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Is the new DVD Helter Skelter / Revolution #9? If so, those are amazing effects and the handling he teaches of those effects is great, substituting some great ideas for the more difficult sleights that are used in The Paper Engine. Man... If I only knew. I was bummed that he didn't have any...

Vernon Multiple Shift. Resources HERE

Have you found it easy to learn from RRTCM? If so, then get Card Magic of LePaul, Expert Card Technique and Card Control. If you find it hard, then get the first two volumes of Card College. After either of those sets, then get AoA and/or Paper Engine. Note, I don't have any Harry...

I see where you are coming from. Panic would be difficult to perform in an extreme close up environment, so its not all you ;) I guess the take away is to do your research and make sure the effects work for your skill level and your performing environment. Every effect has tradeoffs, you...

My first thought is that you need to spend more time mastering the material you have. It's a lot of material to cover in 9 months. Learn it, master it, practice it and perform it before moving on. If you liked Royal Road, Erdnase, and Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, get Expert Card Technique...

This is like asking what you should have for dinner tonight... everyone is going to tell you what they like without any analysis of what would be a good choice for you, Help us out by telling us how long you've been doing magic, what books and DVDs you have, what type of effects you like to...

I agree with your suggestion to research products and read reviews before buying. But I disagree about Panic. I have seen Aaron perform Panic in person and it looked awesome. Aaron tells a great story about how he came up with the effect late one night and thought it was amazing. The next...

Exactly. It is a great exercise in misdirection and the plot provides the perfect distraction. There also are some great subtleties you can do to make the effect more powerful. Another option is Craig Petty's Blank DVD. There is a bonus effect taught called Wipeout (or is it Whiteout) where...

Your assumption is correct. The original Blizzard is by Dean Dill. It involves a pretty gutsy move in the middle, but you end up with an examinable deck (all blank cards with the exception of the named card).

If it isn't your taste, don't do it. Kids shows aren't "easy" magic shows that anyone can do to make a couple of bucks. Kids shows require a greater ability in the area of presentation and audience management then performing for adults. You have to be entertaining, not just doing tricks...

Based on that, I don't think Strong Magic is your next step. You don't have enough background to make it meaningful. I'm going to recommend a couple of books instead. The first is Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic. It may be somewhat duplicative of what you already have, but it...

The better question is how much performance experience (in the general sense, performing for anyone excluding a webcam) you have and how hard you want to work? If you've only been into magic for a year or so, I'd say wait to get Strong Magic. Strong Magic assumes you have a good knowledge...

Check out lybrary.com. They have the materials that you can use to print and cut your own cards HERE. The initial investment is expensive. It will cost between $220 and $260 for the equipment, but after that it would cost between 12 to 23 cents per card (not including costs to print if you...

I'm blaming the autocorrect feature for that one. It has problems reading my mind. Agreed. Maybe another way of putting it is that I think the value of watching Rich's performances is in noticing the intentional subtleties that strengthen the method -- where that reviewer was focused on...

I agree with Matt that much of that criticism is stylistic. I would perform a lot of the effects with different patter than Rich used (as with most effects I learn), but the performances were not in any way insufferable (seriously, Rich said "is that fair" less times in the entire DVD than...

I actually have a couple of routines using magic set props like the ball vase, drawer box, disintegration chamber, etc. If you add sleight of hand you will surprise the audience because they assume they know how the effects work. For example, I borrow a $20 bill from a parent and have them...

I use my middle finger and slide it into the gimmick so that the straight part of the gimmick is resting against the top side of my finger. That frees your thumb and index fingers to hold the foullard. As for presentation, check out the L&L Zombie Ball DVD. The L&L DVDs are great because...

You can use that to your advantage. Ask the spectator "You're not thinking of the Queen of Hearts or Ace of Spades are you?" If they say yes, you've just read their mind. Then go to a second spectator and have them pick a different card. If you know the top card in your invisible deck...

Ever hear of Harry Blackstone? The dancing hanky was one of their (both Sr. and Jr.) signature effects. Copperfield does a similar effect using dancing ties. However, I'm dont know whether the effect you are looking at uses the same method as Blackstone or Copperfield. The real answer to...

Ever hear of Harry Blackstone? The dancing hanky was one of their (both Sr. and Jr.) signature effects. Copperfield does a similar effect using dancing ties. However, I'm dont know whether the effect you are looking at uses the same method as Blackstone or Copperfield. The real answer to...