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There is limitations to card colors and the reveal and the see through cards. They have to be of certain colors.

What is nice about making them yourself if you set the card you see. So if you need three 2 of clubs you can have three 2 of clubs.

I do not know about the ones they sell here. The ones I make only if the was directly back lit. If you get the art of card splitting DVD he tells you how to make them. Also if you make your own then you can overcome the one issue most people have with the cards.

Poker Test by Erik Casey First thing in the video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-fP4uRhmDg But we have gone over this with you about really being ready and not trying to jump in like you are.

and you get to eat cookies

I'm thinking more along the lines when you go to see a magician you know the magician is going to lie to you. Tell you things you know can't be real but for the few minutes to hour that you are watching them you suspend your disbelief and enjoy the act.

To echo what Craig is saying. Some of the greatest magicians I have ever met were not working pros but they were doctors and plumbers and teachers. They performed and practiced magic for the love of the art and the joy it gave them. Remember Dai Vernon was not a full time pro.

I'm not sure if you are really asking or not but I'll give you my standard list of books... The big Tarbell Book by Tarbell. Royal Road to Card Magic, by Hugard & Braue. Modern Coin Magic by Bobo. Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks by James. Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic, just...

But you are asking for a method for a commercial effect. Pick up a copy of Tarbell and get a good solid base in the art of magic. YOu will find that many many many effects being sold today can be found in older cheap books. There is even an effect on the wire from Rick Lax that is literally...

I know what you mean but if you change the look of something then it no longer is a "prop" but it is something handed down through the first born of your family. Or it was something you found in an out of the way second hand shop. When you take the time to make the effect your own then they no...

This is thinking like a magician. Just because something is old doesn't mean everyone has seen it. The effect where you tear paper into the shape of butterflies and then they come to life is being sold for a good chunk of change but it is in a book from the 1880's If I wasn't moving and already...

Check out the IBM and SAM websites to find the local meetings in your area.

There are a few books out there. The Magic Menu was a great magazine all about this type of magic. It was one of those things I read every month since I was a full time table hopper in the late 90's. Jamie Grant has a new book out called The Approach. It's basically a text book on how to get...

Really really need to work on the handling of the count. It's too forced and ridged.

The Art of Card Splitting goes into how to glue everything along with the list of mats you need to craft your work station. I would say but it is a DVD that is still for sell and well it is not my tips to give away. I have the DVD but it was what he covered in his lectures back in the 90's as...

This is something I learned from my father who spent his life in radio. We don't need to fill every second we are talking or performing with sound. There is no need for umms and aahs or lips smacks. As for the OP not everyone will react the same to magic something they are just silent

the cool thing with the cement is it makes the ends of the rope stick so you can put the ends together for storage

That doesn't work with the old school cotton magician rope with the core.

I use the standard magician rope you find in magic shops. It's cheep enough that when it starts to get dirty i toss it. To keep the ends together I use a touch of rubber cement. Now, if you use the rope from the hardware store like is used in Rope Nut Knot, you can use a lighter to melt the...

You are doing the same thing saying I'm insecure as a person because I'm tired of no talent hacks trying to steel my crowd. I'm sick of seeing kids doing magic on youtube with nothing but their hands and junk in frame. I'm tired of people finding out I'm a magician and then lumping me in with...