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I did quite a large amounts of research on invisible elastic thread a while ago. I currently use Silkworm Thread. Comes in a 500t small reel, and can be split into 3 smaller threads. These smaller threads are extremely invisible however is also fairly weak ( can lift 10 cards or so in a...

A competition of some kind sounds good! Something like having a magic and flourishing competition or something like that. Or if you want to stay clear of the magic genre. How about a talent competition about something other than magic, im sure plenty of members here have talents outside of magic.

Can't say without exposure, but alot of geek and mentalism effects, are done with rubber cement. Difficult to get in Australia and also it is Carcinogenic (causes cancer) from what I heard.

1) Chosen card rises to top 2) Braue Pop up 3) Card to mouth 4) Elevator 5) Deck Disappearance and Four of a Kind Revelation.

Lefties tend to be more creative I guess. Learning new material as a left hander is very very difficult as you need to reverse everything you see. Flourishes are also difficult, eg learning pandora, and this can cause a plethora of mistakes to occur.

WOW! I just got fooled! Even more fooled when I saw Kevin Ho's SATWOMB tutorial!!

This information is pure gold. I would have loved to read this a while back when I was ready for my first gig.

Started Magic November 2006 Cardistry May 2007. Has led to great things =D

Really F*%*ing Awesome Derren Brown

Yep this guy has caught on :P Here are a few of my tips for beginners because I was (maybe still) a beginner. -Magicians dislikes piracy of material, and watching free tutorials is considered unethical and immoral. Stay away from stuff like learnfreemagic.org etc -Lol funnily enough a...

Here is a tutorial for a l-cut variation, however it does go over the basic handling. You get to see the grips and everything so it might help. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEYcj90g2js Learn the move properly from Jerry's encyclopedia however this will suffice.

I second this post. Interesting read steerpike

I have been reading into this subject for ages. Answer: Yes you can be, eg Derren Brown. Also Ormond McGill's Guide to stage hypnotism is OUTDATED. Sure its a great starting point but their are concepts inside that are considered dangerous. Here are my recommendations. Mentalism: Read this...

http://gunnsight.blogspot.com/2004/08/gunns-beginners-guide-to-mentalism.html a no bs guide to beginner mentalism imo

Lil question, how soon will the tickets run out? Just a rough guess, I wont have the money until a while. Hopefully it doesnt sell out as quick as coldplay -_-, 2 hours.

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I guess the fear to perform for friends is the fact that they can ridicule you and maybe you are afraid of them catching on to the secrets of your effects? I rarely perform for my friends, but if I do Ill say something like. Hey tell me how this looks, and go into the trick from there...

Hmm whats the difference between, bronze, silver and gold reserve? Something to do with seating arrangement?

A close up pad is a good investment. Or you can make a homemade close up pad like me, shut up I'm cheap :P -4 Mouse pads stuck together by duck tape -Carpet samples. Both work equally well.

Ughhh why does magic have to be so expensive! lol