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Blue for me all day everyday! I love the contrast of the red and black of the face of the cards to the blue. The red backs seem to get muddled with the red faces to me. But actually if I'm not using bicycle cards, any color back is great as long as it's not red. I just love the contrast a different color gives visually...

Such great advice that is so often relegated by aspiring pros.

There are so many EDC's. I always have a deck of cards on me. 👍😊👍😊

Pointless is killer..so nice

Tri colour for me and some billets!

Love that Ai Generated thumbnail xD Great vid!

For EDC-- you read my mind regarding always having Ring flight on my car key chain. Love that effect. More specifically it's the newer Yigel Mesika Ring flight where it's just one key and can easily go onto any keychain. Also have Jeff Prace''s Mon-Key on my keys. Have Gregory Wilson's Pointless in my day bag as well. Lastly, a ton of magic apps!! including DFB, Wikitest, etc !!!

Thank you for the video Brian. I'd love to meet Gaetano one day. Question: What about Illusion manufacturers. The asking price for any stage illusion is a lot. and the only way to buy from them is a wire transfer. including "reputable" ones. are there ways to be protected? specially for the insane prices

Is there anyway I can watch a full performance of this trick??

About 10:00min in.. So happy you said that! I've been messing around quite a bit with Pokémon cards and have a pipe dream of doing something with them. Thanks!

I under stand for a hot rod style effect but would you still do this with something like Richard Sanders Turbo stick? Its an actual paddle.

Extremely helpful and informative video about probably the most underused way of getting business! Thank you Michael 🙇🏽‍♂️

Hi Michael, very important video and very well done! It's also important to take at least 32% of what you earn for a gig and set it aside for potential tax consequences. Thanks again Michael for all you do! Your friend, David

So far the only two comments on this video are Irish and Scottish. Where you at America? Lol 😂

Would you be able to do a video about different ways to Market yourself as a magician? My local radio do advertisements for like 5 dollars a day and I think it could be a good investment for maybe a week to try out.

Magicians should invest in their self. Marketing, spend money to get good graphics, website and ad copy. Health, gym membership, healthy eating, life coach, therapist etc. Appearance, magicians should look at their physical appearance. Hygiene being important.

What if you Svengali ed a book with 10 shaved pages? Memorize 10 pages for back up.

More importantly, the artist in the street spent years learning and practicing painting (like an experienced magician), so if his total effort was put into a product, the painting would be thousands.

Putting together a graphic of costs and using the trick components as show and tell (the deck, the box, the design) would probably be helpful for those who do not typically think in business terms.

You got scammed the second you decided to buy a apple.

People are sooo literal, hence misunderstanding your analogies. God bless you for trying.

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People is used to value only THEIR time and Ideas, not someone elses. We live in a world where people is unable to put themselves in someone elses shoes

I go to Goodwill in richer or close to richer neighborhoods. Always got the good stuff!

Congratulations!

Congratulations Michael well deserved 🎉🎉🎉💪😊👏👍🪄✨️✨️🎊🎊🎊

Great video Michael. Class & quality costs money… 🙏🌅🎩

So for anyone like me who has ACTUAL small hands, DO NOT use misdirection. It takes away from the trick and most people don't fall for it, especially if you're performing to a group. Gambler's cop or tenkai is really your only options. 'But just use smaller cards duuuuddddee'. No. Don't. Some people will immediately become suspicious if the cards look too small, and bridge size bikes are A. difficult to source in bulk, B. Way more expensive, and C. Won't be compatible with most tricks on the market. And Waddingtons just don't have the same feel (and trick compatibility). Sorry to say your best options are to rework the trick to fit your hand size. Now that's not to say some moves can't be reworked. For example, I had to rework the Erdnase colour change by pushing further forwards and pulling back with the hand further forwards. There's practically no wiggle room and it took hours of practice, but I got there. It's a lot more work, but don't be disheartened. You can still be a magician with tinsy hands like mine 🫠

Great job. Well-deserved. Continue to provide your insightful, valuable information to the community and you will continue to be recognized (and praised) for your philanthropy.

I have never been scammed because I buy my magic ONLY from Micheal O’Brien. 😊

Interesting topic. Funny you mention de DLite because in 1995 spanish magician Juan Mayoral claimed Rocco had stolen that gimmick from him. But life went on and as an American magician Rocco was way more famous, so it was instituted as the original creator. Another way of intellectual robbery in which even the fame is robbed.

Interesting in hindsight how wrong you were about what the gimmick is. So simple yet so hard to guess

People spending hundreds of dollars for some sneakers, concert or cocktail because it's trendy, spending money on subscriptions of their favorite caster... because it's trendy, and complaining about being ripped off by authors and creators products that they don't care, because it's trendy. And that's not only new generations, stupidity and selfishness is equally spread across generations

At 20:10 , I think a good examples is Pyro Perception vs. branded

I guess i agree morally, but... Piracy exists, and complaing about it just because now it effects you, it's just a random useless rant. Mind that i'm a guy who bought from YOU pokemonte, and now that i'm changing it to better fit me, and that i know the istruction, i'm buying actual pokemon card and not buying it again from you. I follow you on youtube, i click "like" now and then, and i think its fair because i really want to support you...but... I dont think that "buy the original thing just to support me and stop complaing if you cannot afford it" is unfair the other way around. Why should always the last customer pay for the extra? Why murphy and penguin can "rip the creator off his money", and why is always the last customer that has to pay for it? Do you want us to support you? There s patron for that. No need for us to overpay something that can be cheaper. Is it fair? No Is the solution "not to make any more products"? I dont think so, because you are getting views, and people are using your creation and the thing spreads and yada yada yada... People are going to steal your download. People are going to reprint your special deck. Movies have been always pirated, music too. And it looks to me they are still around doing their thing. Is it fair? No..but it's the way it goes and if you are in the business, i guess you knew it already before realising the product and you had accounted for it. Love your thinking, love your products and video. Keep on! I dont think i deserve getting banned for this, but lets see what happens...

Preach! The fact is big corporations go after people infringing on their brand. Disney has a team of lawyers on retainer who do nothing but shut down illegal brand use. The more that this goes on, the less creators and innovators are going to be willing to release new material to magic industry.

Well said. I agree with everything you have said in this video. I have also created a bunch of magic effects but have hesitated to release them because of knock off artists.

There`s a saying in magic, that you have to know your audience. Magic is the art of deception. Expecting honesty for a bunch of scammers seems to be very optimistic to me. Sorry to say Michael: I`m absolutely not surprised of the reactions you got (and a quick look at the history of magic will confirm this is nothing new, as I`m sure you know already)

I actually was a pirate 8 years ago as living in Vietnam that time, it was really hard to buy the original materials. I also need to mention this that time English was not so popular in Vietnam. Therefore, people know English as well as understanding support the creator also rare. That’s how I became a pirate without knowing things. However, now everything changes. When I know the creators, I would like to be their friend and support them

Never quite liked this one, thought it was too obvious. Your handling is nice though, you must have had the same thought!

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Pokemon is far better