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As far as I know they are still catching on and are a great deck to use. A few of us in my ring use them. You can get the marked phoenix decks as well so you can read them two ways to know what card is before and after in a stack without memorizing.

Chopper makes a valid point and is correct about the guy who "always" has to perform and "always" has a deck on him. That will definitely get you made fun. Even my wife and brother make fun of me sometimes when I am practicing a bit too much. At some point in time you need to show that you can...

Great Job Casey. Loved the stories. I can tell just by how you wrote them your level of excitement had to be through the roof.

Luis, you are exactly correct you should always carry a few things on you and be able to do a set without any cards. By now I have figured out that the magic is even stronger when presented with every day objects or more so with their borrowed objects. I also understand how you feel about not...

Just fixed it for ya man and am getting ready to read it.

Laugh all you want fellas but I just watch Mary Poppins with my kids and the amount of crap that she just pulled out of her carpet hand bag was unreal....ha ha. Definitely some magic.

Those of you who subscribe to MAGIC magazine there is an entire section on Luke, but I have not read it yet because I am reading the Jason England article right now on playing cards.

Draven brought up a great point. Look at what you do already and "how" you are presenting / dressing it up. I've been performing some of my same effects for 10 years and change the way I present them all of the time to make them stronger or more enjoyable. Also...If you have not gotten into any...

Fish, If I were in your shoes I would open with one of your coin effects, then move to stairway, then biddle or sloppy triumph and then close with your ACR with a sweet finale sleight like card to mouth. But....that's just me. I never open a set with a card effect. That would be one set that...

No problem Nino. Definitely write down notes, ideas, Do's and Don'ts and lessons learned from each of your gigs or performances. It doesn't necessariy have to be like Luis or mine but if you have a great story and think others can learn from it....that is what we are all here for.

We just had this discussion at our last ring meeting. Many people do not learn some of the good info / tips / tricks from the books. A lot of it is acquired with field experience, simply just getting out there and doing the gigs and learning from each and every one. I say just go for it. You...

Best thing to do is email / contact Joshua Jay. He broke his arm or wrist in a boating accident a little while back and had only one hand to work with as well and he said there was plenty he could do. I bet he would share some of the effects with you. Contact him at Vanishing Inc. I believe.

Shane speaks the truth. I have witnessed what he is about to share with the community and it is OUTSTANDING. (BTW Shane you owe me one for free now for saying that....ha ha. Kidding bro.)

Chris...that is what I was thinking too. Next time I may take a torch lighter in my pocket because it produces a bigger flame and maybe the wind wouldn't have affected it as much. Oh well...live and learn. Yes I do balloons, lots of them actually. I just bought one of the $200 pumps from tmyers...

Luis's thread and Daniel's book recommendation are dead on man. There is a ton of info for you to get through while reading all of that. My biggest secret I can give is to only select 6-8 effects, vary them, and make sure they are all instant reset effects that are ready to go at the next...

Thanks Luis. Some how I knew you'd read this if I attached your name...ha ha. Please continue to write you journal entries when you have time. I love hearing about other guys out there my age working and going through the same things that I do.

As it has already been mentioned, please continue to try and contact him. Maybe his new site isn't completely up and running with everyone's downloads. We cannot simply just keep creating threads about artists complaints. If you do not get through to him maybe just PM JB in a few days and we can...

Friday Night 7:00 p.m. Laying out 8 effects that I will use in Saturday's festival strolling gig that goes from 12 noon to 2. Set 1 - Mismade bill, spongeballs, CMH with bands, and one card effect utilizing a lighter to change the wrong card into the selection Set 2 - Lottery ticket effect...

For a Mac I would go with Final Cut Pro For a PC I would go with Pinnacle or Sony Vegas

Scotch and Soda Coin ...enough said. I still get great reactions with this routine and I've been using it for 10 years. Mismade Bill Routine Sloppy Triump, Biddle, or any other card effect off of Born to Perform These are easy to intermediate and effects that I use in my working arsenal.