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  1. Fredrick H.

    Please don't Pass by this question just because this is a Pass question...

    The pass is a finicky and for me regardless of hand size it is possible to do so without "flashing". That said with a move like the pass and when you flash its hard to know how to help without seeing how you naturally do the spread pass. No move is going to be 100% invisible. It becomes almost...
  2. Fredrick H.

    Stage Magic Can Really be Bad

    Little late to the game here but I have been talking with magicians about this recently. I think what the conversation has basically proven is that, while when magic on stage was in its heyday (Houdini, Thurston, etc) It was in some ways technologically advanced. It was ahead of the audience so...
  3. Fredrick H.

    Floating objects

    Yigal is a great place as is Losander. http://www.losander.me/epages/62364720.sf/en_US/?ObjectPath=/Shops/62364720/Categories/Teaching_DVDs1
  4. Fredrick H.

    Producing Cards Out of the Air

    https://store.theory11.com/products/card-manipulation-1-dan-sperry why no one has recommended Dan Sperry is beyond me. Great teaching, technique and advise and had lots of techniques and basics for multi card productions.
  5. Fredrick H.

    Etsy for magic = Forged

    Gaff training would be a great idea. I'd love to see more magicians able to make unique magic with their own made gaff. I think it could be nice to have a "special gaff" area where you can request a unique gaff that maybe isn't normal. I've been working on a card gaff for a while now and...
  6. Fredrick H.

    Etsy for magic = Forged

    It could be good. But is it a market that wants it? If I need a coin gaff there are only two people I would go to for it because its good quality. The same is true for card gaffs. I actually make my own card gaffs, after practicing with a good stack of decks I can make a decent quality gaff...
  7. Fredrick H.

    Double turnover get ready

    I mean that I have been doing it for so long that I no longer "get ready" with a thumb count. Thus as I execute the double turnover I'm already ready as the lift happens. There is a small discrepancy that if someone were standing in the right position and glaring at my hands they might notice...
  8. Fredrick H.

    Double turnover get ready

    I honestly have been doing a thumb count for as long as I have been doing magic. Which is about 14 years. I have only once or twice been "caught" if you want to call it that. Its simple why it can work. I do it so much I don't think about it. I don't bring attention to the cards till I am...
  9. Fredrick H.

    Constructive criticism for my first routine?

    I don't doubt that it is the original signed card. The problem arises in the psychology of the set up and story. As a spectator it can become obvious as soon as you mention the guy "never finished the trick" I feel like by that point we all know the card will be in the box. We don't expect the...
  10. Fredrick H.

    Restore card trick

    You mean regeneration by Blake vogt? Found on this website? With a 20 second search? https://store.theory11.com/products/regeneration-by-blake-vogt
  11. Fredrick H.

    What is the most direct way to force the number 5?

    I did an experiment once a long time ago. I asked people just one question. To pick a number between one and ten. One group I asked the question with no force the other question I did a force for the number 7. The force group did in fact pick the number 7 way more than the control group. It can...
  12. Fredrick H.

    Constructive criticism for my first routine?

    First off, kudos to you for working on your own trick. I don't think I'd call this a routine though as it usually involves multiple phases and you only have one effect. With that said the effect itself: Premise: it's good, I like the story it's a fun ploy to have you being shown magic...
  13. Fredrick H.

    NEW MAGICIAN ALERT

    SO here is the thing, everyone is going to give you their two cents about what is best. The best thing to do is start somewhere good and 9 times out of 10 its a book. Royal road to card magic, Card College, By Forces Unseen (by no means a beginner book, but I love it). Also when RealityOne gives...
  14. Fredrick H.

    For The Ambitious.

    I agree the DL's stop the rhythm you are creating and visually it stops the performance. I also would be carefully with your Marlow tilt, because it definitely looked obvious what you were doing when you get ready for the DL I have a simple way to cover that that I use if you want to pm me. The...
  15. Fredrick H.

    Top Ten Close up illusions

    Guess I am a little late for the original conversation but I will give my top ten here. Currently I'm on a kick with classic if magic from great magicians. 1- socked coins by tommy wonder 2- coins across by tommy wonder 3- odd man out by me (my ACR) 4- Fiber Optics by Richard Sanders 5-...
  16. Fredrick H.

    Magic Importance.

    That is not at all what I am saying. If one chooses to have an effect for the sake of fun (which I do) it can be justified in its use. And I'd ask for you not to assume again my character as a magician as "I am a magician your not so deal with it" mentality. I love performing for people as a...
  17. Fredrick H.

    Magic Importance.

    These are two great points. I would honestly say that you have justified why the card jump to the top. The effect is because I can. The fact that your a magician is the justification in that sense. For my Ambitious routine the signed card is forced to the top against my will be the other cards...
  18. Fredrick H.

    Magic Importance.

    Yes it makes perfect sense. This is what makes for great magic, just a bit of fore thought. Which comes back to those questions you need to ask before doing a piece of magic. I think a lot of "look at me!" magic can easily become much audience involving and intimate when proper set up is done...
  19. Fredrick H.

    Magic Importance.

    If any one has read my posts before I always shoot for Justification first. I guess you could argue that "practical" is similar but I get tired of seeing effects that are practical in their use (often meaning they are simple and require little set up) but impractical in their justification...
  20. Fredrick H.

    Roy Kueppers excellent customer service

    I love Roy, he is honest, does good work, and has made me both of my Tommy wonder routines, Coins across and socked coins. He is very easy to contact too and discuss custom work.
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