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I just like how it looks like the deck is splitting open and then spitting out a card. The actual way looks more complex, but (I think) less visual. That's just me though...

I think the hotshot cut is very effective, but I started doing a scissor cut instead and then pushing off the selected card and spinning it out. I personally think it looks better.

That's called practice. Also, there is a very significant difference between the art of magic and the art of film. Magic is meant to be a live performance. How many pros perform sitting in front of a webcam on their computer? Another thing. If you're going to perform on the internet...

I assumed that most people here have a rudimentary understanding of the basic principles of the English language to understand the difference between practice and performance. If you do understand English (of course you do!), read this: Are you just arguing for argument's sake? If you...

I kind of feel that this is the problem. Why not actually show people?

Hey man! Great idea. You do that. And I'll go perform for real people. And then get some Wendy's. Gotta love that spicy chicken sandwich!

The next video you see, try this: Is there another person in the frame of the camera participating in the magic? If you can answer this question with a "yes I can," then it's a live performance. If the magician is adressing nobody, or is not making noise at all, performing to a background...

Of course you don't need a camera every time you perform. You never need a camera when you perform. When you perform, it should be for a live audience. How is that confusing? Now, take a few breaths and calm down...

Hows about a mirror? Besides, who needs to post a video at all? Just do it. Just perform. If you fail, learn from your mistakes and practice more. I'm not saying that practicing with a camera is bad, but performing with one exclusively is bad. Actors practice lines in front of...

My God! They Can?!

I kind of addressed this in a Cerca Trova post, but let's go more in-depth. Yes, let's. Magic is an art, right? Every piece of art has three componenets to it, three legs of a stool, if you will. There is the artist who creates the art--the art cannot exist without sombody creating it...

Yeah, but that damned music is making me quickly hate whoever made that movie. Good tricks shouldn't be wasted in front of a camera. They shouldn't even be wasted. They should be artfully performed for a live audience. What's an actor without and audience? I'll address this more later...

So what are you guys gonna do with them?

Apples and oranges, dude. Apples and oranges...

Blue Masters are nice. I like nice things. Good solid deck. Not too flamboyant, sexy ace of spades, and I can apparently cut cheese with them...

Yes, but they'd be expecting that. And it would be too easy anyway...

I loathe the whenever the words "hard" and "hitting" are used within six paragraphs of one-another.

Here's some stuff from Wiki aboot (yes, aboot) it: Archeology and direct evidence (such as the frescoes at the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev) show a variety of musical instruments in ancient Russia. Authentic folk instruments include the livenka (accordion) and woodwinds like zhaleika...

Thanks. I was originally going to compare routine structure with Russian folk music, but it just didn't flow. What about German/Swiss yodeling and longhorn playing?

I wrote this a while back. I figured it might be helpful, or something. ---------------------------------------------------------- I've been thinking. I do that sometimes. The following is my idea of how to structure a routine. A magic routine, an act, should be like a Beethoven symphony. It...