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Niall New user 1 Post |
Hello everyone.
My name is Niall, and I'm learning and practicing magic for over 30 years now, but sadly not on a professional basis. I practice my speciality and favorite 'arm' of magic which is close-up magic more than any other tricks like card magic or big illusions. I have the standard smaller things you'd expect to see in any amateur's toolbox, and certainly enough to put on a 45 minute show for kids. I've been aware of this forum for some time, and have held off creating an account for fear that the possibility of infrequent posting might not make me too popular, but I'll do my best to post as often as I can, without revealing any 'how to's to the general passer-by. I'm probably old-fashioned, but I believe that the secrets of how we perform our illusions should be kept that - secret. It took me years and years of practice to perfect one illusion, and I saw on another forum that some just blew the entire illusion out of the water by revealing the inner workings - not to educate other potential magicians... no no no... just because he saw it on the internet somewhere, and it scored him some 'look at me and how good I am' brownie points with 3 or 4 posters. I do everything I can to prevent the methods of any potential 'bread and butter' from being disclosed just for the hell of it, and I've been called a few choice names in the past for not revealing methods or techniques. However, I make no apologies for standing firm, and can only appeal to my true fellow magicians to do the same or this art will die off, as will your ability to feed yourself. Having gotten all of that off my chest, it's good to be here, and I hope to become a valuable member of the community in time. See y'all in the forums! Niall. |
Mary Mowder Inner circle Sacramento / Elk Grove, CA 3659 Posts |
Welcome Niall,
Don't be sorry for not being a Pro. Magician. Being an amateur means you have a love of the craft for its own sake. If you just post when you have something to say, we all win. No one gets upset about infrequent posting. It is entirely up to you. We're in the same camp when it comes to exposure. -Mary Mowder |
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