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I would say marketing classes would probably be better than business classes. The MBA is arguably the worst thing to happen to American business as it puts way too much emphasis on just crunching numbers and looking at spreadsheets. That said, I'll echo what Craig said and agree that you...

A shame then that you look like both. Are you coming onto me? I mean, I get this a lot, I'm not offended. I just want to let you know that your wasting your time. You do realize that threats are a bannable offense, right? I have to ask: if I really was gay... what would that be a bad...

Oh dear. Yes, that needs to be taken care of soon. The only thing about Corinda and Anneman that I would say is a little bit outdated is the use of cards. Sadly, cards have become more or less the symbols of magicians. Modern mentalism actually uses playing cards very infrequently. Even...

Aren't you just a delightful ray of ****ing sunshine. Let's see, in this one paragraph we have... six exclamation points. I'm sensing some hostility. Ooh, look out ladies. Internet tough guy comin' through! Well, unlike you I seem to have enough clairvoyance to divine the location of the...

I refer you to my old blog and this post in particular. Corinda is a great resource, but too many magicians buy it still thinking like magicians. They want the tricks, the secrets. They don't really learn about the performance theory or the presentation of mentalism. I put together that...

Be creative for the sake of creating. Remember that learning a skill follows 5 steps in this exact order: 1. Imitation 2. Comprehension 3. Evaluation 4. Invention 5. Innovation No one, not a living soul ever starts at 5 and works backward, or takes it in the order of 4, 1, 5, 3, 2 or...

True enough. We have the phrase "caveat emptor" for a reason. I've made purchases that didn't work out. But I don't blame the company and I don't blame myself. Sometimes things just screw up. Very rarely do I feel like I actually got ripped off. And before anyone complains about how they...

Given my experience with artists, that usually just invites them to try and argue with you. The existence of threads like this is proof of that.

The generally don't, which is a standard practice in the publishing industry. Publishers are not in the business of taking their time to educate contributors.

Yeah, and why do movie trailers only show us about 90 seconds worth of clips? Why don't they put the whole movie up on TV for free so that we can see it before we buy a ticket? And let's go after those pricks on the radio, too. This nonsense about "singles." How come they don't play the...

I would say it's because this is not an original effect. I have no less than 4 books on my shelf right now that explain what the method behind this is, or at least the principle you're using. Truth is, it's extremely difficult to create something new. Your problem is not only is it...

It doesn't matter because the market doesn't care. Anyone who's been in magic long enough can smell a knock-off a mile away. I don't even own some of the DVDs you cribbed this stuff from, and even I can tell it's not original. Do you really think the wider audience out there of magic buyers...

Even assuming you're right, doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. No you haven't. Yes. Now let's see if this is difficult for you to understand: your next response to me better be, "Yes, you're right. I need to spend more time performing and less time trying to submit stuff...

If the bunch of us are telling you this, what in god's name makes you think the potential buyers on the Wire won't think it themselves? Too bad. That's the reaction you're getting from your potential market, which is the only reaction that matters. I've told you this before kid: the world...

The Shawshank Redemption was a great movie, but if someone sold me a ticket to a movie that had the exact same cast, script and cinematography frame for frame with the only change being that the main character's name was Schecky O'Flaherty instead of Andy Dufresne, I'd ask for my goddamn money back.

Okay dude, you want to know why you're not the golden boy of the Wire right now? Because you're nowhere near as original as you think you are and you suck at taking feedback. I don't even have the Function 9 DVD, but even I could tell this had been done before. I just saw it in a different...

I can't comment on the words, as I'm not familiar with your language (best guess, would it be Vietnamese? Thai?). I can say that this looks less like pure mentalism and more like mental magic. That's not a bad thing mind, but mentalism is a cousin to magic, not a sub-genre of it. It requires...

Think about this for a second. Is this really an argument you want to pick with me? Do you really believe you'll come out on top? You did not address the actual DVD I referenced, indicating you do not own it, so for the time being I'm going to be operating under the assumption that it is...

There are valid points to be made either way. The advantages of working with established publishing houses or production companies are numerous. You have a crew of specialists who are all professionals at their jobs so you don't have to worry about things like typsetting, color correcting...

Looking at it a second time, yeah, the joke sailed right over my head. I think this is a sign I need to stop thinking about editing and rehearsing and writing and all the other crap I've overloaded myself with for 24 hours and relax.