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The great irony of the magical community. Magic is a performing art, the "experts" say. Magic is about creating the experience for laymen. As they judge your sleight of hand skill standing in front of a panel of magicians. -_-" Congrats to jackeduprex though, it's nonetheless an achievement...

Terrible advice. If you're going to learn magic, it doesn't mean you just do it. There's a lot more to it than that. Same with flourishing. Same with anything else. You don't struggle through advanced physics without studying the basics. You don't study vectors without studying algebra, etc...

As far as Mem decks go, my personal preference is Tamariz's Mnemonica. Of particular use is his five methods of memorisation, which allowed me to memorise the entire stack in two and a half hours (the average, he says, is three, by the way). I also feel that Mnemonica has more built in features...

Again, I can see where you're coming from. I'd like to throw a few thoughts out there to you, let me know what you think. 1) You will probably never use extensive maths in your life. You will probably never use calculus again. Pure mathematics will not be your first, only, and best love. So why...

Errr... I can see why someone would argue this perspective, but I would regard it as amongst the more misguided advice on these boards. Quoting David Mamet in this instance is entirely inappropriate. You're assuming that what holds for actors also holds for the rest of humanity, which is a...

Tony Chang's ACR presentation is perhaps the best I have ever witnessed. Whilst I hold a certain disdain for those who like him simply for his sleight of hand ability... ("OMG! His sleights are amazing! He MUST be a good magician, right?" WRONG! Quit magic and kill yourself!) ...That is...

A word firstly on the Lincoln's Best Boon - much lauded, and, for the established professional, probably the best of its kind. And a word on Corinda: I often close walk around routines with the first effect in the book. Don't neglect the basics.

I did expect someone to mention an example like yourself, or Uri, both established mentalists in your own respective rights. I just wanted to add something. First: I agree with what you're saying. BUT, it's a very different thing to recommend any other path as a form of generic advice. Uri...

This is the Ricky Jay video I was thinking of in particular: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C01qpmWAeC0

I don't know if this is the sort of thing you're looking for, but have a look first at Malone's Sam the Bellhop, and then Danny Garcia's impromptu version of the effect for inspiration. The general gist might work for you, the plot seems to fit nicely. Some multiple card control effects such...

The effect I would perform would probably be terrible performed by you. For example, I can't perform The Biddle Trick for crap. And it's not because I can't perform the sleights - that's fine. It's because I find the effect incredibly boring to perform, therefore I can't present it well. Also...

I was playing with an idea yesterday, namely, riffle shuffling the deck whilst preserving a key card location within the deck. The pair of cards start at the top of the deck, so it's a simple matter of ensuring the two fall together (I preferred to have the top card change though, so they'd end...

Practice for another 2 months. You're not in a position to learn finesses when you barely have the move down.

Speak for yourself!

Yes, and? You're on the right track. This basic knowledge that you speak of, about a subject, is indeed missing with a beginner. What does this basic knowledge consist of? Knowledge of sleight of hand Knowledge of performance theory Knowledge of magic history/magic as an art Performing...

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If you haven't gotten 13 Steps, you have no business calling and aren't ready to call yourself anything other than a beginner. Just my opinion.

-.- Fiiine. Let me rephrase. This is a common problem with a lot of young mentalists, and from the info that we've got, it sounds like the OPer is falling into the same trap, so beware, because it will only make your performances worse.

Beginners looking for "tricks". It happens, as sure as the sun will rise in the morrow. Everyone wants to learn the tricks, no-one wants to learn how to perform them.

That thing is ridiculous. To date, that has been the most out of the blue, WTF, surprising magic effect I've ever seen.