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Robi: Talk to your audience before you begin performing. Introduce yourself and find out their names. Develop good patter for your effects and practice the effecrs with the patter. What this does is put you at ease and calms you down. If the people you are performing for like you, you wont be...

I don't see a problem in learning the various types of magic at the same time. There is a lot the same types of skills in coins, cups and balls and spongeballs. The best performers develop a strong routine and practice it until perfect - it has nothing to do with specialization. Now, if you...

Tarbell Art of Astonishment Card College A subscription to Genii (you also get access to back issues) Random Acts of Magic Mnemonica Five Points in Magic Scripting Magic Magic and Showmanship Strong Magic Anything by Eugene Burger and Robert Neale

Why not keep this to yourself? I knew the method by reading it (and confirmed it by looking at 13 Steps). Anyone with experience in Mentalism would known the method. At least half (probably most) of the people who would ask for the method just want to know the secret. I suspect they won't...

I do script my presentations. Over time, what I've scripted has become more detailed - it used to be concepts and certain lines or jokes, but now I script everything. The words, the expressions and what the audience sees happening in the effect. Scripting is the best cure for "say-do-see"...

Buy the first deck so you can understand the "secret" to performing the effect. If you make your own, make sure you do it in a well ventilated area such as a basement or a garage. You probably want to do several coats of the mist to get it to the right roughness -- letting the cards dry in...

In that case, my strong recommendation is Card College. The five volume set is an amazing resource. No other book or set of books covers as much material. In the bargain section, in recommend the following: Hugard and Braue's Expert Card Technique Hugard's Encyclopedia of Card Tricks...

Apocalypse might be difficult to find. I just bought the full set and had to track down the volumes from different shops. An inexpensive addition would be Menzler's Cuts Counts and Subtleties its around $8. If you are serious about cards, get the Card College series. Tarbell is amazing...

I have to disagree here, at least when it comes to Wayne. I noticed a distinct difference between talking to Wayne before a lecture and seeing him perform his effects during the lecture. You could see him step into his character. There were aspects of his "normal" self and his "performing...

Most irons have a "silks" setting that works. You will never get it as good as new, but it will look fine. Also, store your silks flat between use. Where else can you get a bunch of guys talking about the best way to iron silk?

Awesome. It sounds like you had a blast. My wife and I keep talking about going for a long weekend -- if we do we will definitely try to see Penn & Teller. Surprised about Denny and Lee's because I've heard so much about their shop in Maryland.

Focus on making your magic better, not on befriending famous magicians on Facebook. Don't worry about going to national conventions for now, join a local IBM or SAM ring or go to lectures at your local magic shop. You can find a lot of people there that can help you a lot more than anyone you...

Exactly. In acting it is called motivation - - in that the actor knows why he or she is doing what they are doing. In magic, it is encompassed in the term justification -- every action has a reason. Compare Kalin & Ginger's presentation of the Wakeling Sawing in Half to the videos Craig...

Then get the Levent DVD. Let me know if you need help finding the Fakini balls. I think it is pretty much Denny's Magic, Stevens and Fantasma that carry them.

Beans post made me think of this quote from Marc DeSouza: I'll update this. If you only perform for a camera, you are not a magician. If you sit in your magic room and try to come up with new sleights, you are not a magician. I don't think people should try to create without the proper...

As for canes, get the Fantasio plastic canes. The metal canes will cut your hands. Fantasio is almost synonymous the appearing and disappearing canes. Check out his website http://www.fantasio.com/home.html For billiard balls, get the Fakinis I have them and they are excellent. Before I...

In no particular order: Magic and Showmanship by Henning Nelms Scripting Magic by Peter McCabe Showmanship for Magicians by Dariel Fitzkee The Trick Brain by Dariel Fitzkee Magic by Misdirection by Dariel Fitzkee Maximum Entertainment - Ken Webber Five Points in Magic - Juan Tamariz Strong...

One assistant and a memorized deck.

No more copies. No more reviews. Never mention this effect again. Forget you've ever heard of this. Keep it underground. We don't need the YouTube twits exposing this beautiful piece of magic. Wait, what beautiful piece of magic? Go on your way, this is not the magic you are looking for.

The spread is attributed to Arturo De Ascanio. He originally called it "El Culebreo" which could translate as "the Wriggle" bringing to mind the snakelike movement of the cards. It was Fred Kaps who named it the Ascanio Spread. However, Eddy Taytelbaum claims to have originated the move in...