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  1. Craig Browning

    Stage magic trick?

    The audition for a talent show you rarely get much more than 2 minutes, so rethink your list. For an act you can't just toss a pile of tricks out there; it must hold some form of constant. Go to youtube and check out videos of the classic silent acts like Lance Burton's Dove act, Richard Ross...
  2. Craig Browning

    How to work through a book?

    You start at the beginning and work your way to the back . . . FIRST! That is to say, read through the book as you would any book. Do Not try learning any of the effects just yet, just read and learn at the mind's level (intellectually). Then go back and start studying the material. Some...
  3. Craig Browning

    Quitting Cardistry To Do Magic....

    Most magicians develop a kind of co-dependency on playing cards that's unhealthy and certainly doesn't adhere to the public's POV (most people moan when it comes to card tricks and many will fall asleep by the 3rd one in your set); this problem is so well known that magicians that actually work...
  4. Craig Browning

    Visual close up magic

    Please tell me English isn't your first language. . . oi vey! Magicians are supposed to be EDUCATED or as the movie says, "The smartest person in the room" and that as the rule would suggest that we know how to spell, what versions of a word to use for proper syntax, etc. We also know how to...
  5. Craig Browning

    Stage magic trick?

    For starters, the Floating Rose is a Kevin James effect if you're thinking of the one that starts off with a paper rose, etc. Secondly, it takes a good six months just to learn the basic handling to the point of being ready to do it for a real audience. . . my step son tried learning it and it...
  6. Craig Browning

    Performance Advice

    You do realize that you've contradicted yourself in this post, right? First you're "capable of conversing with anyone at any moment and win them over" and then you're saying that you can't do it. . . hmmm? Book knowledge is not the same as applicable knowledge in most instances in that you...
  7. Craig Browning

    How do you find time to practice?

    I've just recently taken on the challenge of learning a very ancient magic system that will envelop at least the next 3 years of my life, just to learn the basics and get the routine down well enough (to my standards, at least) to present completely. . . there's literally over 1,000 moves in...
  8. Craig Browning

    Magic that looks like real magic?

    As I mention earlier in this thread, the Urban~Shaman thing is a relatively "new" movement or more correctly, an old idea that has seen tremendous shifts in the past decade via which more and more (mostly younger) people are wanting to capture the way Magick was done in more primitive times; not...
  9. Craig Browning

    Magic that looks like real magic?

    On this particular example; my very simple routine with a lotta bowl is very involved. I use a Native American theme and literally cast a circle in the traditional way, using a pipe to send prayers to the 4 directions, smudge the whole gambit that would be involved with a spiritual ceremony in...
  10. Craig Browning

    Where to get copper silver brass?

    http://johnsonmagicproducts.com/shop/ Name a gaffed coin routine and Johnsons probably made the original to it. . . http://www.johnsonmagicproducts.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=44&products_id=26&zenid=95bea3aff347f0949f72273f6c8695a6 The link to your desired effect.
  11. Craig Browning

    Magic that looks like real magic?

    Actually people believed that Houdini dematerialized in order to perform his escapes, that Doug Henning used TM so as to walk through solid block walls and Copperfield used the Kabala so as to allow him to fly. . . there are many in the public that think illusions are legit because magicians...
  12. Craig Browning

    Magic that looks like real magic?

    There is a growing movement within the magic underground that we've spoken on a few times here, known as Urban~Shamanism; the main focus of which is to create Magick vs. Magic -- to present magic that in a manner that takes away from the idea that it's just trickery and alludes to the...
  13. Craig Browning

    Help antique ring!

    You might look up a Magic Collector like Joe Stevens @ Stevens Magic, and ask them.
  14. Craig Browning

    Newbie Questions. . .

    Ok guys. . . stop laughing. . . :o I'm working on some material and want to do a Haunted Pack using Tarot Cards. . . I'm asking for suggestions as to what will be the best method for doing this given the weight and size differences over playing cards. . . which loops or ITR devices would be...
  15. Craig Browning

    GoPro

    Oi Vey!. . . NO KITS EXIST YOU MUST STUDY. . . that means using those clunky old things known as BOOKS, acquiring the physical props and PRACTICING. If you are out to learn quick tricks you won't make it through the ranks because you'll be seen as being the same thing that's already available...
  16. Craig Browning

    Needing Feedback

    ​I'm in a rather strange position; I'm being asked to create a presentation for the City Council and Planning Boards pertaining to Busking and how to create a positive image when it comes to performing talent and our community; basically, how to use such talent as a novelty by which to draw...
  17. Craig Browning

    What should I do to pass an audition?

    Remember that most of the acts auditioning for this kind of show are just that "an act" -- they are established and have solid and proven routines they've done over and over again so they are smooth. With that in mind, are you as prepared? Do you have enough material for doing a stage program...
  18. Craig Browning

    Impression Device Clipboard

    You cannot use soft tip pens but rather ball point type pens or pencils. . . no sharpies! This is common of most any imp pad. But do understand, those pads that do require the special pen, such as Parapad, have their merits. I know of guys that won't do a show without their Parapad they love...
  19. Craig Browning

    Impression Device Clipboard

    The absolute best are made by John Riggs. He even makes a special gaffed book as well as small pocket notebooks, post-it pads, memo pads and a most excellent professional's note book. Don't expect quick service, John still works full time and makes the pads to order so expect to wait a couple...
  20. Craig Browning

    Career paths that aid your magic?

    Business Major and if you can handle the workload counseling/psych as well as theater as minors; these are the big 3. You can always find work in counseling though the pay may not be all so great initially. To improve on that point get certified in Hypnotherapy so that you have a specialty...
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