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Hey guys, Very long time no see :) I've been out of the forums for a long time. Anyways, I was just thinking to myself, what happened to cardistry and that wave of artists like Dan and Dave, Andrei Jikh, Virtuosos etc. Do they still do it? Are there any recent products that I didn't hear about...

Hey guys, I see that couple of "give me suggestion for tricks" threads have popped up lately. So I will also create one that I really need. I need bar effects, which means shorter in length, highly visual magic that can be done with NO talking, aka. to a loud music. It can be a card trick as...

Hey guys, I couldn't decide where to post this. Here or in the product questions, since this is not about any particular product per se. I need help with two things. 1. The best / most practical effect for Lottery ticket into a bill or multiple bills. I'm going to perform this on the TV...

Hey guys, I've been asked to come up with some team building programs for companies. Does anyone have any experience or ideas in that field? It should be one hour max. I was thinking of a short magic/mentalism show, and then teach them some basic tricks that they can practice on each other or...

Hey guys, this has been an age old question, weather to use playing cards in mentalism or not. One school of thought is that you should not use the playing cards since they associate to trickery and tricks, which is what most mentalists are trying to get as far away from, as possible. The other...

Hey guys, I need a way to force a celebrity (or any kind of information), but without using blank faced deck of cards, or the "sven pad" (I'm already using it in the same effect for something else). Thank you!

Hey guys, I'm currently in "Serbia's Got Talent" TV show, and I passed the first stage with all 4 judges votes. I am going as a mentalist, since there are already a few magicians, so I wanted to be different and unique, which could help me get further into the competition, being the only one...

Hey guys, Long time no see. I have been here on the forums since day one of T11. Then I started acting recently and kind of pushed my magic/mentalism career to the side. However, there is a chance to go back in style. There is a show starting up in my country, the "Serbia Got Talent" show (the...

Hey guys, Does anyone know what is the name of the book test performed by Shawn Farquhar in the first episode of season 3 on FOOL US? And where can I find it? Thank you!

Hey guys, I have this great opportunity to have my own TV show that is actually gonna go on national TV. I know that David Blaine, Criss Angel, Derren Brown, Dynamo etc. have like a team of creative people behind them to help them with effects and presentation (ie. Calen Morelli, Dan White...

Hey guys, I need a little help. I've had a creativity block with an effect for a VERY long time, presentation vise. The effect is "Duplicity" by John Bannon, which I perform purely as a piece of mentalism (destiny or choice influence, what would have been if... etc). Although it is meant to be...

Hey guys, since it's thanks giving in USA, it's almost Christmas time, I decided to give you all a gift (aren't I nice) ;) It's my way of getting a standing ovation at almost every single table while doing table hopping (yes, you can get a standing ovation at a table in a restaurant). I kept...

Do you guys know of any Friction Pen routines and ideas? The only ones I know and can think of is transforming the 8 of Spades/Hearts into the 3 of Clubs/Diamonds, and deleting a message keeping a few words as a prediction. For those of you who do not know what a Friction Pen is, it's a...

Hey guys, I have a weird request that I cannot refuse (for personal reasons). I am asked to be in a video, where a woman will be holding a book and it needs to vanish from her hands. The thing is, I don't have a pully or a topit or anything of that sort, and I cannot use one. So practically...

Jon Armstrong, the amazing card magician, has something that he calls a "Super Hero Theory". It's a formula for making a character for yourself (in magic). In a nut shell, he says that every super hero (the actual comic ones) has a strength which is his super power, and a weakness. For...

A magician from London UK was at an Arsenal FC game, and after the game he did Calen Morelli's Dresscode for the TV crew. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g2sj5_dgA1Q

In the magic world, one of the biggest issues that I used to come up with is the "so what?" question. That is one of the first questions I ask myself when learning a new magic trick. So what if I can make a card jump to the top, so what if I can make 4 coins gather under the same card, so what...

Hey guys. I've been thinking (which is not always a good idea), after reading many threads lately on here, that we should all put down our information and magic resume, so that posts and advice we give would be more credible (or not credible). We would know more about each other, and whose...

Here's a video of David Williamson performing for some kid on TV. Did he really mess up, or was it all a set up to get some laughs? https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=102541236616185

Now here's an interesting idea by JM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJwzn85V9fc&feature=youtu.be Thoughts?