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I'm not referring as much to your physical appearance as I am how your are perceived and how to frame things (honestly) within and around your persona that support your claims. Not all of us can pull off a "dark" character without looking goofy. If might seem cool but it's a very hard role to...

Defining Mentalism vs. Magic -- Part III Continued from http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?28559-Defining-Mentalism-vs.-Magic-Part-II The Investment & Perspective Lee Earle points out on most every one of his videos that I’ve seen over the years; that Magic is presented with an...

Defining Mentalism vs. Magic – Part II continued from http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?28558-Defining-Mentalism-vs.-Magic&p=320219#post320219 Mentalism & Young People Though the proverbial mold got shattered in the latter 70s and early 80s, there is a traditional view that...

Being a Mentalist vs. Magician The following essay is a carry-over to my post at http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?28484-Thoughts-on-Failing/page2 in which I attempted to clarify the differences between the Mentalist vs. the Magician while likewise looking at the idea of being “too...

As someone that's done a good deal of effect development over the years I can tell you first hand that there are builders out there that will deliberately do things with a prop so as to keep the effect from being "too perfect". I know that sounds odd but it's become a "thing" as the result of...

Some interesting replies but when it comes to Mentalism, which is ALL I do these days, the occasional miss simply makes you seem to be far more "real" vs. a magician trying to B.S. the public. I have a couple of friends locally that THINK they do mentalism but neither of them will use...

Though I've known Luke since he was a teen I don't keep too much in the loop when it comes to the things he puts out. I do know that he's heavily influences by at least one key source who is known to do the same sort of thing; just readjusting and adding to something already published. Sadly...

There are numerous versions of this effect that go well back in time... I've used Jack Dean's D.O.P. for years...long before the kids that created Penguin were even born, let alone all the other wonder-children of the past 10 years or so.

I'll lay money on it that if you marketed yourself as a Mentalist and not just a magician that does mentalism, you wouldn't have this sort of problem. Secondly, I am a mentalist... 20+ years at it... and I work lots of Hair Salons with repeat bookings year after year. The other point here...

Hey, I was one of those kids.. kind of. I just knew that a grand illusion show would shoot me to stardom... well, I was a star on stage and doomed when not... so maybe I used the wrong affirmation?:D I learned the hard way about the politics and good ole boy ball games. Especially when I'd...

Brad... you are correct when it comes to both issues (I was just being kind when it came to Murry... I guess VanBirch in his bad days was easier to deal with :o) You are correct about the dollar vote and who seems the most commercial of the lot and too, who seems the most pliable. Old dogs...

In a recent "convention" type program hosted by Luna Shimada and various associates, the question of piracy came to the fore but with a slant; Kellar, Blackstone (Sr), Houdini and most all of the good ole greats each STOLE material if they saw something in a show they liked. The film "The...

When someone as original and amazing as Kevin James ultimately fails to make the grade, I have my doubts when it comes to someone as "stock" as Murry; he's yet to do anything "new"... the tiger thing was originally part of the Sigfried & Roy show and has been featured in several other major...

You could start here http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic11429.php Then after you've read all those books, check out Cassidy's 39 steps to mentalism list ;) I've gotten so worn out when it comes to answering that question that I penned that article a few years ago and when you read the thread...

this is a very confusing... complicated... forum for an old fart that isn't savvy to all the redundant modes of cleverness... I threw away an iPod because one button did 100 things, rarely what I wanted it to do.

Personally I prefer intimate rooms like or smaller. I can safely say that when I was still doing a floor/stage show, my typical audience rarely exceeded 50 and it was on purpose; it makes the experience more "personable" in the mind of the patrons and allows us to better connect with them. The...

Memory serving, one of the reasons I'd stopped coming here previously was the fact that I couldn't find a "short cut" for "Posts Since Last Visit"... does such a thing exist? It would really make life easier on this end:D

KUDOS! Unlike the majority of young people in your age group you seem to have your mind rather focused even though you may not believe such. When it comes to how you see yourself (as a “Psychic”) you are to be commended, this is a huge step in what I consider to be the “right” direction; it...

Gotchya! That's exactly what my manual is about and why I mention some of the things noted in the above. My style of work for most of the past 15 years or so, has always been "real"... that is to say, I take a heavy shaman-like approach to things and present most of the mentalism stuff I...

Why do so many magicians want to ruin mentalism, what did it ever do to you? I'm not saying that can't perform mentalism on the street, just that there are right ways and wrong ways and from what I've seen over the past five or so years, most of it is being done wrong... individuals who...