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I have the book "The Best of All Worlds" which has a bunch of variations. My favorite variations are Roberto Giobbi's variation in Card College Light (which enables the effect from a deck that was shown previously as being shuffled), Eugene Burger's variation which is in Mastering the Art of...

I vote for monkeys and bananas. Lots more opportunity for creative scripting.

The "all ages" tricks are fine. The only card tricks I would do would be tricks that don't depend on knowing the suits and names of cards. Card to wallet is good. Also consider 5 card repeat or cards across.

Here is one way of doing it (although it seems rather involved): http://www.lybrary.com/make-your-playing-cards-a-11.html

OK, to do this right, we need to know something about you -- because the routine has to reflect who you are, your skills and your interest in magic. So, a couple of questions: 1. What three effects do you perform the most for people? 2. What is your favorite TV show, favorite movie...

Mittenpanda: What is important (from what I understand -- I'm not a member... yet), is creativity, presentation and personality. It really is a matter of what the performance says about how you feel about magic. You want to stand out in what you do. Don't do whatever everyone else is doing...

You can do most routines with four 1964 Silver Kennedy Half Dollars or Walking Liberty Half Dollars. You don't need to get them in "mint" condition -- just as long as they all look like they have the same amount of wear. Actually, circulated coins are "softer" and don't make as much noise when...

Ink jet printers smear and laser jet printers flake off (although I haven't tried the new color laser jet I got back in December). The best method I've found is to use ink-jet iron on sheets -- the paper you get, print on and then iron-on to a t-shirt.

I'm liking that tax refund thing... My lovely wife agreed that they would be my Fathers Day and Birthday Presents. I've been wanting The Complete Walton for some time now. I waited too long and the first volume was no longer available in the U.S. They just announced the third volume and it...

So I well on my way. I ordered all three volumes of The Complete Walton and the two-volume set Full Bloom. Now, I'm reading Volume 1 of The Magic of Ascanio and that is making me want volumes 2, 3 and 4.

Let me put this out there for consideration. There is a difference between performing magic trick for family and friends and performing a paid show for strangers. In performing a show, you need a level of professionalism and polish that makes people feel good about paying you money to perform...

I watched a couple of his videos and he is extrordinarily average. I would suggest watching Christopher T. Magician instead. You actually can watch his videos without cringing at the presentation. o_O I wouldn't pay anything for Julian to teach me how to do a show... there are a lot better...

It was at an in-person lecture. He just moved on to something else. I guess since it is a card trick and everyone knew it was sleight of hand, it wasn't a big deal. Exactly. Now, if it is for a paid show and you screw up.... that's another story. There should be no room for error (due to...

Or you can do what Darwin Ortiz did when something went wrong duirng a lecture that I saw, "You know what, that isn't going to work. Let me do something completely different."

The best magic done to music is manipulation. Billiard balls (get the Fakini balls -- not the cheap ones), thimbles, coins, D-lites, ect. Jeff McBride's World Class Manipulation Series would be the way to go. Jeff has an amazing style and you will learn things there that nobody else does...

The best way is to use the principle used in an Invisible Deck / Brainwaive Deck. You will have to make your own deck, but it is pretty easy.

I see, or more accurately, I didn't see. Without my reading glasses, it looked like you used the word theatrical twice. My mistake. The only references I could find is John Pyka's 2007 book Theatrical Magic and Max Howard's 2014 Creating Theatrical Magic. Hardly a plethora of work on the...

Spend another $1,000 on books? OK, more of a dream than a goal. :cool: OK, at least looking at picking up a complete set (all three volumes) of the Complete Walton and a bunch of other books. Maybe I should read a couple more of the books I already have in the meantime. :D

Bannon says 'The Elias Multiple Shift is one of the best -- if not the best -- in the hands Multiple Shift.... It is also one of the most versitile Multiple Shifts around." Dear Mr. Fantasy, p. 120. Bannon's only critique is that the Elias shift is typically explained as needing the cards...

Let me start off with some background on how to perform kids magic. The most important thing with kids magic is to be engaging with the kids. You standing up in front of them doing effects that they have to think about to understand will not play well. Your presentation needs to be...