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But Morgician, If you charge one client a price for a show and another client a higher price because they have a bigger budget (perhaps a corporate show or something), for the exact same show - yes you might be able to 'not miss out on making more money' - but how do you sleep at night? My...

My advice would be (if you are set on using magic) to do something simple. Don't make the proposal about or around the trick, but plan a romantic day together doing some of the things she loves. Spend the whole day together, go to her favorite restaurant for lunch, then take her somewhere fun...

I believe he has dyslexia, and has a hard time typing. It would be best to do your best to guess what he's saying. I think it says to get a good old book and read it so that you are using your mind (probably instead of watching the tv all night ;) )

There's an effect on TA (Ripped and Fryed) where the patter is great because the idea is to replicate sawing a woman in half with cards. It's a great effect. j

Great stuff all. There are lots of good tips for every magician here. Did you ever get that hair cut? lol j/k ;) I''m looking forward to see how the next one turns out with all the advice put in. j

Heh, that is why I think having a wife to practice with is a huge advantage. She is brutally honest (sometimes too honest! lol) about my performance/handling/routine and patter/comedy etc. What I think might work well, she points out is fishy or odd, or pointless, or not funny at all (that...

There was recently a free video over at Snakeymagic.com about adding drama to an effect. The principles there are actually quite good. Seal the prediction up, give it to someone to hold. Put money on the line (this one is only really great if you can give them the money after the effect anyway...

That's great stuff. Thanks. j

hmmm, now you're getting defensive and trying to justify not being patient. Shawn does not have constant internet access and does not spend weeks at a time on the internet. be patient. (He won Fism a long time ago) Send him an email directly. You have no reason not to. And he never said you (or...

Just so you know, I spoke to Shawn a while back after I developed the same effect for my show. My method was different than Shawn's and the routine was way different. Shawn asked me not to share my method with the public as he was still competing with it and wished it to remain unknown to the...

Ah, thanks for putting some perspective on that. I don't have experience with huge audiences (my biggest is coming up next month), so I don't know how effects play differently for massively large audiences. I suppose time will tell! Thanks! j

If you're referring to Technique by Matt Mello, it's meh. you probably won't use it. It's a good thing to have for an impromptu moment, but it takes a lot of practice to be any good, and you pretty much need to practice by performing it for others or with a friend. There are much more...

There's a great post by Canadasphere on how he started that is really good on spookclub.com forums. Here's the link (I hope that's not against the forum rules.)

***nvm** nice work mods There's some great advice already. So on top of that: I think Nikki made a good point about not over presenting tricks that should not me missed. When I got healed and sealed, I learned this. I did it only a couple of times (because of the setup/situational nature of...

Deechristopher, I don't know if I agree with you. Well, not you specifically, but this way of doing business. I know that is how a lot of full time, professional magicians do it. So this is not meant to be an attack on you, but on that method of doing business. Perhaps it's my ignorance...

Morris Magic Okay, I disagree slightly with some of the things said so far, but here is my experience so far. My first paid show was a teenagers birthday party for $80. At the time I felt bad for charging that much for an hour of doing something that I love and would have probably done for...

Usually I can decipher, but this? :confused:

Agreed. This is so deceptive. I love it.

Actually what Steve said is very true. Personally I use other peoples material. I have two effects I created, but other than that I use other peoples. I'm just not that creative in an magic inventor sense. But the routines are my own and the presentations are my own and develop the more I...

I hear some great stuff about that DVD. Interesting though. You make it sound like an ACR without the pass is not going to be good. You should read some stuff by Eugene Burger. ;) His principles and philosophy of magic definitely affect the effect I choose to perform.