Ask Roberto Giobbi

This is a completely new type of product we are all extremely excited about. It is your personal line to one of the most respected teachers of magic and card magic in particular - Roberto Giobbi.

Imagine you could ask Roberto anything you wanted and Roberto sits down and drafts an intelligent answer to you. It is like in the old days when we wrote letters. But who could hope to ever get an answer from somebody as busy as Roberto Giobbi? Let alone know his mailing address? Well, now you can. If you buy this product you can ask Roberto one question that he guarantees to answer to his best knowledge and abilities in a thorough, informed and intelligent manner. Answers so far range from one to eight pages in length.

But that is not all. It is a lot better. You will also get all the questions and answers from everybody else who already asked. And on top of that you will also get all the questions and answers that will be asked in the future. It is like receiving not just the letter Roberto sends to you, but all the letters Roberto sends to all his other students. Fantastic! Nothing like that has ever been offered before.

And you may ask your question in any of these languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian. The answer, for the benefit of all others, will be in English.

As more and more questions are being answered, as Roberto shares more and more valuable information, the price of this product will increase (it started at $15). So the ones who are buying into this early on will get a real bargain.

Purchasing this ebook will give you access to a repeatedly updated and growing PDF, which you will be able to download from your account, at anytime you wish and as often as you wish. We will of course inform you whenever a new answer has been added.

Please don't forget to ask your question in the comments box during your checkout. On the page where you select your payment option you will see at the bottom a comment box. Please write your question to Roberto in this box. Of course, you don't have to ask a question. You could simply enjoy reading what others are asking and learn from their questions. However, if you plan to ask a question you have to ask it at the time you order. You cannot come back days or weeks later and ask your question. This is not to throw you a curve ball but to keep administration at a managable level. (During checkout you enter your question in the comments box. Or email your question after you have ordered.)

Some of the questions asked and answered so far:

• In the 2005 Hofzinser issue of Genii, you have given a list of 10 presentation ideas for card routines; three of the ideas sparked my thinking and became the catalyst for my strongest pieces in my show. You mentioned that if we liked those, we could ask for more ideas like that. I was wondering if you'd be willing to share more ideas like those.
• As an amateur hobbyist who is working my way through the Card College course I find that I shy away from performing many tricks, such as the ambitious card, for fear of the secret being revealed. Because I have a small target audience of friends, family and colleagues, I will spend weeks, sometimes months, trying to perfect a sleight rather than continuing through the course and learning other sleights. Do you feel that I should spend so much time trying to perfect the sleights, or should I perform the tricks to a reasonable standard and learn from mistakes, whilst at the same time continuing through the Card College course, learning other sleights and tricks?
• After I saw Allan Ackerman perform Marlo's Matching Routine I got interested in the Staystack and its applications. I know two sources that mention it: JuanTamariz Mnemonica and Ed Marlo's Revolutionary Card Technique. Are there any others?
• I've been interested in card magic for many years, purely as a hobbyist, performing for my own amusement. However, recently, I've wanted to make a change into performing close up, in pubs and bars. The trouble is, because I've only really performed for myself, I've no confidence in being able to perform for other people, the fear of failure almost paralyzing me from performing. The nerves, sweat and shakes make me hold back on performing, not making any progress towards my performing goal. What advice would you give someone like myself to help counteract this fear, to get to the stage where I can confidently perform without letting fear and worry hold me back?
• On the video "Juan Tamariz's fabulous Close-Up Lecture", published by International Magic in 1992, Juan performs a three card monte with normal cards: one black 3, one black 7 and one black 10. On the video he wants to tell the audience who is to credit for it but he forgot the name. The audience is guessing but no one knows. Although Juan says that the name will come back to him in a minute he does not come back to it. Do you know who invented this three card monte and whether it has been published?
• I would love to hear your thoughts on what are the strongest 'Think Of A Card' routines that you have come across.
• Hi Roberto. Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. My question is what are your views, thoughts, omissions, additions, decisions, revisions, upgradings and updatings (to use H. Lorayne's words) on Robert Houdin's famous saying that "a magician is only an actor playing the role of the magician". Thanks again. Kind regards.
• What can you tell me about the Gilbreath Principle?

started in April 2009; currently 101 pages and growing.

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