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Hi,

I'm Andy and I've been lurking around these boards for a while so I thought I should do the brave thing and actually sign up rather than hang around in the background as a 'guest' like a spectator at an orgy. Sure, it's fun to see people doing exciting things, but there is much more enjoyment to be had but getting stuck in and having a proper root around for the real treasures.

Er, glossing over that dubious metaphor, I should tell you more about my self.

I originally became interested in magic when, like a lot of kids , my parents bought my sister and me a magic set (Marvin's from Hamley's I believe). I rapidly lost interested after my first attempt at performing for grown ups ended up with me running away to cry because a certain member of the audience kept on explaining to everyone how I was doing the tricks. I will be the first to admit that I had done only the minimum amount of practice before hand, but what kind of *rse heckles an 8 year old? Maybe I should have stuck with it, and used the criticism to strength my future performances but instead I packed it all in as it was too hard (I think that qualifies as the least motivational story that could be presented to anyone who is just getting in to magic- it was difficult, I quit!).

Time passed, and I pretty much forgot about that particular hobby which had so rudely been torn away from me by some dick, but late one night I saw a now largely forgotten performer in a frock coat by the name of Darren Blown or something like that, do some kind of mind reading stuff on Channel 4 and I practically went mental.

All those experiences from my youth when magic had actually seemed liked MAGIC came flooding back. The idea of genuinly creating an emotional experience for someone, giving them a memory that they would need to tell all the friends and family about seems so powerful to me. And Derren made people forget things just by talking to them, how freakin' sweet would it be to screw with peoples heads!

I've been sodding about with cards and reading pretty much anything I can find about all types of magic for the last 5 years or so but after reading all the thought provoking comments from you clever (and also, I'm sure hugely attractive) lads and ladies I've made the decision to restart my education in this wonderful field by essentially starting from the beginning and relearning with much much MUCH more attention to detail.

My first step has been to buy Karl Furves lovely self-working card and mental tricks books with the express aim of working on presentation without having to worry about doing anything complicated or sneaky. I'm also going to work my way through the Royal Road again (my overhand shuffle has massively improved since I reread the chapter and really made the effort to make sure I was getting it right before even looking at any of the other sleights and tricks).

You may well find me popping up on these boards every so often, usually to ask pointlessly simple and painfully obvious questions, but I assure you, I am 100% serious about what I'm doing so any comments, criticisms and advice will always be hugely appreciated and I promise I will try to stop using badly thought out orgy metaphors.

If you've read through all of this waffle, thanks for letting me abuse your precious time.

Andy

Andy,( Hi)


work through all the fulves books, and royal road.

there is probably enough good, solid stuff to keep you occupied for the rest of your life!

Hi Andy

I am new to the site too and have similar experiences to yourself. I am sure we'll both be asking silly questions but its a learning curve.

A very Royal Road welcome from myself!

Simon

Hi Andy - welcome to TM

Hi guys, welcome to TM

No question is a stupid question.

FRK