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Wow, I really love Dan's character and material, but at this point in the game you want to involve as many people as possible! You DON'T want to do an effect where everything is hidden, or such an obvious prop. I want to believe in what Dan said, but these judges are looking for real...

Craig - Haha, that was NOT my list. That was a list Jon Raiker put up as recommended reading for Magic*Con. I just copied and pasted, because it was under "Performance and Creativity". Personally, I don't like NLP either :P ALTHOUGH, it does say it has Rapport building tips, and that's...

Really? Because I find it as a perfect opener for me. I think Cups and Balls, or Bill in Lemon would be a better closer. Plus, I think the effect is magical, and you want an amazing reaction for your opener to tell the audience that you can do what you say you can. Lastly, it fits the...

I love love love Mentalist stuff. BUT, I really feel that it doesn't fit my personality/character. I've dabbled a lot in some mentalism and when I performed, it got good reactions. The downside was, people really didn't buy into it. I also like to do bizarre stuff as well. I perform W:H's...

Yes, I have each of my effects scripted out to fit MY personality and character. When you say "No Filler", do you mean "No Audience Interaction"? I say this because, Fiber Optics can be a 2 minute effect, or a 10 minute effect. Depending on how you want to work it, and interact with your...

Rik, thank you for your advice (and your's to Mat). I will obvioulsy have my script and 'theme', I was just wondering what effects are good for this type of show. I feel the three I have right now will flow nicely with each other, and be diverse. I'm also planning on having a Cups and Balls...

Hey guys, So I'm finally getting together a Parlour type show. I'm just wondering what types of effects everyone else out there is using, or if you could give any advice on the ones I'm thinking of using. So here it is: Opener- The Vanishing Bandanna Middle - Fiber Optics, (some...

So you're also saying you will never perform any original effects, in fear that someone will see it and try to feed off of your creativity? Take music for example, people make covers of songs, arrangments, parodies, etc. Pirating the video, and figuring out your own method (even if it is the...

Well, I guess 'Strong Magic' isn't what you're looking for. : : SHOWMANSHIP + CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Magic and Showmanship by Henning Nelms - Win The Crowd by Steve Cohen - Introducing NLP by Joseph O'Connor [Rapport Building...

Did you get a kiss Casey? XD

The one I pointed out was a package deal of all 3 videos.

http://www.theory11.com/tricks/cardmanipulation101.php - That's Dan Sperry's The Sheridan Course is at Penguin Magic.

Twisting Arm Illusion? Haha, hope it heals soon! :D

He talked about the Chavez course, a highly respected course in manipulation. I just wanted to make sure I was going to miss out on something huge in this complete course. It says he taught Blaine and Copperfield, yet I've never seen them do any stage manipulation (that I've seen, I could be...

Wow! Have you guys seen this over at Penguin Magic? It's got a hefty price, and I'm just wondering if any of you have bought it. It looks really amazing, I'm just trying to think if it would be applicable in my life right now. I've gotten some of Dan Sperry's stuff on here, but this is a...

I liked the Battle Arena, it was a great place to get critique and advice while throwing in the challenge element as well. Hopefully, T11 will come up with another tool that helps me get better at sleights and effects. Like RDChopper said, I also spent a lot of time trying to reach the elite...

The point about "not barging in" - David Blaine would go into his potential clients, and barrage them with amazing card tricks until he could go talk to the head honcho. That was before his name was huge by the way. I feel that you have to take the initiative and make them want you.

Sir Fansalot incarnate.

Elite, can you tell us the best way to get a kiss from a girl?

^^^ Bahahaha. Read the warning. (for everyone that went to magic-con)