Search results

If they are people you know well enough to speak to, and you can manage it, talk to them before the wedding. Politely ask them not to jack with you while you are performing. For general hecklers, just don't let them get to you and keep on keeping on. Since it is your brother's wedding I would...

This has less to do with the difficulty of the material, I think, and more to do with the fact that it is not a particularly well written book. It may be the "Card Worker's Bible" but it is more Leviticus than it is Gospel of John.

Gonna be a PITA for you guys. Guess you could always offshore the digital biz and sell all the physical products through Amazon and let them take their cut in exchange for letting them deal with the headache.

Well if that includes paying 84.95, you're in luck. https://www.amazon.com/Revolutionary-Card-Technique-Ed-Marlo/dp/B008Z1ZPUQ

Good for you, @Unownmagician1990 . If this is going to be your first time performing for moderate to large groups I would suggest avoiding anything too angle sensitive or excessively move-e. I would go with "mechanically" simple tricks that you build good presentations around. Tricks don't need...

Quick follow up, just wanted to point out that the new hardback version of Royal Road (Card Tricks: The Royal Road to Card Magic) is almost 4 bucks cheaper than the paperback for some bizarre reason.

Most of the books are beginner friendly but several are more appropriate for the intermediate magician. @010rusty mentioned ECT, I would add Card Control and probably Card Manipulations to that list. If one wants to stick to the Dover Library--from a card man's perspective--then I would go with...

In pdf format, but better than nothing. http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S16539

Here's another good one, Magic Without Apparatus by Camille Gaultier translated by either Hugard or Braue, I can't remember which.

Sonata by Tamariz Secret Agenda, The Art of Deck Switching by Giobbi By Forces Unseen, Carneycopia and several other by Steven Minch

Those leather C&B cups would be a great look for RenFair performance.

THIS. Seriously it is something that a lot of theme-intensive restaurants forget and they end up going out of business.

Strange, I've never felt the need to "justify" my props.

0 if they bought the All-New, Self-Working, Organic, Show-stopping, Jebrizi approved Presto-Chango bulb. A low, low price of $1,999.99 from your favorite magic retailer.

Tamariz, so stoked for MagiFest when I can cross this off my list.

O'Brien here is a great example of what I'm on about. Look at 'em. He's "What if Samwise Gamgee were a magician" only taller. Who would heckle anyone who bears such a strong resemblance to Sean Astin, in looks and laid back demeanor? Also, great quote from Strong Magic: "Challenge"--referring...

It's a BS marketing term. Don't buy into the BS, there is nothing wrong with the traditional props of magic. I pretty sure that Mr. Messado would bet all of his tip money on that. The commercials might as well say, "Hey, are you completely incapable of putting a routine together? Never fear...

There are some really, really strong card effects that can only be accomplished with gimmicks. I do what basically amounts to T. Wonder's Wild Card handling. If it didn't have enough gimmicks to it, I put the packet in a Himber style packet switcher at the end, that way I am clean if anyone asks...

Another good ambitious card example would be Daryl's roped deck finisher. Back in the day I got to see Daryl do this several times for lay people and it always killed and I never once heard anyone talk about suspecting anything hinky with the deck--because it this point they had seen the deck...

^Listen to the councilor, he is wise beyond his years. If you follow his advice your hecklers will be rare, unless you perform where the drunk quotient tends to by high and there is no point in debating, chastising or arguing with a drunk. Any hecklers that remain, ignore them. Smile to yourself...