I don’t really perform a lot of mentalism – there’s only so much writing things down and raising eyebrows that I can do before the thought settles that I really should be trying a bit harder. One of the regular tricks I do use though, is Phill Smith’s Humint – it’s just cool. A mate of mine said ‘I like …
This isn’t really relevant to magic, or tricks, but more of a business thing that I’ve recently adopted, and has had good results. Of course, if you are a professional performer, or a magic dealer smaller than Kaymar (as in, nobody) then you might find it equally useful. Part of being self-employed is the ups and downs. A non-regular income …
I’ve never been really into fooling magicians – it actually amazes me that there is a whole sub-genre of card guys that concentrate on fooling each other, and that it’s a thing. But it’s a thing. When I fool a magician, it’s usually by accident. One time, when I first started my secondary school, one of the teachers overheard me …
Doing any routine that is a prediction has several problems to overcome (when I perform them, that is). There’s the issue of the fact that being able to see into the future is a bit too unbelievable, and if it were something you could actually do, using it to foresee a selected playing card would probably be pretty far down …
Well, this is a good question. Firstly, I love reading, writing and thinking about magic – it is literally 80% of my day (I eat a lot). Every day. All the time. I’d thought about a magazine as an outlet for my assorted nonsense, but having spoken to editors and producers, not ONE of them managed a convincing ‘Yeah, running …