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As Tyler said, work on your foundations. Most everything you've learned so far is WRONG. That is the biggest problem with YouTube - most people who do "tutorials" haven't learned from good sources and don't have proper technique. Anyone who knows what they are doing, wouldn't put up a...

You are making excuses. Your performance of sleights was less than adequate. You flashed at several points. It is obvious you've learned from YouTube. Your presentation was, well, you know, crappy or like, whatever. I saw that you posted an entry to one of Mismag's contests. I can see you've...

Rick: Good advice. One idea is to provide the parents with a list of activities the kids can do when they get there. That way, the kids that arrive on time aren't going wild for half an hour. The other is to have a number of warm-ups or crafts (e.g. making a magic wand) to do that aren't...

You have a choice... Become a real magician or be a wannabe. The folks here are real magicians. Steerpike, Arman, Tyler and the others. If you want to be a real magician, listen to their advice and ditch the exposure forums and delete the pirated material. If your parents are opposed to cards...

Aren't those forums the ones that teach other people's marketed effects without permission?

See, that is your problem. You are still performing "tricks" and not "magic." If you perform magic, they will never forget what they saw and, more importantly, what they felt. Obviously, your great intellect fails to comprehend the difference.

Too bad it's only Wednesday. The Saturday Night Contest could be a prediction to see how long it takes him to be banned. Fortunately (for us), he won't even make it to Saturday.

Wow, this shtick sounds really familiar... what was the name of the complete arse from a couple of years back with the same cockey attitude and stilted diction?

A "sanitation engineer" is still a garbageman. Whatever "title" you come up with, you are only fooling yourself. Don't let the label define you but instead define the label. What I do is MAGIC.

I truly agree with Johnny (JButterield), Christopher and Tyler. The focus in magic these days is the method and the focus of people's creativity is comming up with a "new" method (regardless of whether that method has been invented before, it is new to that magician). That leads to methods...

The answer is because the performer or author doesn't have a strong foundation in theory. They can't tell you how to do something that they don't understand. Also, most magician's are after the tricks... presentation is secondary. Most magicians are wrong. Card College is a must if you are a...

In his lecture, Bill Wisch said that Slydini told him to perform the effect EXACTLY as Slydini perform it UNTIL you understand how the effect works -- not from a secret moves standpoint, but from an overall presentation standpoint. That way, you learn more than just the secret moves. The...

Part 1 - Beginning Again I would typically recommend Mark Wilson's Complete Course, but I think at this stage you would skim it and not get enough out of it. It has a little bit of everything in it - cards, coins, bills, sponge balls, rope, mental magic, stage magic, etc. It will give you a...

Assuming you are in the U.S. - probably the best place to sell stuff is the Magic Cafe. However, I think you need 50 posts to have access to that part of the forum. I also think you can list magic you are selling in your signature here... you might want to double check the rules on that.

TOXIC Calculator Force A calculator force method was published by David Altman in "Calculator Magic" in the October 1987 issue of M-U-M, p. 26 and as "Nth Degree" in Bascom Jones' Magick No. 447 (1990) page 2234. Bob King published a revised version in a 1989 manuscript titled "Calculation...

To be clear, the reason I stumbled across that post is that I was looking at you prior posts to understand where you are in your experience and education. I think the juxtaposition of the two posts and your response to it have in many ways clarified what you are saying... essentially that you...

Something here seems contradictory... today's post: but rewind to February 2011 Maybe you should take your own advice.

To be successful, spend your time learning and performing and NOT trying to create just to sell the effect. Dont try to sell something unless you've performed it a hundred times for different audiences. Your time is better spent learning the fundamentals and your creativity will come naturally...

A life without passion isn't worth living. Well said William. That kid was able to identify WHY he reacted the way he did to you. Most people can't put their finger on it, but passion is the difference between a good magician and someone that is a great magician. My question is how do you...

A good script can elevate tricks into magic. Just as you would never perform an effect without knowing what you are going to do, you should not perform an effect without knowing what you are going to say. So here are my tips: 1. A good script goes beyond describing what you are doing with the...