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And never with an audience in the seats. Or on the street with a crowd.

I'm sorry, but how can you criticise me for make assumptions and make your own in the same post. Stop being hypocritical, read my posts, and you'll notice the references to gigs I've made throughout my posts. Have you seen me perform? What do you know of me, that allows you to make such...

I like girls. And long walks on the beach. And stuff, yeah. And that Sean_Raf fellow is pretty cool. I wish I were him. *sigh* Probably my biggest love is acting... I've loved being on stage, and being in front of camera for as long as I've known these two worlds... I love the intimacy of...

Hey man. Is there any particular reason why you want pdf's? Just wondering. But the best place to get material from for beginners are firstly Royal Road to Card Magic, and secondly, Card College.

Well I can't speak for Creeper on his preference, but a possible answer might be: He prefers to work on magic that others have overlooked, neglected or dismissed. I see it as, it's not so much that he wants the trick for himself, but rather that he prefers to use tricks which are not used by...

I'm instead of im. your instead of you.

Not quite two years for me. So much to learn, so much to do..

Hey mate, welcome to the forums :)

I think the key distinction is this. YES, we perform for the pleasure of our audiences, for reactions, and our performances should always be focussed on what interests them. But does that mean that our preferences do not matter? Of course not. Put it this way. You can get great reactions...

Ahh, this has been one of the best threads I've ever seen. Hilariously funny and yet incredibly helpful :)

All good man, no offense taken :) I will admit to being vague, so I apologise. I live in the middle of the CBD. Do you happen to be around Sydney? Some people aren't satisfied with just learning 3's which isn't necessarily a problem, but just saying. Nonetheless, despite the three criteria...

Dragon, you bring up an excellent point, and of course, you are absolutely right. Well said as well, and that's fair enough. Your very last sentence or two sums things up perfectly. Everyone says to young magicians "Be yourselves, be different." How does one go about doing this? As if "Be...

Try and concentrate on a light touch, as Ace has said. Once you get that sort of touch into muscle memory, I think you'll be fine. If you're not doing it very slowly already, try doing it slower, that might help as well. But overall it sounds like you just need to get used to the sleight...

This thread makes me laugh so hard. Oi, Morgido. Medifro. Fedimro. Whatever. Hands off the Tivo 2.99999. You've been warned.

So I've had several people say, "The odds of someone seeing the same trick twice is very little". Despite me repeatedly mentioning that it's beside the point, and explaining why, and explaining what does concern me. Beside me saying that it's not necessarily about seeing the same trick. But why...

How original can you really make a routine like The Queens? Or Tivo 2.0? It's not that I couldn't make something original (although I'm sure that there will be a few routines from TOoC which will follow down this same path as Trilogy). But do I really want to perform something that 20 of my...

Yeah absolutely, that's a fair point in itself. I'd only add that there's always room to learn, and, perhaps contrary to my last point, that it doesn't mean that a beginner can't begin to learn immense details from something like Erdnase as well. But you make a very good point, and at the end...

Hmm. You make a fair point. I think there's a catch about nuances though, which is this: You can only appreciate them once you're more advanced. First time you read through the move, fine, you learn the basic motions, but a beginner will not understand the beauty of Erdnase. Say you read Erdnase...

A classic text would be classic no matter which medium it is in. But yes, I would post the same thing if it were in this exact same circumstance (which is not possible, but theoretically..), but for a different reason. You can put tricks on a DVD. You can put sleights on a DVD. But you can't...

It's interesting because Andy Nyman does very similar things (which pretty much figures considering what he does) - I have his Get Nyman DVDs and they're filled with deceptions - rewriting the history of his performance, referencing the methods of previous tricks in current ones, etc. He does so...