A quick survey...

[Shanku]

Here's a quick survey to find out where I'm at and where everyone else is at in the art.

1. How long have you been into magic?
2. How long have you been into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
3. Who inspired you to get into magic?
4. Who inspired you to get into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
5. Do you perform professionally or just for fun?
6. If you perform just for fun, are you thinking of going pro?

Here are some random questions you may also want to answer:

1. Which effect got you into magic?
2. Which effect got you into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
3. What is your favourite magic effect and who's the creator?
4. What is your favourite flourish and who's the creator?
5. What is the best original flourish you have seen created by a non-professional?

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These are my answers:

1. About 10 months
2. About 6-7 months
3. Oz Pearlman
4. Daniel Madison
5. Just for fun
6. I don't think I'll go pro. I might do a few free gigs when I get a lot more experience to see if I'm good enough to go pro.

Random question answers:

1. I think it was Oz Pearlman's Ambitious Card routine and Biddle Trick. The Triumph performed amazingly well by some YouTube fellow was what got me even more intrigued.
2. It was a few false 3-packet cuts that got me intrigued. Daniel Madison's Syblnthrn was the one that made me want to look more into this field. Then I came across Decknique
3. Right now it would have to be Dan and Dave's Twinsplit Remix 2.
4. At the moment I'm obsessed with Dan and Dave's Molecule 4_ny. Sexy, smooth, spinny and flippy fun!
5. It would either be fiddlingsteve's "Clueless 1" cut or Kevin Ho's "The Sick and Twisted Wings of the Mockingbird" which sort of looks like Clueless 1 taken to the next level.

Cheers,
Shanku

 

[manipulation4food]

1. 4 years
2. 4 and a half months almost
3. My buddy Oz pearlman! (i met his teacher)
4. Dan and Dave and the trilogy =D
5. I don't see myself as a performer more an entertainer, Fun
6. Going pro, but i have lots of time until that happens.

1. Budha Money Mystery!
2. Pandora
3. Emerge Triumph OZ PEARLMAN!
4. J5 Dan and Dave
5. Aww Kevin Ho is a professional so that doesn't count umm umm... Maybe.. Dan's stuf? (cs88)

 

[DavidMisner]

1. 2 1/2 years
2. 6 months (flourishing)
3. I stumbled upon Ellusionist and was hooked.
4. Dan and Dave
5. Semi-pro?
6. My goal is to publish a book on magic. That would be cool. That's what I see as "going pro."

1. Probably SLAM! from E. I never bought it, but it used to amaze me.
2. Not one flourish, but Dan and Dave's System Trailer got me hooked.
3. My favorite effect is either my unnamed effect or In Ten City from Totally Out of Control.
4. Either Corkscrew Closer by Kevin Ho or my own Sybil combo.
5. That's a tough one. All of Jonas Haglund's stuff blows my mind, as do the Virts'. I'd probably go with one of Huron's insane single card flourishes like "Flutter."

 

[IIAnnexII]

1. About 2 years
2. About 2 years
3. My dad's friend named Jim who is also a magician
4. Brian Tudor
5. For fun but hopefully pro someday
6. Maybe
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1. Don't remember
2. Sybil by Brian Tudor
3. Don't have a favorite effect. It's so hard to choose.
4. Lethal by Daniel Madison.
5. Not really sure. Again I've seen a lot and it's hard to choose.

 

[Addy]

How long have you been into magic?
A year and a half

How long have you been into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
4-5 months

Who inspired you to get into magic?
My IT teacher. He showed the class some card magic. I thought it was awesome to be able to do amazing things. Then, David Blaine was the first magiciain I really liked.

Who inspired you to get into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
Dan and Dave.

Do you perform professionally or just for fun?
For fun.

If you perform just for fun, are you thinking of going pro?
Nope. I'll be performing my whole life, but I won't be doing it professionally.


Here are some random questions you may also want to answer:

What is your favourite magic effect and who's the creator?
I have a lot of favourites but right now I love performing Panic.

What is your favourite flourish and who's the creator?
Favourite I can do is Chris Kenner's Sybil.

 

[WinnieThePunk]

1. About 3 months
2. About 1.5 months
3. Bill Malone
4. Most of the performers
5. Just for fun
6. I m thinking to go pro one day..

1. Sam the Bellhop (Bill Malone signature trick)
2. Sybils
3. DM Change by Daniel Madison, Fallen by Daniel Garcia, Sam the Bellhop by Bill Malone
4. Not sure..
5.. Not sure

from Istanbul with love..

 

[Jakeh]

1. How long have you been into magic?

Well, I have really gotten into it over the past 6 months or so, but I've liked magic since I was 8 or so and actually had my first performance at age 10 and did my dad's birthday party. I also did the birthday party of a family friend.

2. How long have you been into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?

A few hours. Haha.

3. Who inspired you to get into magic?

I think it was the masked magician when I was a kid, but recently it was Criss Angel.

4. Who inspired you to get into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?

Umm, no one really. I just thought it looked cool and stuff.

5. Do you perform professionally or just for fun?

At the moment, for fun, but I'd sure as hell like to do it professionally if I had the chance.

6. If you perform just for fun, are you thinking of going pro?

Yep!

1. Which effect got you into magic?

I can't remember, really.

2. Which effect got you into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?

Not an effect, I just watched some vids and yeah.

3. What is your favourite magic effect and who's the creator?

At the moment, it might be Panic by Aaron Fisher, because I find it heaps of fun to do. But I don't really have a favourite.

4. What is your favourite flourish and who's the creator?

I have no idea.

5. What is the best original flourish you have seen created by a non-professional?

No idea, once again.

 

[The Dark Angel]

1. How long have you been into magic?

Probably close to 8 or 9 years.


2. How long have you been into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?

Not much of a flourisher.


3. Who inspired you to get into magic?

The Masked Magician and David Blaine. Lance Burton was a big influence as well.

4. Who inspired you to get into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?

Again, not much of a flourisher, but Dan and Dave are pretty awesome.

5. Do you perform professionally or just for fun?

Just for fun, I'd rather do it for fun, than for the money.


6. If you perform just for fun, are you thinking of going pro?

I guess I would if I got offered too, but its not a real interest of mine right now.



1. Which effect got you into magic?

It wasn't one effect, really, so much as a series of specials.


2. Which effect got you into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
None, really, but D&D's Molecule Cut is wicked sick.

3. What is your favourite magic effect and who's the creator?

I would have to say Liquid Metal by Morgan Strebler.

4. What is your favourite flourish and who's the creator?

ANything by D&D is my favorite.

5. What is the best original flourish you have seen created by a non-professional?

Watch the video Andrei's THE'ME. It will change your life.

 

[copperfield 14]

How long have you been into magic?
8 months

How long have you been into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
6 of those 8 months

Who inspired you to get into magic?
The movie prestige

Who inspired you to get into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
Dan and Dave and Devo

Do you perform professionally or just for fun?
Just for fun

If you perform just for fun, are you thinking of going pro?
No I don't think I'll ever go pro

Which effect got you into magic?
Some adding trick then I find out the number they wrote.

Which effect got you into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
Swivel cut flourish

What is your favourite magic effect and who's the creator?
Waving the aces by guy hollingworth

What is your favourite flourish and who's the creator?
Pandora by Dan and Dave

What is the best original flourish you have seen created by a non-professional? Mockingbird and Squeeze by Daren, 2 triangles in 1 hand by lang and sss production by Delux

 

[NinjaAce]

How long have you been into magic?
6 Months
How long have you been into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
I really want to learn it, but can't afford a DVD right now.
Who inspired you to get into magic?
Well, this cocky kid at school did magic, and thought he was awesome, so I started so I could show him he isn't the best
Who inspired you to get into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
No one.
Do you perform professionally or just for fun?
I would say mostly for fun.
If you perform just for fun, are you thinking of going pro?
eventually as a side job kinda thing


Which effect got you into magic?
A simple elevator card effect
Which effect got you into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
W.E.R.M.
What is your favourite magic effect and who's the creator?
DG's Spade Orama from the Gaff
What is your favourite flourish and who's the creator?
Only one I know the name of is W.E.R.M. (I am noobish in XCM)
What is the best original flourish you have seen created by a non-professional?
nothing.

 

[dummyisdumb]

Well, this cocky kid at school did magic, and thought he was awesome, so I started so I could show him he isn't the best

Imagine how many people get into magic, because of a you, a cocky kid who thought he was so awesome, and they started to show you that you aren't the best.

You sound like a heckler to me.

 

[Shanku]

Thanks for all the responses guys. I appreciate them...

 

[Sean_Raf]

1. How long have you been into magic?
- About 2 years? Ish.

2. How long have you been into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
- Half a year if that, not really my field

3. Who inspired you to get into magic?
- Non-Professionally, it'd be my granddad - original eh? Professionally, it would probably be Derren Brown

4. Who inspired you to get into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
- Dan and Dave

5. Do you perform professionally or just for fun?
- Just for fun at the moment, but I'd love to do work in it.

6. If you perform just for fun, are you thinking of going pro?
- Woops answered that in the previous question, for those of you too lazy to read that again (too late for some of you ) the answer is yes.

RANDOM QUESTIONS OF CERTAIN DOOOOOOM

1. Which effect got you into magic?
- I couldn't say for sure, I think it might have been a simple transposition.

2. Which effect got you into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
- Akira, it's my favourite flourish

3. What is your favourite magic effect and who's the creator?
- Tough question man, ouch. I love Aaron Fisher's Standing Challenge. But Derren Brown's Extreme Mental Effort and Double Think takes some beating.

4. What is your favourite flourish and who's the creator?
- Darnit, I answered that before too, don't bother reading it again (too late for some of you again Although some of you went to but stopped yourself) I like typing, it's Akira from Dan and Dave.

5. What is the best original flourish you have seen created by a non-professional?
- Sick and Twisted Wings of a Mockingbird - Preeeeetty



- Sean

 

[Dr.Nick]

Here's a quick survey to find out where I'm at and where everyone else is at in the art.

1. How long have you been into magic?
2. How long have you been into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
3. Who inspired you to get into magic?
4. Who inspired you to get into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
5. Do you perform professionally or just for fun?
6. If you perform just for fun, are you thinking of going pro?

Here are some random questions you may also want to answer:

1. Which effect got you into magic?
2. Which effect got you into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
3. What is your favourite magic effect and who's the creator?
4. What is your favourite flourish and who's the creator?
5. What is the best original flourish you have seen created by a non-professional?

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These are my answers:

1. About 10 months
2. About 6-7 months
3. Oz Pearlman
4. Daniel Madison
5. Just for fun
6. I don't think I'll go pro. I might do a few free gigs when I get a lot more experience to see if I'm good enough to go pro.

Random question answers:

1. I think it was Oz Pearlman's Ambitious Card routine and Biddle Trick. The Triumph performed amazingly well by some YouTube fellow was what got me even more intrigued.
2. It was a few false 3-packet cuts that got me intrigued. Daniel Madison's Syblnthrn was the one that made me want to look more into this field. Then I came across Decknique
3. Right now it would have to be Dan and Dave's Twinsplit Remix 2.
4. At the moment I'm obsessed with Dan and Dave's Molecule 4_ny. Sexy, smooth, spinny and flippy fun!
5. It would either be fiddlingsteve's "Clueless 1" cut or Kevin Ho's "The Sick and Twisted Wings of the Mockingbird" which sort of looks like Clueless 1 taken to the next level.

Cheers,
Shanku

1. 2 years
2. 3 or 4 months
3. David Blaine/ Group of magicians that cam to my school
4. Dan and Dave
5. for fun
6. possibly at least semi-pro

1. Sponge ball to shoe
2. All the flouishes in the Trilogy
3. Burnt out from New magic of Japan
4. none
5. none

 

[revelation77]

1. Magic - 3 Years, Mentalism - 1 Year
2. 1 and a half years
3. My friend, Clarence
4. Brian Tudor
5. Both
6. I do some gigs, I am looking at going more pro though.

1. Dunbury Aces, a trick that my friend performed for me then lent me the video (Michael Ammar's Easy to MAster Card Miracles #6) to learn it (I clearly didn't know many ethics) and I learnt it. My friend helped me along the way but I still perform it today, three years later.
2. What the Hell Happened to Sybil? By Brian Tudor
3. The Watch Routine by Richard Osterlind
4. W.E.R.M.Y Leno - My own creation
5. Probably all of Kevin Ho's stuff

 

[SHANE BLACK]

I usually dont do these things but here we go,...

1. How long have you been into magic?
Too long now off and on for 18 years and steady for the past 6 years.

2. How long have you been into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
About 3 years now.

3. Who inspired you to get into magic?
Cruise ship magician at 13 wish I could remember his name though.

4. Who inspired you to get into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
Watching Devo on the XB DVD and The Flourishman.

5. Do you perform professionally or just for fun?
Semi-pro I perform pro in the evenings and Carpenter in the Day

6.If you perform just for fun, are you thinking of going pro?
I am already working in the field I can always be better.

7. Which effect got you into magic?
The french drop not really an effect though just the sleight did it.

8.Which effect got you into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)?
Trying to do an S fan.

9.What is your favourite magic effect and who's the creator?
Out of Control Queens Gerry Griffin I believe.

10. What is your favourite flourish and who's the creator?
Devo's Flip back Fan.

11. What is the best original flourish you have seen created by a non-professional?
Not sure right now.

Shane.

 

[Shanku]

11. What is the best original flourish you have seen created by a non-professional?
Devos Elemental flourishes there just fun to watch!

Shane.

De'vo is a professional. Apparently he wants to perform at kids parties....

 

[SHANE BLACK]

Yeah missed that one man, hmmm.

Shane

 

[Frodo]

1.How long have you been into magic? Ever since I can remember, but seriously for the past 18 months.

2.How long have you been into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)? Just starting to get into it

3.Who inspired you to get into magic? Daniel Garcia

4.Who inspired you to get into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)? Dan and Dave

5.Do you perform professionally or just for fun? For fun

6.If you perform just for fun, are you thinking of going pro? Yes

Here are some random questions you may also want to answer:
7.Which effect got you into magic? Fraud

8.Which effect got you into flourishing/cardistry/XCM/(whatever you'd like to call it)? Triple Z Bayme cut, I believe is what they called it.

9.What is your favourite magic effect and who's the creator? Fraud by Daniel Garcia

10.What is your favourite flourish and who's the creator? Triple Z Bayme Cut by Jonathan Bayme, but it's also the only one I know .

11.What is the best original flourish you have seen created by a non-professional? I havn't seen any that I know are original, since I'm not knowlegdable in flourshing at the moment.
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