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A lifetime of sleight of hand gives us magicians fingers that are as strong as the biceps of professional athletes. Bending coins? No problem. Also there is no magic exposure on these forums.

It sounds like you aren't doing tricks but showing an effect. Is there a story or reason the effect is happening? If not the audience doesn't think a presentation like that is magical but instead think of it as puzzles. Something being magic or magical excludes the performers skill as a...

Red; 8 of Diamonds Green; 4 of Spades Red; King of Spades Green: 2 of Clubs

Dan Harlan's a "Little RnB" has some good uses of a r/b double backer. After buying that I changed up a little bit how I use the R/B I usually carry in my decks. I usually use it in an opener where I find their card by looking at the backs. Their selection appears to all of a sudden has a...

Magic for Humans is pretty decent. I actually finished the series and I usually don't watch a lot of tv or finish most series I start. I haven't finished Consentino's series. His persona and style just wasn't my cup of tea. I liked most of The Road Trick but didn't finish it. It was kind of...

Justin Miller has an easy Matrix routine with no gaffs using 3 coins and a card. If you don't want to use cards Kozmo has a routine in one of his lectures. Shoot Ogawa has a great routine or two but I am having trouble finding them in stock anywhere. You can try to find videos like...

I've had something similar happen to my cards when the on the edges got wet. Like drops of water wet on the edges caused some bleeding. Since the deck is already marked up try that in a blank spot to see if it reproduces the problem. Decks don't las forever anyways so you can still use it for...

That sounds nice. Much more coherent than what I have so far!

Gotta give my wife credit for this take; She was thinking of patter involving the chains that Marley describes we forge in our lives. Through the routine Scrooge would be breaking these chains as he makes his revelations from each ghost. In the end the transformation is shown by forging new...

I am quite the novice and I am stretching myself here a bit but its the thinking I am trying to incorporate in my presentations. If anyone has any constructive feed back PLEASE feel free! This is the arc I think I will try to follow when constructing this, its not set in stone yet but appears...

Just thinking of the feeling I would want to convey. Some reading on the subject. https://www.jstor.org/stable/461345?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents I like the idea of rediscovering innocence seems magical to me! https://www.jstor.org/stable/44372249?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents Hmmm, a...

First off I recognize Drummond's skills, he has good presence and so forth. His pacing seems a bit slow at times I think, maybe not for live magic but maybe for t.v. I get the idea of hyping up an escape attempt by playing on the perceived danger of it but a few episodes I felt as if Drummond...

Some great recommendations here so I figure I would throw in something a little different from the other resources that can supplement them. Take a public speaking course! Learn how to use your voice and presence to the best of your ability in holding an audiences attention. Take a writing...

It is easier than you think because the people are busy signing the card or I talk to them and do it when they respond. I usually do it with the deck at my side and use my leg to face the top card, I believe its described in RRTCM but I don't know the page.

For the ACR have you tried facing the top card of the deck when they are signing their card, then replace their card on top (face up) then turn over the double?

I would think that citing anyones work that influenced your trick would be the way to go, minor contribution or not. The devil is in the details so to speak. It can also help differentiate what exactly your contribution to the effect is. So the effect is a deck that has blank cards changes to...

heads heads heads heads heads Yup.

Competitions aren't inherently bad but there is some issues with judging something as subjective as entertainment that is cause for concern. I think the format of AGT is a bit of a problem. First off in competitions like AGT the criteria that is being judged is very broad and poorly defined due...

It sounds like something I saw on a Rich Ferguson video about rubber bands. At about 7.35

My every day carry is a bit much I think. one deck of cards sometimes two a sharpie two types of rubber bands (six bands total) a ring four .50 cent pieces occasionally 4 peace dollars but almost never use them impromptu. My everyday carry pocket management isn't too in depth. I keep...