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The sleights you need to perform the effect you want to perform. Sleights in and of themselves have no value.

Play to your strengths.... yes. But, as Richard Bach says, "argue your limitations and they are yours." If you are having problems with palming coins and cards, you aren't learning from the right sources. I could teach you to do both in an hour on Skype. If you are interested, send me your...

Japanese laws would not control usage of a copyright in the United States. As an absurd example, if Japan passed a law making it illegal to do a double lift, they could not prosecute someone in Nevada for doing a double lift. However, if you post something on the internet and it can be viewed...

The process for any particular effect should go like this: 1) learn the moves; 2) go through the moves in the order of the effect; 3) practice the effect until you get it down; 4) rehearse the effect with your patter and presentation, not looking at your hands but looking at a pretend audience...

Why should your audience care about that? The won't ever see the threads, the magnets, elastics, sticky stuff, etc. Although I recognize advantages to certain methods (easier to set up and transition into from other effects), what matters most is what the spectators see. I like the standard...

Pete: I've watched several of your videos tonight and see one glaring problem. The presentation for every video is narrating what you are doing with the props - "here is a deck of cards, the cards are different, pick a card, show your card...." "here is a rope, here is a scissors." You also...

Exactly. "I have three cups here which are (do the move) mostly solid."

Use the fourth stapler to staple a bunch of balloons to a board.

With books like that, take what seems to make sense to you and disregard the rest. I've just read the background on this author and his qualifications for writing this seem to be that he is a writer. He writes books and articles and that is what he's done here. Has he ever booked a magic show...

But it is best to have as many effects as possible where the magic occurs in their minds, immagination and emotions.

How about the history of sawing a woman in half... but you should know that the first time in the United States it was a bellboy that was cut in half. There is a lot of history about who developed the effect, who stole the effect and you can talk about different methods that are no longer used...

Art of Astonishment - The Three Volume Set.

Of course, this means more than having them snap their fingers during an ambitious card.

The basic method for the effect is in Volume 1, page 276 (I like having the card torn and then restored in the orange). Another version is in Hugard's Encyclopedia of Card Tricks on page 336 (don't like that one too much) and a version with a bill and a lemon is in Mark Wilson's Complete Course...

Here is the thing... if you perform magic in a way that makes your audience seem tricked, they will seek the method. If all you talk about is what the you are doing with the props, the audience will focus on that and think about what you are doing with the props. That leads them to thinking...

It's not... I just checked because I didn't remember it being in there Shoot me a PM with your solution and I will tell you if it is correct.

Are you looking for stories or just for presentation ideas? If you want sotries, what type of stories are you looking for? Funny stories, scientific explanations, classic stories and fables, strange stories? Readers Digest is great for humor and real life stories. I love Grimms Fairy Tales...

Please don't go to Misfit882's website or YouTube channel. He represents what is wrong with magic today. He performs by narrating the effects (say-do-see patter) and focusing on his hands. He has no respect for the magic because he exposes magic to the public and teaches effects that are not his...

I know. I was just being snarky and implying that Relaxed Impossibilities is better because I'm a Stephen Minch fanboy. @Phillip If you are table hopping, do a deck switch. You've got your regular deck and then switch in a set up deck. Performing a non card trick makes a perfect...

The handling in both effects is suspicious. In the first one, there is no justification for the aces going back on top of the deck. It gets more suspicious because you have to put them on the deck every time. Also, I didn't realize that you were trying to ditch the deck without the...