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Sorry to leave out the /sarcasm...that first part was but a joke. And I know you didn't want the help, but the original purpose was to bring to light effects that people use so he(or we) may find new ones to use ourselves...which is counterproductive if you ask me.

I do close-up street magic on a big stage in my hometown... I've been leaning and developing a good parlor act, but do walk around (restaurant and stand up walk around alike) more than anything. I'm with praetoritevong in the sense that telling you what I perform will not help you at all...

I perform magic.

Magicians can be artists, but apparently someone with enough skill to finger paint random waves of colors is also an artist in these modern times. My drafting teacher in high school, also an accomplished local artist (nothing overwhelming, but you can tell what the hell she was looking at when...

I usually sit around and faro shuffle a deck for about a half hour after I open them (with clean hands) and then run through some basic flourishes (I'm not very good...) and then put them in the box for a day or so. They usually come out about where I like them and last a good while.

I'm not 100% sure of my persona...right now I'm experimenting with a few different ideas. They're all fun to perform as, and I think I'm going to combine them into one quick-witted, comedic-yet intelligent (smart humor is fun) and well rounded individual. I actually have an idea for a two-man...

Sounds like you're making a trick to fool magicians more than laymen. If you can keep control of just a top or bottom card while legitimately shuffling the rest it'll be easier to force than having anything else. People don't need to be told everything is completely fair and they did all the...

I recently moved to within 10 miles of a magic shop recently. It's a good place, the owner is a nice guy who use to work restaurants and private parties. He has some good advice every time I'm in there, and usually recommends the right material. I'll probably visit there tomorrow if they're...

Then don't do the vanishing silk? Thumb tips have dozens of dozens of uses, the vanishing cloth is just the one taught with the gimmick. Also, there are alternative methods to vanishing the silk, which is always fun, show them that they don't know everything. I saw this a few weeks ago and...

The different ideas and methods are very nice. The split spades idea is pretty sick. If you have a marked deck already, you might not need this, but I haven't regretted picking it up.

It's a 4-way forcing deck taking advantage of the cyclical stack principle.

I believe it was Morgician who asked 'do you carry a boombox around all day and play this song while you do this effect?...no?...then why did you make me sit through this song?' Do the video with words, it may look decently impressive, but if you can't present it then the entire trick, all...

There are a few, I don't know names, but some great effects can be turned into powerful messages... The same way one should approach anything 'touchy', very carefully. I think doing a card stab routine to demonstrate cruelty of animals in the beef industry for PETA would be a little...

Do you have a 'complete' course magic book? Mark Wilson and Joshua Jay both have great books with magic that is good for many situations. You could plant cards on peoples persons (duplicates) and force/reveal. In a bookbag or pocketbook is always good.

Or a marked deck. Face up. Check out Dee Christopher's Proximity Effects, the first effect Cold is a thought of card. Shuffle, deal the top 5, you tell them what card they're thinking of. The suggestions above seem pretty good, I don't know of anything in the way of what you're talking about.

Geez, stop advertising on a site that doesn't allow it Eric. Nah, just kidding. Oh! and I found a use for your 'Chloroform' line(TriC's), blindfolded spectator selects predicted card. I like the new site too, very clean and easy to navigate

Just work on your magic, both skill and the way you present it. Forget about being famous and just let it happen. If you never get famous but become a working professional then you should be happy you can do it for a living. If your goal is to be famous and you never reach it you'll always be...

Your best bet is to get a good stand-up/parlor style show and pitch it to churches. Tell them to have a teens night and make it everybody's mission to invite a non-christian. Now your job is to open them up with magic that deals with biblical themes, but don't over do it or become preachy. Make...

and 75% of all statistics are made up! Gullible isn't in the dictionary either! We could do this all day, and people will believe you. I think what people don't understand isn't the difference between con man and Hocus Pocus (which was a stage name originally) but instead the difference...

Only if you disrespect a HL production...if you trash other people they probably wouldn't care.. And I know for a fact that I can't create magic that is better than the top guys in the art. Danny Garcia, Wayne Houchin, Chris Kenner...these guys create things I couldn't even begin to think...