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While there is a very real issue in this context something else must be understood and allowances made... Many well known entertainers hand make these products when they have time on their hands to do so. In fact, most of their market released material comes about as the result of down time...

Oi! When I saw NLP on this list I thought I'd choke... KEEP IT SIMPLE! A beginner at your age level need only focus on two key sources for the next year or two (when it comes to tricks); the Mark Wilson Course in Magic and the Tarbell Course in Magic... you don't need anything else until...

You lost me on this one... what are you referring to? This is an ancient thread with the most recent post prior to your own was nearly two years ago... ???

The secret to doing "tricks" in school is to find those that make your teachers a supporter vs. adversary. Learn to master bits such as memory techniques (mnemonics), mathematical effects (other than psychological forces)... there's others, but the goal is to not just "show off" but to reveal...

For most of us I'd think what you experienced is quite close to what brought us into performing for a fee or via the hat pass; people requesting you to do specific pieces or calling you up to be part of a party, etc. When I was in the Navy as well as my days in Cincinnati's Playboy Club I was...

I'd like to hear similar stories not to confirm that everyone has made mistakes, but to hear what they did about the situation themselves that way history doesn't repeat itself. In a word - Persistence You simply keep on trudging through the muck, understanding that EVERYONE gets heckled...

Hold one back for me... I'm getting that and Crushed in around the first of September as a birthday present to me...

Ok, some cold water here... Most all of the Variety Arts such as magic, juggling, balancing acts, etc. are looked down on. Just watch the sit-coms on Tv and see how many times they paint magicians as geeks & losers. Same goes for puppeteers/ventriloquists, jugglers, various circus...

Now these are words to life by! Very solid and very wise!

I hate card ticks for the most part, but every once in a while I catch something that's cool or someone that can just entertain the hell out of me (such as the late Martin Nash). Why do I feel this way? You ask Because magicians in general, become very co-dependent on cards, forgetting that...

SMOKE is an awesome piece to use in echo of my previous post... it's a very neat SPECIAL EFFECT Think about what I just said and consider why I'd use that term "Special Effect" Why would a 14 year old do this piece? Why would any street performer want it? Sure, it's cool and different BUT...

If it weren't for a TV magician most of my generation would never have found magic; Mark Wilson's Alakazam and Magic Circus shows gave impetus to dozens of present day living legends and even a few who've past (like Doug Henning). Copperfield is likewise the source for inspiring a new...

Go to http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/ and you can keep track on things (at least this is the best source), but I've not seen anything as to when any one talent will be on which date. I think they do it on purpose, so as to stimulate weekly ratings. Thing is, if you miss an episode you...

Rather than repeating myself I'll simply suggest that you read my post here... http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?28638-What-are-the-most-practical-and-powerful-street-magic-effects

None & ALL of the Above IT'S NOT THE PROP/EFFECT that is "best" it's YOU as a performer that makes it so. Just look at a standard bit like the Linking Rings and how clumsy the typical mage makes them look vs. those that have mastered the handling of just two or three rings... I still get...

15 years ago several of my cohorts and I were discussing this same issue and we figured that when you break 35 it's time to shift gears and take on a bit more mature image over the outwardly rebellious image goth represents. Interestingly enough, many of we older Goths/Punkers have become...

Being "inspired" by other performers is one thing, mimicking them is another. Sadly, most of us will mimic more than not; even seasoned pros find themselves doing routines exactly as someone they either learned from or watched work and enjoyed, not because of deliberate theft but simply because...

Criss Angel is a Hot Topic "Goth" (hehehe) and far too old to be using that as his angle... it worked 20 years ago when I first saw him live, it was age appropriate, but he need to step away from that safety net and into a more appropriate mode. I did see him on Leno the other night and it...

I believe it was Juan Mayoral that had a method for duplicating a signature perfectly; Joaquin Ayala showed it to me years ago, but the gimmick that allows the transfer is set into a deck of cards and too, the kept sales to a very limited group because the signatures are so perfect... they...

I have but one thing to point out here... HE'S STILL A CRISS ANGEL WANNABE! ... maybe a cross between Alice Cooper & Criss but he's NOT "original" when it comes to the stuff being done in today's market. I loved his dove piece, that was quite cool and he milks the SAW routine well... (he...