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Mimicking another performer is the result of personal laziness and lack of creativity. That said, I know that many of us get stuck in a chameleon mode when we see someone execute a certain effect in a certain way that we deem to be "perfect". If you see an effect that you like then it's fine...

I'm betting there's some "pre-show" things happening here in that either of the two methods I'm aware of that could make something like that work, require a stooge.

It is well advised that you follow certain protocol when working this kind of environment, the major rule being to do your best to dress at least 10% better than the people you are working for; tailored suits are A-1 important, be well kempt and if possible, manicured. Know how to speak...

ENTER: Devil's Advocate Why are you wanting to write an eBook? Other than personal ego-gratification what's the purpose of this project? Since Self-Publishing and especially resources like Lulu.com have come to the fore everyone thinks they are an author and more so, every student of magic...

It's nice knowing I'm not alone when it comes to such antics. Then again, given the number of voices I hear in my head at times, I have a decent sized audience when taking this route.

GET AWAY FROM MAGIC BOOKS! This is the first thing you need to do if you want to learn how to speak and more importantly, tell a story. There's a huge lie in magic that states in part "We are but actors playing the part of a magician . . . " It's a "lie" in that 90% of the buffoons that play...

David uses the Beach Balls because of legal concerns. . . ping pong balls, tennis balls, etc. all offer potential "dangers" and if you use paper wads someone can get a paper cut and sue. . . we live in a sue happy nation with 1,001 ambulance chasing A**holes advertising 24-7. Confetti of all...

You don't have to go the esoteric route, I was just pointing out how easy it is to confuse things when it comes to blindfold work but on that topic, you will need to outline what works when it comes to your more analytical approach. I don't see how you could, for an example, do coins in the...

I'd suggest you start with Kenton Knepper's manuscript on the Duct Tape Blindfold, this is going to help you greatly improve on what you've got set here. But you might want to spend a good 6+ months just learning about blindfold work, it's not all that easy to make it convincing and too, most...

I love it when people get all intellectual to defend themselves. . . My response was in regards to your comment inferring that no one in the thread up to the point of your post was "educated" on the subject and the tone, as I read it mind you, came off rather cocky and arrogant which is why I...

Unless your audience is a room full of magicians

A wise suggestion on one part; let's face it, if you want to learn how to build fine wood cabinets you wouldn't ask a plumber or brick mason to show you how. On the other hand, sending someone to the cafe for anything I feel to be taking two steps back, you'd get a more accurate overview going...

I'm trying to understand what you mean by things going "the wrong way". . . it's really close to impossible for anything to go wrong in a hyp act when it comes to the participants and typically what goes wrong is their unwillingness to PARTICIPATE in the act. The people involved only think they...

The "Broad Statement" game is how magicians approach this sort of thing, not how Mentalists do it ;-) First of all C if you want to attempt some level of "Cold Reading" you may want to pick-up a copy of my FREE PDF on this subject whilst likewise studying everything John Riggs, Bob Cassidy and...

Magic Books Aren't Available? You're on-line, you can get books from just about anywhere, especially if you can understand English, French, Spanish or German. There's a handful of the popular American books that have been translated to at least one of these other European languages as well as...

When "The Dance" was first released it was done so on a very limited basis and I believe the price was a bit more than you've stated, I'd have to double check that. Just recently I saw a legal copy of it for sale with a price exceeding $500.00. Yes, there are some knock-offs in circulation...

The one thing you really need to stress to this committee is that there is a big difference between stage hypnosis vs. "real" hypnosis; 90% of what's done in a stage show is pure B.S. when you get right down to it; a fast thinking showman that knows how to take credit for natural human behavior...

It's a fun twist to the mini-Geometric effect that's commercially available (and I do enjoy the twists he's added) but as everyone has pointed out, the methodS used are quite old (there is more than one thing going on, which is what throws most). If this is the kind of magic that you're...

BTW. . . I was just looking through Annemann last night and stumbled onto several clever coding techniques towards the back of the book. I'd suggest you look at "The Eyes Have It" most of all.

What Bob did is classic, I'd suggest you find a copy of Brad Henderson's THE DANCE (it's bloody expensive these days, so be warned). Brad looks at the art of doing a Reading as a "dance" between the Reader & the Patron, revealing how we "dance around" negative replies and ultimately transform...