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Youtube is a very idiotic way to learn anything. While they're can be some good teachers on youtube, the problem with it is that you are picking up the same errors that most of the people on that site have. Also, unless you like learning from 13 year olds who stammer and stumble worst than Elmer...

If you can afford it, try to get Dai Vernon's Revelation book, the text from the original Expert at the card is touched and made clearer, The pictures are also touched up and easier to read. Also, you get a lot of Vernon's hints and pictures of his hands explaining some of the sleights, plus a...

Tony Slydini would often tell his students to practice to a metronome. I think it was set to something like 75 beats.

Actually Craig, the guy in those Criss Angel commercials isn't Criss Angel. It's just a random dude in a bad wig and hat, and a few bad actors as well.

Best practice deck" Lee Ashers 605's mainly due to the fact that they last nearly forever. Best performance deck: Richard Turner Gold Seal deck, or the Mandolin deck. Though if you can't get a hold of those, then just use regular Bikes or Tally-Ho's

How long have you been working on this stand up show and how long do you plan to perform for? I would say that most guys who do a stand up show (close up) usually will only have the show being around 30 min to an hour at the most.

It won because FISM as always been about Magic for magicians. It was a nice routine, but I felt it was rather boring after awhile.

Hopefully this won't burn you and your clients out before the trip ends. Because a 2 hour gig on a bus in that close proximity is going to cause you to run out material extremely fast.

Many of the good inventions came out of necessity, rather than just wanting to make some money or end up famous. Most of the good routines/effects out there came out of the same way. A performer/hobbyist was toying with a few sleights and then it just hit them. The problem you are going to have...

The problem with youtube is that MOST people on there have zero showmanship skills and zero misdirection. Which while not entirely their fault. (it's pretty much impossible to misdirect a webcam or camera..) the problem is that they rely too much on it and too much on fooling a machine.. One...

It's a combo set that can also be used as a cups and balls set.

Bizarre Magika has a Chop Cup/Cups and balls combo set for like 50 bucks I think.

I often see this word thrown about and used as a blanket statement all the time by the guys on the Magic Cafe. "I am an Entertainer!" Yet, it seems that none of them seem to actually know what the word REALLY means. Hell, I am pretty sure they all think it means to tell corny/lame jokes while...

Pretty much everything he said about the guy. How the person kept trying to dodge questions, how he mentioned that most people don't like working for him. Usually when somebody tries to dodge answering very basic questions, they are hiding something and will tend to be a weasel.

Good thing you turned it down, chances are he would tried to weasel his way out paying you.

If this for practicing or for video promos. Because if it's for both, I highly doubt your clients are going to care if the video is in super HD and filmed with an expensive camera or just a decent hand cam. The same can be said for practice and rehearsal video's. Spending 500 bucks for one...

When it comes to building a routine, the thing you should think about the over premise of the "Act" in general. also, the routines should build upon each other and have one or two things in common with each. IE: If you are doing a gambling act, you are not going to do a mind reading routine...

You CAN, but I wouldn't recommend it. It's safer and easier to just spend the 5-9 dollars on already made one.

The problem with Rudy's act is that his whole puppet boy thing doesn't work in just 90 seconds. It's one of those effects that works wonders when he does during HIS show and within the context and timing of HIS show. Because everything going on makes sense (sort of) in a way when he's doing his...

She made like 10 topics last week that were essentially her saying the exact same thing "I am obsessed with David Copperfield."