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Why? Is there not VALUE in being able to share magic with your friends and family. Do you and they not get enjoyment from it? Why should it boil down to professional gigs? Let's face it, most people who buy magic and support the release and creation of items are NOT pros, they are amateurs. If...

You are correct. Sadly, those who cannot come up with their own ideas, or those who feel entitled to everything, cannot comprehend this worldview. There are a lot of them out there. Keep fighting the good fight.

Wow, what a lot of specious thinking. First, obtaining one's ideas ethically does not prevent someone from ever creating original material, nor does it stifle creativity in others. There is nothing wrong with developing ideas of others - as long as those ideas were obtained ethically. If I...

Read?!?!? Isn't webster the dictionary guy?

I don't know if that is true.

Really hard to read tone on the internet, but in the event people get the wrong idea I will say there is nothing wrong about working for charities if you truly support their cause. The issue I am trying to warn people about are those who promise things they have no intention on delivering or...

It always amuses/amazes me, craig, that people who should always realize there is more behind the curtain than can be seen, still fall prey to the belief that all it takes is a good idea, some talent, and hard work to be a star. Some here will accuse us of being old and bitter. Sometimes the...

Hi, Justin Thanks for commenting and clarifying. The fact is a LOT of magicians think the way I described. They get $150 for birthday shows and when a corporation calls they try to jack up their price even when they have no experience working that market, let alone anything different to...

While barter is an option, michael was referring to other rewards - it could be advertising, network opportunities, pr, the chance to acquire promotional data, future work etc. However, many people promise things like 'exposure' when all they hope to do is get services for free. As a musician...

First, I too am from texas and found nothing offensive about the capital punishment reference. Two, charging one group less does seem unfair to others who have paid more. The only way to avoid that quandry, it would seem, is if all persons you were charging were aware you used a sliding...

Craig, Great post. However I am always skeptical of the deal making that goes on and around these productions. People will sell their soul (or a sex tape) for 12 minutes of fame these days. Ultimately I think the winner will be whomever the production team who controls the contracts feels...

This is the line I found interesting: Charging more simply because someone HAS more seems misguided (if not unethical). Charging more simply because you landed one big gig seems misguided. You should start charging more when you have greater value to offer. And then, you should still...

The company which eventually cashes in on the winner's future career (which they basically sign over at the time of entry) is a recording/musical production house. Some have speculated that this will always lead to a bias toward those kinds of acts. Sawchucks most recent appearance entailed...

There are many magicians in san antonio including some well versed card men. Reach out to the local ibm ring there and they can hook you up. Richard Turner attends some of the functions On memorial day weekend, austin is hosting the taom. Present will be jason england, bob white, dan and dave...

' A lot ' is not 'all'. There will always be exceptions. But where there are exceptions there are rules, and it helps to be able to recognize them. Two things that have been overlooked. 1) Not all magic plays on tv and not all types of reactions carry across the camera. There are some...

The gimmicked watch is called a stull watch. The originals are rare and highly collectable. Richard Gerlitz did a limited run of them, they are also rare and collectable. I think they sold in the $2000-3000 dollar range. Bizarre de magia has a version of the stull watch which works well. I...

Excuse brevity. Minch's ideas are in the forgotten secrets books. As to the influence of bizarre on theory: smart magi have been thinking about theory for years, but it was never a popular or respected topic in the mainstream. Books might address the subject in a preface. The idea of a book...

If only this were true. Often, those who think they are the finest actors, aren't. Speaking slowly with a faux english accent is not acting. But it certainly is Bizarre ;)

Bizarre Magic had its roots in England in reaction to the triviality of mainstream conjuring (which was largely relegated to children's entertainment.) While Tony Andruzzi is an important figure in the history of Bizarre magic (originally dubbed goetic magic), Tony Raven and Charles Cameron as...

I have 3 or 4 decks of jerry"s back in austin. No attachment to them. One has been opened but is in good shape. Do people buy them after they've been opened?