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Your best bet is to use an iPod or IPhone with bluetooth speakers like this: http://www.amazon.com/iFox-Creations-Portable-Bluetooth-Speaker/dp/B00Y1BWM3W/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1440159257&sr=8-14&keywords=ipod+speaker+bluetooth and a pocket remote like this...

I think that the use of the word intermediate in advertising just says that you can't perform it out of the box and it requires some practice. In many ways, understanding the basics makes it easier to learn moves that are somewhat more difficult. If you can't do a riffle shuffle, you won't be...

Do a Google search for Osborne Illusions. At Paul's website you can buy books and plans. Also, check out Andrew Mayne's website because he has a number of easy to build illusions.

OK. You've sold me on Nothing But Mystery. From what you are saying, Conjuring Anthology is your best bet. I suspect you will find a couple of parlor routines poise some close up effects. The Stapled Card can go up against anything from Paul Harris.

To be honest, there really isn't a lot of new original material out there. Most of it is the application of existing principles in different contexts. At best, it is a variation of small improvement. To be honest, a lot of the stuff that gets churned out is crap and probably not worth the...

It is $250 on Kauffman & Co.'s Website: http://kaufman.geniimagazine.com/booksandtapes.html If my memory is correct, the Twilight Angels cards and the gimmick for Lubor's Lens are included in the Art of Astonishment Box Set along with a couple of other gimmicks. I think that AoA has a lot of...

A new Brushed Stainless Steel Zombie Ball and stand from Rings and Things Both Zombie Reanimated DVDs by Jeb Sherrill Zombie (book) by Al Schneider Sands of the Desert (sands and color changing chemicals) A Glass Bowl for Sands of the Desert Glass Bud Vases fof Sands of the Desert A Black Hand...

It's funny, I'm currently reading Maximum Entertainment and my first thought after reading your post was that you need someone in the audience who knows what they are doing taking notes. Too bad you are on the opposite side of the country... I would have loved to sit and watch your show with a...

Hmmmm. My favorite toys... Omni Deck, Clink by David Regal, D'Lites, Color Monte, Scotch and Soda, 3D Multiplying Rabbits, a Vernet Thumb Tip and Pips a Popping.

If I could teach every magician one thing, it would be that.

I disagree as to method. Most exposure comes from people who purchase the effect. They aren't afraid to expose it even though they can't perform it. The more popular the effect, the more likely someone will buy it and expose it. So find something that isn't well known -- maybe like something...

I'd love to hear the stories.:) I"m curious about what made it different than a parlor show. I"ve done parlor shows anywhere from 50 to 100 people (think banquet room performing on a 10 x 10 space surrounded by tables or a hall with 10 rows of 10 people) and wonder what is different for stage.

Encyclopedia of Card Tricks is a great book. However, a lot of sections require special cards (double backed or double faced) or decks (svengali, stripper, men-tekel). The sections on Do as I Do and Key Cards are great. Also, you can make your own short cards with a paper cutter or Xacto...

For general magic, get Mark Wilson's Complete Course. You would think I get a royalty on that book (I don't) because I recommend it so frequently. It has cards, coins, sponge balls, rope, mental magic and even stage illusions. It is a great starting point. I still perform material from that...

Start with Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic. For $15, is a great book and has everything including cards, coins, bills, rope, cups and balls, sponge balls, mentalism and stage magic. Just don't do the "pointing" thing that Mark does when vanishing an object -- it doesn't look good. That...

Oh yeah. My favorite packet trick is Wildcard, the routine that I do uses a Jordan Count, an Elmsley Count, a Paintbrush Change, a Through the Hands flourish and a Mexican Turnover. Speaking of packet tricks, t here are some great ones on Craig Petty's Blank that use blank cards -- I though...

I've always found that the PATEO force seems contrived except in limited circumstances where the presentaton lends itself to that sort of "game" (like my football playoff prediction effect where the spectator picks face down cards with two team's names on them and those teams play each other...

I meant two red decks and two blue decks -- although black decks are nice too.

Hmmm. I forgot about 25 feet of magician's rope for $6 and a thumb tip. Maybe reduce the decks to 4 (2 red, 2 black) and get the rope and thumb tip for $2.