for a children's party and said that half an hour is much more suitable for how long a show should...

Hello guys! This weekend my friend and I went to the town's scarecrow festival and video taped footage of street magic for YouTube. I was doing this to get exposure as well as using the footage for promo videos that I'm making. Also in the process I wanted to see how I manage crowds and...

Hey guys, So recently my two friends and I had an awesome idea to perform street magic during the Scarecrow festival in our town. This festival attracts many people from different parts of town so we thought it would be a good idea to get our names out there. We all are going to hand out...

Hey guys, So I've recently made a lot of business cards, flyers and posters to hang around my neighborhood and town, and I don't know how to actually approach giving a business card away. I mean let's say I'm performing for someone, should I perform a trick that utilizes a business card or...

Hey guys! So I'm in high school and it seems so apparent to me that people are asking out girls to homecoming in big ways like having big signs, or baking a cake for homecoming and it got me thinking, how am I going to ask a girl to homecoming! Well I wanted to do something that relates to me...

Regeneration :: Blake Vogt Price: $49.95 Difficulty: Easy Included in package: DVD and 15 handcrafted gimmicks Just want to start off by saying, this is not a trick you perform in every single routine you do! This is one of those tricks that should be used only in the right place and the right...

First I'd like to start off by saying, this is a fantastic deck! If you missed out getting the series A red or just never got a chance to get one of DB decks these are great! Box: The box is very simplistic than the series A version. This box features more white, silver foiling and...

Hey guys, I just got my package from the Saturday Night Contest:Rearranging the Code and all the prizes are great! Regeneration is so cool and is so diabolically simple that it's awesome! The decks of cards are very nice and great quality from Theory11 and the Uncut Sheet of Playing cards are...

Hey guys, You know I just realized this but didn't David Blaine say that he was going to release a TV special for Spring 2012? It's well past Spring but do you know if he is going to make a TV special this year or not?

Hello guys, Recently, I have been thinking about how I became part of the magic community, and after thinking about it I would have never gotten here without YouTube. I find it interesting how people bash other people on YouTube for revealing tricks from magic sites (WHICH IS TOTALLY WRONG)...

Alright so recently I playing with my deck of cards and then I was playing in a funhouse with them in my pockets. Then all I realized the kids put water inside the fun house so one side of my cards got super wet. I was surprised to see that they still handle really well they're just slightly...

Hey guys, So today I went to Goodwill to find decks of cards like casino cards because you never know there might be something like Jerry's Nuggets or Wynn's at Goodwill. Then I was scoping the DVD section and right there was Morgan Strebler's Liquid Metal for only $1.99! I thought it was...

Hello guys, Recently I have been working these ideas out in the real world and I think they are ready for the wire. These are 3 sleights and tricks that I use on a daily basis and is perfect for walk around and close-up. One is a card control, another is a card revelation, and the third isn't...

Hey guys, recently I have noticed that I have been focusing on card tricks as the way of performing magic. I realized this when my High School has a rule about no cards because it could be for gambling. It got me thinking that I don't know many other tricks that don't involve cards. I find it...