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I am always ready:D i just sent you a pm.

Thankyou for the kind words. There is something about the teaching in this DVD that I love. Most people will say he rushes over things and he does to an extent, however each and every one of the routines he spends more time on the psychological method of making the effect work more so than...

I am sure you have to buy it as a set. However there is a lot of useful stuff on all the discs even for the mentalist.

When you break the spread to have the card returned you only have to move your left hand a few centremetres (like 10 15 at the most) to the left and it makes perfect sense to have the cards all squared up at the end to move back to the middle. And what do you mean 'days' to get the move down...

The one by Matthew Sheppard is kind of similar

Try and close the gap at the front with your hands. Also is you turn slightly to your left as you use your right hand to cover the replacement / clean up. The real power of the spread pass is that it is done before the spectator thinks the move is done. Also everything looks as it should and...

You have just opened Pandora's Box. Some classics are still the best PW NW and some impromptu methods like Phill Smith 'Left Brain/Right Brain'. Which hand games are always good, especially coupled with things like Prevericator or Kurosuke. Anyway you really need to ask a more detailed...

Garica's is on Volume 3 if I am not mistaken. However it is fairly similar to Richardson's. On imentalism there is a free ACAAN ebook you can download that has some interesting ideas in it and all the methods are with a normal deck and mostly impromptu. An other interesting one is Patrick...

I think the Slower = Harder statement was meant for a perspective of the audience and not the method itself. Most people believe that sleight of hand happens fast, however a slow pass can be down right devastating if there is no tension on the move. A fast classic pass is great but a lot of...

To add my few cents to what prae said. The classics are (still) some of the best. ACR, Biddle, Triumph, 2 Card Monte (Be Honest Where is it?) among others. Although how many times have we seen the exact same patter used on each of these effects. The real question is how do we achieve all...

Damian you mean by a forum member because you have that classic Derren quote already in your signature.

The first question I have is when did fast = good in magic?

I agree to an extent. Although most of my presentations usally have two or four phases on paper, they are linked to the point that it can still be percived to be a three phase routine. If you look at Daryl's ACR well the 8 or so minute one that is on youtube there is many more phases then...

I like to try and recreate occurrences in every day life. For example when you are paying from something you think you handed the cashier a 20 but you really only handed them a 10. It takes you a few seconds but you finally realise you were at fault. Now all I want to do is create an...

Well I already have. Derren Brown: his Q&A from Evening of Wonders. Other notable inclusions are his take on; Which hand games, RPS ideas and Sneak Thief. But his Q&A was close to perfect, the most powerful routine a mentalist can do, and one of the greatest mentalist of all time...

I agree with what you are trying to say. That is why everything I do should stand to repeat performances. I say should because if you are truly observant you will catch the 'move', but more often than not it will fly by the audience even a second or third time. In the Paper Engine Aaron...

Thanks Dee. <Derren>Next time you are sending out freebees I would enjoy a read though</Derren>

I am a huge fan of Ben Earl's work and on his DVD's there is a great in the hands false riffle shuffle and a Very nice double lift.

The Diagonal Palm Shift from Erdanse is one of the more famous versions of the move. Like Prae said your method may be original but chances are it is not.

I agree that all your moves should be smooth thus making them undetectable. Aaron Fisher talks a lot about tension in The Paper Engine and more importantly how to eliminate it. There are many other ideas he has about sequencing sleights with both the verbalised patter and the 'physical'...