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For people who own this: Instead of doing just a vanish, would it be possible to have the ring change to another ring in the box? For example, you put a cheap dollar store band in the box, the spectator closes and then re-opens the box and in it's place is now a real ring with a real diamond.

Hey Fam. It's been a long time since I've performed professionally but I'm getting back into it for supplemental income to my full time job. I started advertising on Facebook about two weeks ago in bridal groups to book weddings and quickly landed a booking for 2019 - which was surprising...

Where do you guys purchase your invisible decks (or do you make them)? Have you ever gotten a deck that's just useless? I recently purchased two Mandolin backed decks and in both the cards are SO sticky that it's impossible to separate the cards without peeling them apart. Ruins the whole...

Hey guys, we're doing a meet up and jam tonight somewhere in Downtown Houston. So far there's definitely 4 of us with 3 or 4 on the maybe side. There MIGHT be a big name in magic showing up too buuuuut I don't want to say something and get hopes up and it not happen. Anywho, if you're in the...

Thought everyone would like to see this. I for one will definitely be attending. James Brown is doing a free live webinar called 'How To Become A Real Magician Without Deceiving Yourself' on Monday, June 19 at 9:00 pm London time. Special guests Kenton Knepper and Daniele Sicorace. You can...

Anybody here heard of Gary Vaynerchuk? The dude is an entrepreneurial genius and has a lot of solid advice to share. One of the things he stresses is that you have to produce content upon content upon more content. You should post 5 videos a week and interact with your fans consistently. Gary...

Hey guys. I have a website I've been working on for quite some time now. It isn't a "hire me" website, but instead a website for magical things. I don't believe in having content geared towards magicians on my site to get clients to hire me so I created this instead, devoid of my name for the...

I remember the idea of a tea kettle or something similar where the audience is able to name drinks and the pot is magically able to pour whatever is requested. I'm not really interested in purchasing a marketed version of this effect (if that's even a thing), but I'm looking for books and...

Hey guys! I wanted to talk about Silent Treatment. I bought the digital version a couple months ago and got it all set up and ready to go. I had obviously planned to open with it - and then I never did. In fact, I still haven't even performed it. I'm worried about the audiences perception of a...

I really love this art. I'm 24 now and have been practicing since I was 7 or 8 (save for a break or two here and there). It's a part of who I am as a person now. For a little while I was only performing full time. Eventually things just got too hard and I had to work-work. I've found myself...

Okay, okay, not really. But it's set up like Saturday Night Live. And that's what has me nervous. (also I apologize in advance this got lengthy) The show is called Cork Grinders Live. I performed a 20-25 minute stand up set for the show several months back and it was a hit. This Friday is the...

Hey guys, here's my latest blog post - a review of Jamie D. Grant's The Approach! Summary: BUY THIS BOOK! http://www.magicbookmysteries.com/2016/07/22/the-approach-by-jamie-d-grant-an-overview/

My girlfriend recently brought it to my attention that writers don't necessarily always know what it is that they're going to write. They sort of just start and then see where it goes. Which is interesting. I've been trying to write a new show for a while now and I was thinking about the types...

I'm a big fan of hip-hop and not the kind where the artist toots their own bad-ass horn. I like people like Hopsin that can use that lyrical medium to talk about real world problems and really make the listener think and perhaps even question themselves. In a world of 'hyper-visual magic' I'm...

This looks super cool, but I'm curious about something. It seems like the gimmick is the thread itself and it says there's enough for hundreds of performances. Does it just come with the thread? Is there some sort of holder to carry it around in or would I just be carrying around loose thread if...

No doubt this is a killer effect. A fellow magi showed up to one of my gigs a little over a year ago and he had another sharpie that accomplished the same thing. He let me borrow it and minutes later I was absolutely slaying people with it. A while afterwards I saw that Sansminds released their...

I have just begun developing an app for magicians. It isn't anywhere near a finished product yet but I wanted to get input from as many people as possible, hence my posting here. This isn't going to be an app that accomplishes an effect, but more like a utility app. Personally, I have trouble...

I'm currently reading a marketing book to help me expand to new clients to entertain. In the book the author says that the client should get a return of at least 20 times their investment. He goes on to say that the return can fall under one or more of four categories. Financial, Emotional...

Would someone please explain to me what mental magic is? I keep hearing so called mentalists use this term when referring to magicians doing mentalism in their shows. Is there really a difference? I mean, as far as I'm concerned its all the same thing. Theodore Annemann wrote a book called...

Last night I watched a new movie called Hugo. It's based off of the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret. The book was a great book so I knew I'd like to see the movie. The movie is based a lot on magic, which is cool. They mention a few magicians, one being Robert Houdin and the other..well I...