by mysticpig » Sep 3rd, '07, 10:12
OK, nowadays, everyone is learning magic from the interenet, i am, you are, and thats cool, it works its easy its free / cheap. but one piece of advice, books are better. each book is packed with 100 tricks, and is half the cost of a dvd. i understand books may aswel be written in the form of incan, as they are so hard to comprehend, but it is worth it. the thing with the internet dvds and ellusionist / penguin magic, is they sell the famous effects, 2 card monte, and other criss angel, david blaine kinda street things. again i use loads of these, they work, but in reality, you have to be a certain type of performer, i mean look at david baline, and angel, they are "freaks" so the tricks work for them. the stuff in books lets you make it your own, and allow you to adapt it for yourself.
anyway there are some good dvds out there and old VHS tapes are worth checking out aswel, but books in general are the way forward.