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Hello Theory11, I havent been on this site for over a year. Not sure if any of you remember me at all. I took a break from online magic communities to focus more on my own magic and my busy life. But now i'm back to ask for some suggestions. However, it's on a subject that i dont think...

Hey guys, i'm looking to buy a dancing cane. I've been searching around the net and i havent found exactly what i'm looking for. I want a one piece cane with the weighted thread system. There's a Precision Magic Cane that fits those needs but that's discontinued. So if any of you know where i...

I'm looking for a good source to learn the invisible bill switch. It's the classic one that involves a thumb tip. It's very practical in my opinion cuz it can be applied to so much more than just a bill switch. So if any of you guys know a good source to learn this bill switch, please let me...

Ok, I am here to present to you a very useful technique to making unique presentations for your tricks. It's a very simple exercise which i learned at Tannens Magic Camp and i would like to share it with you. I will try to describe it as simply as I can. Each step will be in a separate...

Hey, i just wanna ask if anyone is going to the Metro-Magic convention on Oct 4. If there are maybe we could meet up and jam at the convention. So if any of you are going to that, please let me know. Thanks!

I remember long ago that a person posted a link to a site containing lots of interviews with magicians. Each were like an hour long, and it indluded many of my favorite magicians. I have since forgotten the website. And i couldnt find anything with the search bar. So if anyone knows of this...

So I'm starting to get more and more into stage magic. Therefore i thought i should purchase the 2 most iconic stage effects ever: The Appearing and Vanishing Cane. Both of these effects require silks. So I wanna ask the people out there that use these effect regularly: What size silk is...

I've been pretty interested in a particular effect that seems to be getting more and more popular. I've seen countless magicians use it in their stage/manipulations acts. It's called: The Lean. For those of you who dont know, the Lean is basically an effect where the magician is able to lean...

Hey guys, I recently attended Tannen's Magic Camp a couple weeks ago. And during the camp, they give out a kit full of random magic stuff. This year, they gave us The Collected Almanac by Richard Kaufman as part of that kit. Many of the counselors there say that it's the best magic book in the...

Hey guys, i'm planning a manipulation act and i'm searching for some music to go along with it. I know many of you already do stage acts with music so i wanna ask: How do you find music. Do i have to look through iTunes all day till i find the right ones? Or is there an easier way? I'm mainly...

I've heard about watch stealing for quite some time now but i thought it was way too impractical. But i recently bought a Coin Under Watch effect and i tried it out, and it actually worked. So now i feel i can get away with watch stealing. Plus, it can add a good kicker to any routine. So...

I'm gonna be volunteering at a couple of senior centers this summer performing magic. This is the first time i've ever done a formal show so i'm starting to put my act together now. I'm having some trouble thinking of a good first trick. I want a trick that will instantly establish me as a...

Now I'm not a loser. I have lots of friends and have dated several girls in my life and i know how to attract and flirt with women. So when i saw this dvd, i was quite surprised. Getting dates with magic? Isn't that kinda geeky? I just wanna ask: does the stuff on this dvd actually work...

A new video from the Virts showing the real card-shark Gambit from X-men Origins. This is the best video i've ever seen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYgde2ZXFcY

Ok, this problem has annoyed the f*cking crap out of me for the longest time. I see so many people doing magic for people using extremely unprofessional patter. I won't say any names but many of the people on these forums have this problem too. Professional magicians may know what i'm...

I'm a learning coin magician. I usually use half dollars to practice. But recently, by hand has been growing and half dollars are a little small. But i couldn't use dollar coins cuz they're too big. But one day, i looked in my kitchen cabinet, and i saw these small coins perfect for me...

Where can i learn the multiple click pass done in this video? It's done towards the end starting at 00:36 Any information will be appreciated.

My dad recently went to china, and he decided to buy some magic for me there. He brought back some gimmicks that the magic shop owner said "any good magician should recognize these gimmicks." One was WOW, the other was an optic wallet. But there's one gimmick that has me stumped. It's a...

Ok, so after reading Strong Magic, i have decided to reconsider the structure of all my effects. One of my favorite effects is a close-up nest of boxes routine (A coin is signed and vanished. The magician pulls out a box from his pocket sealed with a rubber band, inside is another box also with...

I wanna start learning some spellbound routines. I don't wanna do copper to silver cuz i think that's awfully dull. So i decided to do silver to chinese coins. Plus, i'm chinese myself so it fits my persona. I wanna purchase some chinese coins in variety of colors (black, red and blue). I...