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Here's some nugget of advice for you for self improvement: "You're only as good as your last gig." If we wish to excel then we must first admit that we have faults. Face those faults with an open mind, construct an action plan to overcome those obstacles, and set into motion good habits...

You want a killer effect that will get one hell of a reaction out of a girl? Jim Pace's the WEB.

I really don't care. I'm not a fanboy of any of them. I would consider myself a peer, in some cases a friend or co-performer/colleague. If they produce a product that I think would be either nice to own or a valuable addition to my library, or act then I'll purchase it. Regardless of who...

Welcome in! You seem to already have a grip on the rules around here so that's good. Search button is your friend. Be aware of Steerpike. He bites, but not that hard. Morgician, Prae, Steerpike, Sherlock, and a few others usually have good threads so make sure to check out...

Merry Christmas or what ever the appropriate vernacular is for you! I hope it is a wonderful one for you and your family. It's been an exciting year here, and I hope next year brings more thrills. Enjoy! William Draven

Here's an interesting thought so long as we are discussing the stealing of material. If you perform an effect, such as say "Pressure", by figuring it out instead of buying the DVD, then am I correct that you are saying that is stealing? Now, call me crazy, but I find it hard to apply that...

And to everyone else a good morning as well!

Sorry. I should know better than to engage in thread de-railment. I'll be mindful of that. Thanks for the reality check.

I conceed my comment about the cover bands. apparently they are controlled by the BMI or the ASCAP. However, while I enjoy my words with a side of frenchfries I would like to state that I hold to my initial point that even a musician learns to play others music before they learn to create...

I've got a email into my manager who'se a lawyer for entertainment and happens to manage a few bands on tour right now. Dude, read my last post. Not only did I quote your words I explained how they could have been interpreted that way. I'm not going to type all that out again.

Sounds like to me that you are saying the following: Steeling is wrong. No matter if you learned a trick on your own, or from that video (assuming any video that you buy), it is still not your right to use it. Also, go ahead and try to take a low shot at me with the expert village stuff...

No... And I really don't think my youth counceler paid the Rolling Stones everytime we sang "What I like About You" around the camp fire when I was a teenager either. Now I'm not a musician, but I know what some of these cover bands make and I know they can't afford rights and royalties. But...

Apparently the concept of a "cover band" is unknown to you? When you buy magic from a retailer that sells it for the purpose of performing it (which is what I think the initial question was being asked about, then yes. Yes it is okay to perfrom these effects. That's why they were published...

Well here's the deal. Why try to re-invent the wheel? If you want to perform an effect like say "Pressure" then it is usually a good idea to get the effect DVD or documentation. For nothing else than to learn what all went into the development of the effect, move, patter, and etc. You get...

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I would say that all depends on weather or not the effect is being sold on the open market. Any effect that is sold for profit of course is fair game to be performed. Otherwise it wouldn't be sold. If you buy a trick like say "wow" then of course you also have the permission to perform it...

dear god If I relied on a forum (either this or another) for my fill, inspiration, and reason for existence then I would have quit magic YEARS ago. You need to get out more. Join your local IBM or SAM ring, perform shows. Hell do free shows. Do something. ya know? I hate to see someone go...

It is a safe bet to say that if the first few words out of your mouth are "so you take a deck of cards and..." then it's not going to be original. Card effects are so played out by now. It would be like finding a needle in a hay stack to originate something new with cards in this day and age...

I guess we wait then. Hopefully we'll hear word within the hour. Here's to everyone. Good luck.

Heres mine. http://www.youtube.com/user/Lon1324#p/u/6/3PTiD_buX-g oopsie, linked the wrong vid X.x Hope this works... It's a recycle but I think it applies. If I didn't have to work today, I'd had more time to develop something from scratch, and film tonight.