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    Laymen Perspective: Are Magicians Cool?

    Yep, wear whatever you'd normally wear and just do you or your persona's thing. You're not there to peacock, you're there (assuming for a basic magic gig) to suspend people's disbelief and get them feeling that sense of wonderment. That ends up being a cool magician because the impression they...
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    What is something you can say during a magic trick but You can't say during a first date?

    I use it sparingly for things like B'wave to rouse up that extra bit of fun. (for example "Are you sure you want to choose red? It's an imaginary game, we can't change it after you made the choice!") I can see what you're saying about using it for most other tricks though. Like the chicago...
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    What is something you can say during a magic trick but You can't say during a first date?

    May I ask why? Not to derail, just curious. Annnnd purely because I've seen a friend do this and it did NOT go well at all for him: Fire wallet + the line "Wow that bill just made my cash go up in flames". So much cringe.
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    What's the best ACAAN?

    A SLIGHT REVEAL SPOILER WARNING The first one is a Mnemonica stack with a psychological force. "Exploited in carnivals, the fact that given a choice of any number between 1 and 10, people will most often choose 3 or 7". Particularly when they have to make a quick decision. Look more into...
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    What is your reputation maker?

    @ChristopherT props for doing that without a fistula to just reopen every time. That makes it even more impressive.
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    Promo Reel advice?

    Needs to open with an underground lofi hiphop background and you doing cardistry from an extreme angle. Smash cut to another extreme angle of you getting a reaction. (Maybe using one of those anti-theft mirrors for the shot). Transition into two or three shots of you starting various tricks...
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    What is your reputation maker?

    The perceived pain is an illusion, I suppose. That feeling you’re having versus ChristoperT’s actual pain threshold.
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    What is your reputation maker?

    Not to diminish by any means, but the pain of piercing the right areas isn’t even that immense to begin with either. So if you have a fistula established for that, it’s even less painful but it truly creates an internal feeling that makes most cringe or wince. So it’s an awesome sight and really...
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    What is your reputation maker?

    It has nothing to do with magic but being 6’9” just gives you a reputation when you mainly stroll. You go from “Oh did you see that guy doing magic?” to “Oh did you see that -tall- guy doing magic?” A personal variant of Angle Z is one I do a lot though.
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    How can I reduce hand trembling when performing?

    Ooooooooooorrrrrr coming out of left field here, if you're a fan of better living through chemistry, a beta blocker like propranolol works wonders. I know a lot of public speakers and performers who use it to get over stagefright etc. Low risk, non addictive, etc. The cool science-y part is the...
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    Saturday Night Contest - On Target!

    There is a good Modern Rogue video on this, they had some champ break it down and if I remember correctly it was pretty much very similar to throwing a baseball with his style and wherever your pointing it should end up going.
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    Saturday Night Contest - On Target!

    After playing 416 card pickup, I managed to land one in the basket I was using by getting frustrated, flicking it hard, hitting the diagonal slope of my ceiling --> banking off the center "pole" of my home gym and about 3 feet forward into the basket. I don't feel like cutting and uploading it...
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    Buying tricks / effects

    I would say that IT and ITR + Books/DVDs and gaff cards + how to make your own gaff cards would always be useful buys to learn. Sometime you'll just feel like levitating a ring in your hand or a lifesaver into your mouth with Tarantula, or fidgeting with your Odyssey ring too so occasionally you...
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    Saturday Night Contest - 4th of July!

    King of Hearts 9 of Clubs 7 of Diamonds 3 of Spades
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    Had the weirdest "heckler" the other day...

    Doesn’t Disney actually enforce saying it the second way? I’m trying to remember from the summer I spent scooping ice cream there. I also hated the first name rule. Because someone who worked their longer than me went what I went by I had to pick a random name. I still occasionally respond to...
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    Had the weirdest "heckler" the other day...

    I've actually had a similar situation once but it was while busking/strolling. He was with his mom and I was performing some prediction based card stuff and he kept spoiling the reveal for himself. Moved on to an ambitious card routine from there and he would say "Oh my cards on top now!". At...
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    How do you get people to tip you at restraint gigs

    I'd love to help with advice regarding restraint gigs but my hands are tied here. Typo puns aside, You can either flat out mention it, implant the idea into their head that you're working and not just free entertainment (See above for good ways to do so), money tricks to reinforce the idea they...
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    Sleight club members

    On the same day they announced the website was closing, Sleight Club members got their second email that has all the links to the ebooks + now the bottom deal. The first one with the links was early May I believe. I personally have no idea what’s going on regarding their customer service as...
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