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I’ll be heading to Seville, Spain and Luz, Portugal for the holidays and I would love to check out the local magic scene in both places. Sadly Seville is on the opposite side of the country from Barcelona, so I probably won’t be able to find Juan Tamariz or Dani DaOrtiz, but I’d love to find...

I've been working as a magician at a haunted house for a few years. My character is primarily silent, which limits the effects I can perform. My usual performance list includes a few card tricks, simple one coin routines, sponge balls, rubber bands, ring routines, and the human blockhead...

I would ungimmicked, but either would work.

That is a beautiful routine, very reminiscent of the “This or That” trick. It seems like a fairly simple sequence of Elmsley counts, so if you experiment with that, you can probably come up with something like it.

I’m looking to add a straight jacket escape to my act in the near future. Does anybody have any suggestions for the best place to buy a a good, high quality straight jacket?

I'm just curious if anybody knows this. Is Penn & Teller Fool Us something you can audition for? Or is it by invite only?

I remember watching Daniel Garcia’s Bent Touch Slink project several years ago. In it, he talked about a specific coin bending tool that really intrigued me but I can’t remember what it was called. Does anybody know what the tool is called and possibly the best place where I can find one?

I'm looking to expand my magic library. What books do you guys have? I have Expert at the Card Table and Modern Coin Magic.

I learned how to do it off of Scam School. I started using Q-tips and found that as long as you don't rush it, you should be able to get it fairly quickly. I actually use it in my act now when I perform at haunted houses around Halloween. It is a little more nerve racking to do it with a...

I recently watched a few clips on YouTube of several magicians doing effects with live butterflies. I think they're absolutely beautiful and have been trying to do some research on the subject, but the majority of what I find is either butterfly themed prop magic, or the butterfly effect card...

I saw this fantastic clip on youtube of Rocco Silano performing a routine with butterflies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRAzp1LuBro). Does anybody know where I can learn something like this?

I'm getting more interested in mentalism. I've been doing magic for several years and I know a few mind reading and mentalism effects, but I want to take this to the next level. What are some great mentalism effects? What are the best ways to practice mentalism? If you know of any lesser...

OK, so I've been doing magic for about 6 years now, along with balloon twisting, and I'm picking up fire eating. I've done restaurant work and birthday parties. Now I want to get myself really out there. How do I become a touring magician? How do I get on cruise ships? How do I get on TV...

What is the best way to go from just showing your friends some tricks to becoming a professional magician?

I don't think there's a right or wrong way to practice. What I typically do is I watch the tutorial a couple times, try to follow along, then practice that flourish or sleight until either I can do it somewhat well or I get really ticked off at it. Everybody's different though.

My friend, when I was a year old magician, I barely knew what a classic pass was. Yours looks pretty awesome from what I saw. My advice is to keep practicing. Also, if you incorporate a movement of the arms, it looks a lot better. Here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKx0zy2RZck.

The easiest way I can imagine is just do a switch several times. That involves palming though.

The best advice I ever got on this subject is to just do it. Wayne Houchin once talked about this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXBa5l9Wcw4

I have a real problem with performing effects that involve some sort of gimmick, either purchased (i.e. Electric Touch, M5, Superman, etc.) or homemade (i.e. TnR, Tagged, Factory Sealed, etc.). What would you guys recommend to get over this, I guess, phobia.

I usually do a variation on Joel Paschall's Death to the Double Undercut. http://www.theory11.com/tricks/death-to-the-double-undercut.php?ref=s