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« on: December 12, 2013, 10:27:52 PM »
Ah...I'm a young gun. Growing up in this "digital age," I've had DVDs and downloads shoved in my face more than anything.
Much respect to these "older" greats Dai Vernon, Guy Hollingworth, Paul LePaul, Richard Kaufman, and Paul Harris. Oh and Erdnase too...whoever he was. I've managed to read a bit of these guys' books over the years. Amazing material...enough good stuff to practice for a lifetime.
As for the younger guys, I would say Wayne Houchin and Matthew Mello stick out to me the most. They both are very classy...and the stuff they put out aren't ridiculous angle sensitive nonsense that don't work too well in the real world (shots fired). I first learned about Matthew Mello through his mentalism effect, "Technique," where you get the spectator to write down any card on a notepad, and you "read their mind" and tell them what it is. The effect is SO CLEVER. Fell in love with his stuff ever since.