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 …
One of the toughest things of performing and teaching magic on DVD, is seeing yourself do things that are wrong, or not effective at all. One of the better things is getting to actually notice and remedy things. So here’s a list of bad habits I have had myself, and now pass on to you. Not engaging with misdirection. This …
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 …
WARNING – This is only for proper card trick nerds. Not even, like, people who really like card tricks. But the proper geeks (like me) that love not only card tricks, but how they are constructed (like me) and who scrutinise them all in far more detail than they were ever meant to withstand (like me) and who genuinely consider …
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 …
This is one of my pet hates, and something that really needs addressing. Yes, it ‘works’, it ‘flies by’ and all those other terms that magicians use to justify not changing something that is pants because of the effort involved, but I’m calling a day on this one – and if I’m not going to do it anymore, you can …