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These video's made me glad that I never really took up cardistry (and also gave up drugs).

True. A better way to put it is look how much better I am than you which is a very easy way to lose audience appreciation especially if you are doing something like magic where the real method is something completly underhanded.

One thing I hate about patter and card tricks is that it seems like you are being condsending to your audience. When you talk about something that is more 'magical' you are treating your audience like they are idiots. Sometimes it can work however when you see poorly constructed metaphores it...

The Magic Square is another thing I don't like. If the kid is no good at maths than it would not fit at a school. It also comes across as a look at what I can do thing. I personally use my variation of a magic square where it starts as a failed prediction and ends as kick in the face magic...

Mikk you are getting good at this (it took you long enough). My characther is one of a watcher, I have spent my whole life watching how people interact with each other and use that to know what they are thinking. I can also do things that I know will create the desired outcome. However as...

What I was getting is like how you demonstrate it to your audience. Uri used the I tell it to bend and it goes soft. I recommend looking on YouTube for old Gellar footage.

Nothing against Lewis but the players stack is not that good. Essentially it is just 8 kings with a different poem. It cannot really stand up to any form of inspection. The big three that are mentioned as being 'random' are the Aronson, Mnemonica and Osterlind's Breakthrough Card System...

To answer your original question it is its own effect of metal bending. If you want to perform this well you should talk to Dee but really rationise how you are doing the bending.

Make sure you know all the switching inside and out. And work on the Nile divination.

Yes I got your PM's I am doing fairly well.

There are no set rules to this, what you should do though is what ever feels right for you because at the end of the day your spectators can tell when you are uncomfortable. I would love to give you a better answer but learn lots and reherse a lot, however only perform when you are comfortable...

Hey Mikk have you started to work on hypnosis and muscle reading yet. These are things that even if you explain what they are actually are, spectators do not still believe that is what actually is happening.

EI is one of the worst things that you can perform for a high school talent show. Or for any talent show in that matter. It is one of those pieces that needs to be placed in the right part of the show. It is definatly a closer to a longer show with an encore piece if need be. If you wanted to do...

Over the last few days a few posts have inspired me to think about the effects I perform. The threads that made me think about this in particular are; the top five effects thread, AP's one about strong performances and Draven's about the hook, oh and RD Choppers one about power vs skill...

One thing that I noticed about this tread that William was trying to get across that has flown over most of your heads is that he is the hook. Yes it is his top hat but that is an essential part of his character. To his audiences the first effect is himself and that is what you it should be...

The thing is not so much using a huge range of moves but just using the right ones at the right time. Justin in Ao52 uses standard 'moves' that work and work well. There is no need to use six or seven different forces in any effect especially if you have a great classic force. I know of...

The person cannot name a card they have to use the 'random' selection. You don't need to make the selector card though.

In my opinion this is the best magician one that has been posted here. Atleast Eric Mead talks about something relevant to the audience. He is demonstrating the correlation between what is real and the placebo effect, whilst talking to medical stuff. Where as Lennart Greens is about...

Very interesting read Alex. As a pure mentalist I try to disconnect any idea of sleight of hand in my effects, I want my audience to be believing in my demonstrated abilities more so than the hidden ones that they know exist (sleight of hand, mathematic principles and things of that nature)...

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