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My favorite effect with an odd backed card is Bizarre Twist by Paul Harris. It's just so visual and gets killer reactions.

I'm glad you liked the street magic video Alex, performing on the spot when they asked me to show them magic is a lot of fun:) @Robert//Livingston: Thank you very much for the advice, I have no idea about the casino thing, very intersting. I also agree with you on the presentation, I will try...

You make some really good points there Alex, I thought a lot about what you said and I agree with you completely on Dead Reckoning, and that's the reason why I don't perform the effect as much as I use to anymore. I still perform it but only in certain situations. As for the triumph routine, my...

I need constructive criticism, comments that would help me. Can you please tell me how it's boring to you and how I can improve my performance?

This post is a question regarding the two videos that I submitted to the media forums; one was two weeks ago and the other was 11 months ago. Those two videos that I submitted did not get accepted into the media section and I really wanted to know why since I worked really hard on my patter and...

This effect doesn't seem very effective, you can't make it seem logical without altering the handling some way or the other. I recommend you take a look at an effect called "Diamond cut Diamond" by David Solomon, it is very similar to the trick that you just did and makes a lot of sense as well...

You can control the speed of the cut somewhat, in other words, the cards will cut slow if you slowly move your hands away away from the deck; if you look at the demo, he moves his hand away with a pretty fast jerking motion. When I do it, I told the spectator to slowly release and move the hand...

I prefer static for a number of reasons: 1.) The spectator can examine all the cards before and after in static. 2.) You can keep the static gimmick in your deck and do other tricks with that deck and the spectator will never notice, with the gimmick for scared, they will. (One time my...

@praetoritevong: The theme for my performance is the behavior of people's ego. By the way, today's performance went great, thank you all for all of the advices! I performed for about 80 people and I asked 3 girls and 2 guys to help me, don't worry Aaron! I feel very accomplished today.

So here's my basic routine: Talk about how I used to have an interest in pickpocketing and how I will teach them how pickpockets are able to do their job without anyone noticing and start off with 5 and 1 transpo. Tell them how after I lost interest in pickpocketing, I learned about Houdini...

Go check out "Balloon School with Joe Montella", hands down the best resource you will ever need to know about balloon sculptures. The DVD teaches you EVERYTHING there is to know, I highly recommend it.

Thank you everybody for your advice and suggestions, they are all very helpful. I will tell you what my routine will be soon.

Hi everyone, today my teacher asked me to perform a 10-15 minute magic show in front of two classes this coming friday since it's almost the end of school. I'm thinking of putting together a routine but keep in mind that I'll be 3/4 surrounded and some students will be sitting on the floor. The...

I completely agree with you Anna, and your statement I truly believe applies to all venues of performances whether it be at school or even when you're showing a quick magic to someone. I myself am working on my close up show and my goal from the beginning is also to create a memorable experience...

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Once you make the gimmick, you can keep using it for thousands of performances. I don't understand it when you said that you're going to need a new deck everytime, you only need to make one gimmick and you're good to go for a long time. I recommend you get it, the reactions you get with this...

Happy Mothers Day everyone! This is my performance of my favorite effect from Helder Guimaraes, I also added a couple subtleties to make the effect a little better. Please let me know what you think! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGa6HTUo1qY

Definitely order 2, you get a lot more magic plus you don't have to worry about lighting. With loops some effects are really difficult to do and are not practical. I also got the loops complete pack and I don't feel comfortable using it at school, which is a huge drawback for me. Also, I...

That was a good performance I don't think there's anything you need to improve other than slowing down the part where the deck cuts. Have you ever perform this live for people, if it's possible can you post the video here because I would like to see how this would play out for real spectators...

Yes, I really enjoy the whole routine especially the part where the coin appears on top of the spectator's hand and the coins across, very visual and easy to follow. My only advice is to watch your angles on the freedom pack and panic, from where I was sitting I can see a little bit of what's...