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After a few slow starts, four years ago or so, I started to run with a wing. The wing is usually someone who is more experienced or more street-wise than me (or I wing for someone who needs it). All he or she does is walk up to people and goes "guys, have you seen that dude? He just disappeared...

You weren't silenced. You stole from an artist and the artist (or their representatives[1]) decided to take back what was legally theirs. Agree or disagree with the rules, laws, and conduct of the industry representatives as much as you wish, using someone else's work in yours is not just a bad...

This is why I never perform "at" them :). Instead, perform the room. There's something incredibly attractive, I hear, about people who just captivate a whole bar. As soon as you perform towards the person you want to impress you'll take their attention away from you and the bar and towards your...

I'll echo some of the lines about Flash. I am an Android user so I don't care as much, but Flash is simply annoying and makes browsing harder. Not only that, you're excluding the visually impaired and if you want to be making money in Canada, your compliance with the CDR (Canadian Disability...

The bigger problem is not with the individuals doing it. The idea of psychology and social sciences in magic has been thoroughly tarnished by that "pick up artist" culture. First, everyone has read "The Game" and the second you produce a pack of cards or levitate a cigarette you're automatically...

In life as in magic, getting a "hook" in is an important first step. You can't get secondary interest and without initial interest. We dress a certain way, we act a certain way, we smile and laugh and present a certain way. A sulky, quiet, haphazard performer could be the best magician in the...

I just signed up to respond to this. There are a number of different things here at play, some of which are more important than others. As someone who has eBooks and DVDs of his routines and tricks out there I am about as concerned as the next guy about piracy. Someone republishes my (non-DRM)...