Learning Pickpocketing, Dealing With Hecklers, Festival EDC's & More! | Q&A With Craig Petty

[@donaldj.wrightdds6822]

32:52 Thank you SO much for ALL you do for the Magic Community. After being away from magic for about 40 years, I did my first Public, house party gig this weekend. Thanks for all your tips, advice etc., I KILLED with a 40 minute set that ended with E2 " Card in shoe". Are you going to be adding routines to the E2 project. Thanks for ALL you do!

[@prateek2950]

Hey Craig great Q&A you are really helpful always ...I've got few questions hope you'll answer : 1. you mentioned a craig petty wallet is on the way,please take my money now 🤣..if it's possible can you please tell of its for magicians or more focused towards mentalism ..? 2. What are the best methods according to you to get from a shuffled deck to a memorised stack deck in front of spectators and where to learn them ..? 3.using mentalism and cold reading methods in methods like tarot,astrology etc to give advice (which may or may not become helpful in future for them) is it ethical in your opinion ..?

[@nickroberts-xf7oq]

Michael Eaton bought his first magic trick from me, at the magic shop I worked at in the 90s. 🎉 He wasn't even old enough to drive . 😊 He definitely knows his stuff in magic !

[@bryzalpha]

Hi Craig! Hope all is well with you. Thank you for doing these awesome Q&As. I could really use some advice. Whenever I'm out and about with friends or family members and I'm asked to do a trick, I become seized with fear, almost like stage fright and instantly forget every trick I've ever learned. I then usually remember that I'm carrying Nightshade on me (as that's my EDC), but I still don't perform because I feel my hands shaking and don't want to mess it up. I'd feel as though I'd let you as the creator of Nightshade down, as well as the magic community with a poor performance that might end up flashing and exposing the trick. Then on the flip side, I later on feel guilty for not performing and unworthy of being a magician if I can't perform a simple trick for some friends who would have probably loved it anyway. I know this may be a very "hobbyist" problem to have, but I fell like it is keeping me from progressing in my magical journey. Any advice you or anyone can give would be much appreciated.

[@JamesHigroundMagic]

Hi Craig! First of all thank you so so so so so much for everything you contribute to the magic Community, you are a 90% of the reason why I am as confident and skilled as I am already and working in newer things at my first restaurant residence residency! thank you thank you. Question: I'm working on a borrowed ring to ring flite (flite) through the use of a finger vanish and some flash paper.. Struggling with a convincing fold technique that conceals the "ring" without it all unwrapping in my (or hopefully another spectators hand) - are there any recommendations that you have for making the folded/wadded up Flash paper look more convincing like a ring is shaped inside of it? Surely a technique the giants have established by now. Thanks again

[@RadioManJ]

Hi Craig and thanks for all the amazing content you share on the channel and the Netrix. I have one one question about multiple out routines. I feel like these routines are amazing and very magical, if seen once. However, the method becomes pretty obvious if someone sees a second performance of the same trick, or even just talks with someone else who has seen another performance. How do you deal with this in a table-hopping environment? Do you avoid multiple out tricks if, for example, you are at a wedding and you know that people sitting at a specific table will most probably talk, after you leave, with people sitting at other tables? Thanks!

[@themagicofseth]

Festival magic idea, I work music festivals often and something i like to do is setup DFB with a list of the festival's lineup. I'll reach out to whichever artist I'm planning on forcing, and ask them for stickers. Put the sticker in a prediction envelope. The reveal is fun, and whichever artist whose stickers you chose gets extra promotion

[@ianwalton389]

Hi Craig, I am well thank you hope you and your family are well also 🙂 Thank you sooo much for your cryptic answer - this is superb news!!!! Cannot wait to see what you come up with!! 🙂 I will start saving now 🙂!!!

[@robbymayer5987]

You rock Craig! Seriously you and this channel helped reignite my passion for Magic and Mentalism. I Was wondering if you could share some ideas or routines that involve using a normal thumb tip but for mentalism? I feel like the thumb tip is one of the best utility prompts of all time. I'm getting more into mentalism and just wondering if there are some hidden gems that I'm not aware of for using the regular thumb tip as a Mentalist. Thanks! 🧙🏻‍♂️🔮🪄🎱

[@AndyCooper761]

The guitar pick trick is ProPick by Kris Rubens. As a professional guitar player, I really wanted to get a copy but couldn’t find it anywhere. Instead I picked up one of these cheesy pop star card decks, and marked a force pop star (and crimped it so the spectator can shuffle). Once I’ve cut it to the top, I then deal off a number of cards and use the pateo force - and the ‘freely’ chosen pop star, from a shuffled deck, matches my prediction, or the ring tone on my phone etc

[@AndyPut94]

Hey Craig, Sended you a reminder again on messenger, I won't give up! Thank you for the anwsers last week! Now questions : 1. Do you know a bill to card routine. What i mean is a 10/20/50 euro/pound/dollar bill that visually switches in to a credit/bank card. I only know one from Peter Eggink and Armanujjaman Abir called Cash Card But thats not the trick i fancy the most. 2. The use of AI in magic At the explanation of the main routine of the infinity deck Lloyd Barnes told that you can create a prediction with AI, so i did that for the koran reveal with person/dog/house/flower and it really slays people. so thanks for that! But do (or maybe even Lloyd) have more ideas for using AI with magic tricks/routines? Maybe it is possible to have a longer video with you and Lloyd about the use of AI in magic? Keep doing the good work! Kind regards, Andy Put

[@y0uri0]

Heya craig, thanks for answering my questions last week! Really appreciate it everytime you do it so thank you!! I had a few more questions I hope you could answer 1: do you know any fun tricks that use the concept of manipulating ink? (Like for example drawing an object and pulling it out or moving ink from one place to another)? 2: what Jumbo coin do you always use/recommend? And is it important to have the jumbo coin match the smaller coin you use? 3: I was wondering if you have a video of where to go or what to do when you have a magic trick concept but don't know where to go from there? (Like for example how to get a manufacturer to make your prop)

[@johnrice773]

Any chance you would bring back the hidden gems segments?

[@Davidblaine18]

Exactly

[@Mysteryman000]

Hi Craig, on an older video you talked about using a regular permanent sharpie marker on a dry erase acro index gimmick, i was wondering what did you use to erase it off the card ?

[@dvishanmagician]

What is a kicker end for a rubber band routine like the equivalent of a jumbo coin or omni deck

[@Ck_magic]

Hey Craig I am a big time cube magician and I am looking for some motivation for why I use a paper bag as a prop. I’m trying to make a script that is emotional and I can never find craft a good script. So I guess I’m asking how do I make a meaningful script and justify props?

[@jrwmagic]

Hey Craig, hope you're well, I'm currently working on a stage routine with an object to ball of wool, and wondered if you had any recommendations/ideas of your own. Thanks, Jack

[@ulyssesslud1]

Hi Craig - Jonathan Friedman teaches the guitar pick routine on his PENGUIN LIVE performance. If I recall he has other music themed effects on that video.

[@Mysteryman000]

Have you ever performed half dyed silk ? if so what are your thoughts on the effect.

[@magichuman782]

What are the best kind of tricks to do for restaurant magic and should you do different tricks for different tables or just keep everything the same? And where is the best place to get started in cube magic?

[@Cjlc010]

Hi Craig, in your opinion what's the best vanishing deck for real world close up performances?

[@keithrunion]

Do you know where i can find a performance video of Bob Farmers Deja Voodoo?

[@keithrunion]

On Alakazam Studio live with simon lipkin he has a Spotify force as well... For the guy asking about tricks with music

[@dvishanmagician]

I’ve usually never had this issue ever before but yesterday I did cube to chocolate to a 5 or 6 year old and she literally just said before the trick started I can feel something under the cube and then after it changed she said I felt the chocolate there before. Never happened before but what should I have done here bearing in mind all those people were like 5

[@ScottishDave83]

Hi Craig loving the content and so glad you stayed with us and never left the community after the carry on few months ago I picked up your infinity deck and you and lloyd did fantastic job on it and love it I was wondering if you where interested to see on a different reset I have to the main routine , which allows the spectator to deal the cards out in phase two and three . I found once you go throughout the performance at each stage ,it was up to the magician to put the cards out into piles and which spectator won't be expecting anything , I felt took the magic out of the spectator hands when they deal the cards out at each stage . Not taking anything away from you guys and don't want seem disrespectful at all. Was just slight change Love your work and if your interested where is best to post the video to yourself?

[@vinodfurtado]

The greatest wallet.. i believe you sir. this will be a final wallet for everyone. ensure you make such a one. please ensure the wallet is able to go no palm and palm to wallet both.. peeks , z feature etc all in one

[@adriansuter3354]

You said that spectators being bored bedcause they've seen a trick on BGT is not an issue. Depending on the audience, the answer could be "magic is like sex: it is so much better when you experience it live!" My follow-up question: Do you experience the situation that spectators are excited to watch a trick they've seen on TV before, or even request a specific trick that they have seen in a TV show? How do you react to such "can you do what Dynamo/Derren Brown/David Blaine did" requests?

[@adriansuter3354]

Hi Craig, with the fire that burnt down Vanishing Inc.'s warehouse, many people including myself want to support them by buying their digital products. Which of their masterclasses (or other downloads) would you recommend, and why?

[@jamesjoel1163]

Hi Craig, was wondering what are the self-lighting candles Ryland uses in the Harry Potter Act, and where to get them?

[@Mysteryman000]

Have you ever performed torn and restored newspaper ? and do you think it can still be performed in todays age.

[@dvishanmagician]

I won’t name who he is but a popular well respected magician was at a wedding faryre I was at and he subtly tried to discourage me from doing probably because he knew I was doing it at a much cheaper rate than him (not intentionally) and therefore the couples may be more likely to pick me and he might get less work from it. So he discouraged and tried to scare ne off by asking me at the end how many bookings I got. I said none and he was like well I got 3 so maybe your suited to doing Indian weddings. He wasn’t rude at all because it was subtle but do you think this is fine what he was doing or wrong

[@adriansuter3354]

Have you ever given a trick a bad review and later watched another magician's performance that made you change your mind?

[@CornerEagle]

You mentioned some time ago that you had Quantum Deck 2 coming up but the name didn't make sense because it was a completely different effect. Was that the Infinity Deck, or is that still to come?

[@grgryl]

Do you do a 'Which hand' effect where you identify which hand the spectator is holding a coin? If so, what is your favorite version of this effect and why?

[@stephendevonroux]

Hey Craig Hope you and family are well Always love your channel I have a festival coming up with walk around of about 3000 people, for 8 hours. what is a few good tricks for walk around Thanks Stephen Roux South Africa