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    Gaff cards... what's your opinion?

    Hey TheatreHead - I actually forgot that I wrote: In the end...Gimmicks should be as hidden as your pass. That was my actual point - that proper use - for the most part - (because some effects alllow you to have the double backer selected, blank faces, etc - bring the gimmick into play -...
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    Nyuck...Nyuck...YUCK!

    My point - even GREAT performers can use poor technique - and I don't think Daryl or Bill Malone would choose to use stooges in this manner. I thought that video highlighed all the issues with stooges: Bad acting. Poor reactions due to the "too perfect theory" - anyhow. I don't see what...
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    Nyuck...Nyuck...YUCK!

    Hmm, yeah, when you have to tell your audience when it is "time to freak out", perhaps not as invisible a technique as you may think. Moreover, I am not sure what level of success overall has to do with using poor technique. Angel is pretty successful too...yet still takes heat from LAY...
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    Gaff cards... what's your opinion?

    Umm, I don't agree with that fully - misdirection does make it hidden, so your statement doesn't make full sense. However, good technique still needs to be provided, misdirection just helps render it more "invisible".
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    Gaff cards... what's your opinion?

    After talking with a good friend of mine, and award winning magician, about an idea I had on gimmicks; he decided to write this. He sent it to me to put up on the forum, but it was at a time I left the group. As of recent, had this published in a Canadian Magic Magazine. I have been waiting...
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    A Little Bit of Live Magic

    "What you could have done here..." IS: Coin to wallet – NOT moved your hand so quickly to your pocket – anything that happens from the time they see the coin, to the time it vanishes is considered the “critical interval” or in laymen’s terms – the part where they think you did something –...
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    Some thoughts?

    Well put Scarecrow. I guess the question people ask next is - If I know my venue is real world, and not videos, than I want to prepare with the sleights that offer me the most flexibility, are angle efficient, and look natural, then I don't want to learn every sleight, as I would rather...
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    Which way would you prefer?

    I would rather mess up the trick, and use an out when possible, then reveal the method. I have messed up tricks, but not revealed the method. Ended with a strong out, and then showed the trick I wanted on the very next trick. No loss. If you expose the method, you can't do that. As for...
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    Dribbling cards while performing...

    Don't post until you watch this video: http://www.doublefacers.com/2008/11/lesson-1-visual-noise/ It saved me a rant - in short - try not to dribble cards. I will word it to you in a way that relates: Dribbling and "fiddling" with cards is equal to when someone is giving a speech, and...
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    Some thoughts?

    I don't necessarily disagree with you here, as I do think the difficulty of sleights shouldn't be a consideration of why you do or don't do something. However, I do want to state that the GOAT change does have issues, and looking at a sleight critically is important. It doesn't matter how...
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    Giving IT Away

    There is also a difference in people that find the resources, and people that LEARN the resources. You can own 1000 videos and 1000 books, and still suck. If this is true - why should we spoon feed? There is a big difference in being stuck on something and needing help, and just...
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    Giving IT Away

    We are all responsible for each other - if we care about magic - we care about how it is approached. Sure, we can't stop exposure, but we can create a culture. This culture can exist in this forum. It demands respect from members, not only in how they treat each other, but how they share...
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    Giving IT Away

    Which brings me to my second reason for bringing this up – I am taking a marketing program from a guy that speaks to the top 1% of all people that work in Financial Planning. The course isn’t cheap, and it is promised to triple your business or your money back. He said something about his...
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    Giving IT Away

    Recently, I mentioned an effect out of the Harris books in an A of A thread. I had someone PM me and ask me what the effect was. I replied, “I will give you 3 guesses” and he replied back, “It would be more useful if you just told me”...that quessing 3 out of 70-80 effects was "hardly odds...
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    Tons of performing, Michael Trautman, and a punk magician.

    For the sleight part - if you know how clipshift is done, and can tell it is being done by movement...hmm, this is a hard one, because I would ask - is the movement natural enough to fool - or is the movement enough to forecast the moment. I hate clipshift, it is like the ego change...it only...
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    Tons of performing, Michael Trautman, and a punk magician.

    Glad you feel this way - and like I said - you are not the only one to take this path, as it may be instinctual, as a defense mechanism. We often look to others to find fault, as few will look at themselves to see fault first. However, more often than not, this is a great opportunity for you -...
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    Being Fooled By A Beginner

    I love magic - I don't like saying getting fooled, because I don't like getting fooled. Like one time in University, I set up one of those snappers (cap from a cap gun and a metal spring) under some Maxim Magazines - and went upstairs to my appartment. A hour later, my friends and I swore we...
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    Tons of performing, Michael Trautman, and a punk magician.

    Please don't take this personally - as it is NOT a personal attack - but am about to use you as an example - and I apolagize now for it. BUT - I do this because THIS IS A COMMON BELIEF ON HOW TO MANAGE YOUR AUDIENCE AND IT IS WRONG! NOW LET ME EXPLAIN WHY: Ever have an audience member say -...
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    Tons of performing, Michael Trautman, and a punk magician.

    I am going to reply to this before I watch your performance, as it may taint or skew my words. You never know with magicians. Anyhow - my first paragraph - let me reword - that effect you mentioned was a killer...it is obvious you are confident and excited about that one, moreso than the...
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    Public Libraries?

    Haha, yeah dudes, as for saying "KEEP THE BOOK" that is a joke! I won't lie, I have "borrowed" without intent to return and without the knowledge of the Librarian when I was young and starting magic...and I have heard that story from many greats. Stating, the book was so good I felt...
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