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Long shot, but does anyone know what music is used on this video by Daniel Madison? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KspXQMkPOA0 Thanks guys.

I have to say that I'm rather disappointed with all this concentrating on the quality of the video submitted. Obviously there has to be a certain bar, but HD? Fancy editing? Hollywood style titles? Errr......great.....now, how about the quality of the trick? That's what I'm paying for. The...

You've kind of answered your own question there Aaron. Your family obviously know you haven't been hypnotising people for years, your friends included. You're asking why its not working, there's your answer. You have to try it on strangers I'm afraid, and make sure they believe you know what...

Try cards4magic.co.uk They do pretty much everything gaff wise. Great service too.

Completely agree. 13 Steps is really all you need, and Three Little Questions is a great mentalism effect. It was good enough for Luke Jermay...hopefully some of you will know what I mean. Some people believe magic and mentalism can't be mixed, but why not start off with magic and then ease into...

I went to see this show in London, and the lady that was called up for the Living Memory trick had a really strong reaction too. It was a real moment. If you read Absolute Magic, you'll see how important Derren considers the personal touch to be in his effects. With this, he really shows you...

The Manchurian Approach or Reality Is Plastic is all you need apart from the confidence to go out and do it. Have to say, I can't recall James Brown talking you through any inductions in The Professional Opportunist. He does go through little things like getting someone's hands to stick...

It all started with this guy called Criss Angel...

Use Vernon's Multiple Shift. Any number of cards controlled to the bottom, from there you can bottom deal your way into a great poker hand.

Imagine that somebody else at the party loves playing the guitar. Do they take their guitar with them and play it to people too polite to say no? What about someone who reads a lot. Do they take books and ask everyone else to be quiet whilst they concentrate? Performing magic doesn't elevate you...

Also check out Lorayne's How To Develop A Super Power Memory.

The subject puts themselves into a hypnotic trance, the hypnotist merely leads them there. Some may see hypnosis as a kind of power they can wield over anyone and get them to do as they command, but it doesn't work like that. The subject must be willing. That said, once under they will be very...

In Tommy Wonder's The Books of Wonder Volume 1, he speaks of something he calls the Pavlov Effect. The amount of times magicians use the word 'Psychology' in completely the wrong context annoys me, so rather than going into it i'll simply say if you want to know who Pavlov is Google it, you may...

It sounds like you're using Jacquin's magnetic hands here? You might be lucky to find someone who will go under straight from magnetic hands. Have you tried the stiff arm yet? Any joy there? The stiff arm is a sign that they are susceptible to both the hypnotic process and your instruction which...

First of all, get the idea of 'practicing' out of your head. If the books you listed have taught you anything, surely it's that you have to BE the hypnotist. So you're not practicing, you're going to go out and do it. If you don't feel confident enough, wait until you are. By all means rehearse...

Can i just ask, to all you guys saying that you don't make much money out of magic DVDs, is this an empirical view you're taking? You guys have all made them, put them out, and found yourself potless? Have to say i think you're under-estimating how easily today's technology allows us to...

I think you're all missing out on the idea of misdirection. If this is a control, and you're not using the face up move as some kind of visual colour change, then you don't need to examine every last detail because you'll be taking your spectator's eyes elsewhere. This move could be done in...

It's natural for people to guess how you did something. The thing that always gets me is performing Out Of This World. I use Derren Brown's version (with some subtleties of my own), and it's very clean. People always assume i somehow changed the cards around so they're sorted into red and...

There has been similar mumblings on the Talk Magic site too about Jermay's 'approach' to business over the years. Apparently - and we must remember that some of this may be exaggerated hearsay - he was once taken to court for not delivering products paid for. I find it hard to believe that...

You can also bend the cards length wise too. I used to find my decks would often be bent in a concave fashion from practicisng the one handed riffle shuffle. After this, the TG deck flip move wouldn't be a problem. I too used to find one card flying off, but i would occasionally work it into...